Concert, music

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Giuseppe Verdi
FALSTAFF
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Stars' recitals with piano
MATTHEW POLENZANI
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language surtitles

Born into a family of musicians, the eerily talented American singer Veronica Swift has cut through the stages of her career like a hot knife through butter to release, at the age of 29, her eponymous sixth album, the one that best reflects the full diversity of her personality.

Formed out of the unlikely encounter between a Spanish musician/filmmaker who fell in love with the music of the Khorasan region - located around the modern border between Afghanistan and Iran - and a performer of Persian classical music, the duo known as Badieh followed up their brilliant 2021 debut album by bringing their interpretations of traditional Khorasan music to an even higher level - now as a trio.

The popular folk-rock band MORDÁI, which was founded by Soma Nóvé - who made his name with the group Middlemist Red - feeds on the bedrock of experimental Hungarian folk music of the 1960s and 70s, boldly reconceptualising folk songs and well-known melodies with jazz motifs and elements of improvisation.

Zsombor Tóth-Vajna is an outstandingly talented member of the young Hungarian generation of artists dedicated to the historically informed performance of early music, both as a conductor and a specialist in early keyboard instruments, playing the organ, harpsichord, fortepiano and clavichord. He completed his studies at Budapest's Liszt Academy and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

The world-renowned composer/conductor who passed away recently at the age of 80 after being awarded the Kossuth Grand Prize this year, once said that "jazz is a fundamental element for me”. At this concert in memory of his life and work, in addition to an early piece of electronic music and a late choral work, we will hear compositions of his that are closely linked to the sounds of jazz and improv performed by prominent artists from the Hungarian jazz scene.

At its World-Wide concert series held each year since 2013, Müpa Budapest has showcased the history of the cimbalom and the tárogató and the diverse range of genres they can be used in.

LAKVAR was founded by two versatile musicians, the Hungarian-Bulgarian singer-songwriter and percussionist Hajnalka Péter, and the Georgian songwriter, guitarist and panduri player Zura Dzagnidze. Their album Fiction and Folklore, which was released last year, features a reappraisal of Balkan, Caucasus and Central European traditions blended with elements of jazz, pop and rock music.

Wandering Gypsies leading adventurous lives and gallant yet ridiculous nobles abusing their power are the main characters of the animated film Szaffi. This adaptation of Mór Jókai's classic novel The Gypsy Baron is by now familiar to several generations of Hungarians.

Georg Friedrich Händel – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DER MESSIAS (MESSIAH) – CONCERT
Oratorio in three parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles

Sena Dagadu has been a key figure on the Hungarian pop scene for the best part of 20 years. Though the Hungarian-Ghanian singer has achieved her greatest success as a front person for Irie Maffia, she has also enjoyed a significant solo career.

Ludwig van Beethoven – Gustav Mahler
NEW YEAR'S AT THE OPERA HOUSE

Benjamin Britten – Edward Elgar – Gustav Holst
GOLDEN AGE: ENGLISH ELEGANCY
Symphonic concert

Stars' recitals with piano
VITTORIO GRIGOLO
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language surtitles

Pietro Mascagni
EASTER WITH MASCAGNI (MESSA DI GLORIA / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA)
Concert performances with Hungarian, English, and same-language subtitles

Stars' recitals with piano
GEORG ZEPPENFELD
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language surtitles

Samuel Barber – Charles Ives – Philip Glass – Leonard Bernstein – George Gershwin – John
GOLDEN AGE: AMERICAN BEAUTY
Symphonic concert

Stars' recitals with piano
JOYCE DIDONATO
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language surtitles

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