OperaVision has announced its July 2021 streaming slate. First up will be a production of “Andrea Chénier” from the Hungarian State Opera. The work will feature Boldizsár László, Eszter Sümegi, and Michele Kalmandy. Balázs Kocsár conducts a production by Fabio Ceresa. Streaming Date: July 2, 2021 Next up will be a production of “The Haunted Manor” from Poznan Opera. The {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, revivals, and concerts. Here is a look: Premiere Andrea Szántó stars in Calixto Bieto’s new production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The opera also features Szabolcs Brickner , Kinga Kriszta, Gábor Bretz , and Zoltá Nagy . Balázs Kocsár conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 3-Oct. 10, 2021 Beethoven/Strauss’ “König Stephan / {…}
The Hungarian State Opera is set to stream a new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The new production will be directed by Frank Hilbrich and will stream on Feb. 20, 2021, via jegy.hu. The five-act version will star Gaston Rivero in the title role, Gábor Bretz as Filippo II, Csaba Szegedi as Posa, Erika Gál as Eboli, András Palerdi as {…}
The Hungarian State Opera is set to inaugurate the new venue called Eiffel Art Studios on August 19. The gala performance will feature Jonas Kaufmann and artists of the Hungarian State Opera, including Gabriella Balga, Éva Bátori, Gergely Boncsér, Bernadett Fodor, Péter Fried, Zsolt Haja, Mihály Kálmándy, Bori Keszei, István Kovácsházi, Boldizsár László, Andrea Meláth, András Palerdi, Szilvia Rálik, Atala {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2020-21 season with a focus on French culture, history, and operas. The season will include a number of new productions including R. Strauss’ “Salome,” the world premiere of Monteverdi and Máté Bella’s new take on “L’incoronazione di Poppea,” the world premiere of Vajda’s “Le Malade Imaginaire,” Philip Glass’ “Les Enfants Terribles,” Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and “König {…}
(Credit: László Emmer, Zsófia Pályi) The Hungarian State Opera will present a gala on Dec. 9, 2019 to celebrate mezzo Ildikó Komlósi’s 35 years with the company. The gala event, which will be held at the Erkel Theatre, will highlight two of the mezzo’s major roles with the company. The first of these is Amneris in “Aida,” where she will {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2019-20 concert season. For this article, we will only focus on concerts with operatic or vocal selections. The season will open with excerpts of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito, ” Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, and Rybnikov’s Symphony No. 6. The concert will feature violinist Haruka Nagao and conductor Gergely Kesselyák. Performance Date: {…}
OperaVision will present a live stream of Mozart’s “L’Oca del Cairo, Ossia Lo Sposo Deluso” from the Hungarian State Opera on June 21, 2019. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 p.m. EDT and 10 a.m. PST for the start time. It will be available for repeat viewings on Opera Vision until Dec. 20, 2019. {…}
The Hungarian State Opera is set to conclude its 2018-19 season with a Puccini festival. The three-week Puccini Festival will showcase all of the famed Italian composer’s stage and vocal works. The festival kicks off with “Manon Lescaut” followed by “Tosca.” “La Fanciulla del West” will continue with “Madama Butterfly” and “La Rondine” after. “Edgar,” “La Bohème,” “Il Trittico” and” {…}
For the average older music lover, “Dance of the Hours” invariably conjures up images of Walt Disney’s plump pirouetting hippos in “Fantasia.” Or possibly Allan Sherman’s summer-camp horror story “Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda.” Any connection to Amilcare’s Ponchielli’s very grand opera “La Gioconda” would more likely be left to the erudition of the panel on the Metropolitan Opera quiz. “Gioconda” {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of new productions and world premieres. Premieres Levente Gyöngyösi’s “The Master and Margarita” makes its world premiere in a new production by Szente Vajk. Performance Dates: Nov. 15, 2019 – May 28, 2020 Dóra Barta directs a new production of Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea.” Performance Dates: Dec. 6-29, 2019 {…}
