Theatre

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel in Hungarian and German with Hungarian, English, German subtitles

“I've captured a terrific storm of elements and of hearts which gradually calms to Brünnhilde's magic sleep,” Wagner on the score of Die Walküre, in a letter to Ferenc Liszt. Following on the heels of the introductory Das Rheingold, this opera about the tragic love between two of Wotan's children constitutes the start of the more tightly drawn dramatic trilogy. Once again, the laws of the gods clash: can paternal love save a lad who has violated the sanctity of marriage?

Giuseppe Verdi AIDA Opera in three parts, four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Gian Carlo Menotti BASTIEN UND BASTIENNE / THE TELEPHONE One-act operas in Hungarian, with Hungarian subtitles

Giacomo Puccini LA BOHÈME Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Georges Bizet CARMEN Opera in four acts, in French, with Hungarian, English, and French subtitles

Carl Orff CARMINA BURANA Scenic cantata in the original languages, with Hungarian, English, and same-language subtitles

Sol Leon – Paul Lightfoot – Hans van Manen – András Lukács – Harald Lander Dancingly Yours Sad Case, Trois Gnossiennes, Whirling, Études

Ede Poldini Love Adrift Comic opera in two parts, in three acts, in Hungarian with Hungarian and English surtitles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Comic opera in two acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Gioachino Rossini – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Darius Milhaud The Barber of Seville / The Marriage of Figaro / The Guilty Mother Opera-mix in two parts, is Hungarian with Hungarian and English surtitles

A century ago, the world first encountered this remarkable opus, a work that soon became one of the cornerstones of twentieth-century musical innovation. Premiered in 1926, the singspiel is a milestone in Hungarian music history: its composer, Zoltán Kodály, fulfilled his aspiration to elevate Hungarian folk song of ancient origin to the same status as classical music, by virtue of its equivalent values, placing it on the stage of the nation’s Opera House.