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"I love the Hungarian State Opera House, a strong rival to Vienna's Staatsoper. The chance to see five Puccini operas here in ten days is highly tempting. Equally so is the opportunity to encounter on their home ground Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and The Miraculous Mandarin in a double bill. " |
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Budapest, 2001/2002
After a successful season featuring a Verdi Festival, the Hungarian State Opera moves on to pay homage to Giacomo Puccini who conducted his own operas at this splendid theatre. The Puccini Festival taking place over 10 days in November will present five Puccini operas.
An excellent excuse to bargain hunt for Christmas presents in the shops of Budapest and relax in the evening at the splendid State Opera. The festival will feature visiting international singers.
The season closes in June with a further outing for the company's extremely popular Ring Cycle with free days between performances to allow for exploration outside the city in the early summer to the Great Plain or resorts of Lake Balaton.
The Hungarian State Opera House rivals the imperial theatres of Vienna in the grandeur of its design and lavish decoration. The roll call of Music Directors reads like a family tree of great European musicians, from the Hungarian composer Erkel, who presided from the opening of the theatre in 1884 until he was succeeded by Gustav Mahler in 1888. The tenure of the German Arthur Nikisch saw visits by Massenet, Delibes and Puccini to conduct their own operas as well as many international star singers. In the 1950s Otto Klemperer ushered in another golden age with memorable performances of Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner. The company today still holds true to the ensemble ethic but strides have been made in recent years and German and Italian operas are now sung in their original language, sometimes with visiting artists.
Hungarian State Opera - Performance & performance dates
| Bank ban |
Sep 6,
Dec 7, 21,
Apr 18, 20(m), 21(m) |
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| Bluebeard's Castle/The Miraculous Mandarin |
Jan 6, 12, 16, 17 |
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| La bohéme |
Nov 14, 17, 22,
Dec 2, 25, 27,
Mar 22, 26, 28 |
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| Carmen |
Sep 30,
Nov 7, 15,
Dec 1, 8, 28,
Feb 21, 22,
Mar 1,
May 8,10 |
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| La cenerentola |
Nov 4(m), 17(m),
Jan 18, 23, 31,
Feb 1, 12, 15, 24(m) |
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| Les Contes d'Hoffmänn |
Sep 7, 9, 20, 28,
Dec 29,
Jan 3, 5 |
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| Cosi fan tutte |
Nov 8, 9,
Apr 19, 26 |
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| Don Carlo |
Mar 9, 10, 13,
Apr 3, 17,
May 2, 12 |
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| L'elisir d'amore |
Feb 16,
Mar 7, 23(m), 24(m) |
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| Eugene Onegin |
Apr 27, 28,
May 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 |
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| Götterdammerung |
Jun 18, 23 |
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| The Last Five Scenes |
Nov 11, 13, 16, 18 |
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| Lucia di Lammermoor |
Apr 16, 24,
May 15, 26 |
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| Madama Butterfly |
Nov 23, 24, 28,
Jan 12(m), 13(m), 25, 26,
May 16, 25, 31 |
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| Manon Lescaut |
Nov 20, 21 |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Mar 31,
Apr 2, 7, 13, 14 |
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| Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Jan 27, 30,
Feb 2, 5 |
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| Otello |
Mar 21, 24,
Apr 4, 6 |
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| Peter Grimes |
May 29,
Jun 1, 5 |
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| Das Rheingold |
Jun 12, 16 |
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| Siegfried |
Jun 15, 21 |
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| La sonnambula |
Nov 3, 6 |
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| Szekely Spinnery |
Jun 26, 28 |
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| Tannhäuser |
May 17, 19, 22, 24 |
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| Tosca |
Nov 25, 26,
Dec 30,
Jan 2 |
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| The Tragedy of Man |
Nov 4 |
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| La traviata |
Sep 11, 13,
Apr 21, 23, 25 |
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| Turandot |
Sep 22, 29,
Nov 29, 30 |
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| Verdi Requiem |
Nov 2 |
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| Die Walküre |
Jun 13, 19 |
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| Xerxes |
Dec 15, 16, 18, 20, 22,
Jan 4, 15, 20 |
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