Category Archives: Opera

Puccini: Tosca

By zoltan | Published: June 28, 2011
22nd February 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Tosca is Giacomo Puccini’s three-act opera. The libretto – which is based on the novel of Victorien Sardou’s drama La Tosca-was written by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica in 1887. In the libretto Giacosa and Illica followed faithfully the original text. The required abbreviations are even heightened the dramatic [...]
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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte

By zoltan | Published: June 24, 2011
26th February, 1st, 4th, 10th March 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Cosi Fan Tutte was composed by Mozart in 1789 with the libretto of Lorenzo Da Ponte. The opera buffa was first performed in 1790 at the Burghteather in Vienna. It’s a curiosity that Antonio Salieri had tried to write the opera but [...]
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Wagner: Tannhäuser

By zoltan | Published: June 21, 2011
29th February, 3rd March 2012. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Tannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest at Wartburg, briefly Tannhäuser is one of Richard Wagners’s three-acted opera. The libretto was also written by him and based on the legend Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg and the Dannhauser song. The world premiere was held on 19th October 1845 at [...]
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New Year’s Eve Ball at the Hungarian State Opera

By zoltan | Published: November 21, 2010
31st December, 2010. 20.00. Hungarian State Opera House Budapest, Andrássy street 22. Organised by: The Hungarian State Opera & VIP Arts Management One of the most prestigious New Year’s Eve balls will be held for the 19th time at the Hungarian State Opera. The jubilee program includes excerpts from Johann Strauss’ operetta, the Bat, presented by noted singers, ballet dancer soloists and [...]
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Boito: Mefistofele

By zoltan | Published: October 25, 2010
27th January, 2nd,5th,7th, 10th, 14th February 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 The poet, novelist, conductor and composer Boito was born in 1842. He was one of the most exciting and versatile personality of the Italian culture in the 19th century. He wrote Mefistofele in 1867. The premier was held in Milan 1868 but because [...]
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

By zoltan | Published: October 16, 2010
4th February 18.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Mozart could met for the first time the literary source of the Le nozze di Figaro (original title: Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata) in 1784. It was written by Beaumarchais: A Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro. The comedy of the French author [...]
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Boito: Mefistofele

By zoltan | Published: October 13, 2010
7th February 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 The poet, novelist, conductor and composer Boito was born in 1842. He was one of the most exciting and versatile personality of the Italian culture in the 19th century. He wrote Mefistofele in 1867. The premier was held in Milan 1868 but because of the composer’s lack [...]
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

By zoltan | Published: October 9, 2010
11th February 2012. 18.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Mozart could met for the first time the literary source of the Le nozze di Figaro (original title: Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata) in 1784. It was written by Beaumarchais: A Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro. The comedy of the French [...]
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

By zoltan | Published: July 3, 2010
17th February 2012. 18.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Mozart could met for the first time the literary source of the Le nozze di Figaro (original title: Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata) in 1784. It was written by Beaumarchais: A Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro. The comedy of the French [...]
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Wagner: Tannhäuser

By zoltan | Published: July 1, 2010
19th February 2012. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Tannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest at Wartburg, briefly Tannhäuser is one of Richard Wagners’s three-acted opera. The libretto was also written by him and based on the legend Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg and the Dannhauser song. The world premiere was held on 19th October 1845 at the Hofteather [...]
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