Category Archives: Opera

György Ránki: The King’s New Clothes (Pomádé király új ruhája)

By zoltan | Published: July 1, 2010
19th February 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 The King Pomádé’s New Clothes is György Ránki’s most popular piece, which promises  many laughter to the audience.The music of the work is  rich in style, comprehensible and enjoyable for small one and adults alike. Ránki  is a master of the character representation. With inimitable musical [...]
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Puccini: Tosca

By zoltan | Published: June 28, 2010
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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Puccini: Tosca

By zoltan | Published: March 19, 2010
15th April 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 [...]
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Traviata

By zoltan | Published: March 12, 2010
22nd April 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Budapest VI. Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 Nearest metro stop: Opera The opera Traviata is based on the novel The Lady of the Camellias written by Alexandre Dumas jr.in 1848. Verdi had seen the performance at the Vaudeville theatre during his staying in Paris in 1951. The composer asked Francesco Maria Piave [...]
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György Ránki: The King’s New Clothes (Pomádé király új ruhája)

By zoltan | Published: March 5, 2010
29th April 2012. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Andrássy út 22. Telephone: +361-353-0170 The King Pomádé’s New Clothes is György Ránki’s most popular piece, which promises  many laughter to the audience.The music of the work is  rich in style, comprehensible and enjoyable for small one and adults alike. Ránki  is a master of the character representation. With inimitable musical [...]
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Verdi’s Opera: I vespri siciliani

By zoltan | Published: June 16, 2009
20eth and 22th January 2011. 19.00. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Budapest VI. Andrássy út 22. Phone number: +36-1-353-0170 Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Librettist: Eugene Scribe Charles Duveyrier Translator: Eugenio Caimi Hungarian surtitles: Lajos Csákovics Director: Matthias von Stegmann Set Designer: Frank Philipp Schlössmann Costume Designer: Viktória Nagy Choir Master: Máté Szabó Sipos Conductor: Gergely Kesselyák Singers: Guido di Monforte: Viktor Massányi or Anatolij Fokanov Il Sire di Bethune: János [...]
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Verdi Macbeth Premiere in the Hungarian State Opera House

By zoltan | Published: April 16, 2009
22th March 2011. 19:00. Hungarian State Opera House Budapest VI. Andrássy út 22. Phone number: +36 -1-353-0170 Macbeth is Verdi’s first opera which based on a Shakespeare drama. According the composer this play is one of the greatest creations of man. Verdi knew that transforming this tragedy into an opera is a great challange. In this opera the composer didn’t use up the [...]
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Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso

By zoltan | Published: April 14, 2009
24th March 2011. 19:30 Művészetek Palotája (Palace of Arts Béla Bartók National Concert Hall) Budapest IX. Komor Marcell út 1. Phone number: +36-1-555-3300 The premiere of the Orlando Furioso was in 1727 in Venice. However it was quiet popular in its time,this opera later had dissapeared in an archive. But in 2004 Jean Christophe Spinosi French conductor recorded the opera with fantastic [...]
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Verdi: Il Trovatore

By zoltan | Published: April 6, 2009
1st April 2011. Magyar Állami Operaház (Hungarian State Opera House) Budapest VI. Andrássy út 22. Phone number:+36-1- 353-0170 Verdi’s Il Trovatore is the opera of operas. It was written by Verdi in 1852. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Apollo Rome, the Hungarian Operahouse played it the first time in 1884. The  characteristics of this masterpiece are the  archetypical situations of [...]
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Rossini: Le Comte Ory

By zoltan | Published: March 29, 2009
The MET in the Palace of Arts 9th April 2011. 19:00. Művészetek Palotája (Palace of Arts Festival Theater) Budapest IX. Komor Marcell út 1. Phone number: +36-1-555-3300 Le Comte Ory is Rossini’s last comic opera wich was written by him in 1828. Near of the castle of Fourmoutiers appeares a mysterious hermit who is actually the womaniser count Ory. He wants to seduct [...]
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