Theatre

For kindergarten and elementary school children

A Székely gate is a symbol of ancient power, faith, hope, belonging to God, a channel of communication between heaven and earth. Its three posts represent the unity of body, soul and spirit, and its carvings are symbols that render protection, grace and blessing.

János Vajda
THE IMAGINARY INVALID OR THE CABAL OF HYPOCRITES
Opera in two acts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English surtitles

Born in 1982, Dénes Krusovszky enjoyed one of the most successful starts to a career of any Hungarian writer in the 2000s. Today, he has grown into one of the most distinctive and definitive writers not just of his generation, but of contemporary Hungarian literature as a whole.

Claude Debussy
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
Opera in two parts, in five acts, in French with Hungarian and English surtitles

Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam
LE CORSAIRE
Classical ballet in three acts

Medieval ballads often gave a voice to the position of women in society, whether they were elevated to heaven or simply reduced to dust. Female destinies will come to life during the song programme The Girl Who Was Taken to Heaven, where we will hear a bouquet of medieval Hungarian folk ballads.

Richard Wagner
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (THE FLYING DUTCHMAN)
Opera in one act, in German, with Hungarian, English, and German subtitles

Dance drama based on Mihály Munkácsy’s works

Gyula Harangozó / Léo Delibes
COPPELIA
Comic dance in three acts

An overview of the half-century career of Zsófia Balla and her work at the forefront of contemporary Hungarian lyric poetry promises to be a true celebration of the art. Born in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) and originally trained as a violinist, she became one of the central figures in Transylvania's Hungarian literary and intellectual scene before moving to Hungary in 1993.

Giuseppe Verdi
REQUIEM
Staged oratorio in Latin, with Hungarian, English, and Latin subtitles

It could hardly be said that Zsigmond Móricz is an unknown figure in Hungarian literature. But to what extent does his image reflect the sheer diversity of his life's work? In recent decades, Zsófia Szilágyi's in-depth analysis of Móricz has done much to make the multifaceted nature of the author more accessible.

Márton Simon is one of the most exciting and creative authors in contemporary Hungarian literature, a pivotal member of its middle generation of writers. The slammer, performer and poet has followed his own path from the very beginning and now can boast thousands of followers and readers.

Dénes Gulyás
How Big is the Palm of God's Hand?
Monologue in one act, in Hungarian

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

This full-evening "crime story" of a dance drama takes as its starting point Barcsai's Lover, one of the most estimable of Hungary's balladic treasures. After cuckolding her husband, a wife awaits a terrible punishment. But how did things actually get to this point?

Sándor Csoóri is primarily known in the Hungarian collective memory for his political activity during the 1980s and the subsequent fall of Communism. Yet Csoóri is also an integral part of the era's literary history.

Giacomo Puccini
MANON LESCAUT
Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Radina Dace / Pjotr Iljics Csajkovszkij
LITTLE SWAN LAKE
Children’s production for little ones
Please note, that this programme is in Hungarian and we do not provide any translations.

Ronald Hynd / Ferenc Lehár
THE MERRY WIDOW
Comic ballet in three acts

Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH
Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Pongrác Kacsóh
JOHN THE VALIANT
Singspiel in three parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles

Ferenc Erkel
BÁNK BÁN (THE VICEROY BÁNK)
Opera three acts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles
The text and musical material for the production have been created using both the original and the baritone versions

Charles Gounod
FAUST
Opera in five acts, in French with Hungarian, English, and French subtitles

Richard Wagner
PARSIFAL
Bühnenweihfestspiel in three acts, in German, with Hungarian, English, and German subtitles

Giacomo Puccini
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST)
Opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Gaetano Donizetti
MARIA STUARDA
Opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

9TH IVÁN NAGY INTERNATIONAL BALLET GALA
The World of Ballet Remembers a Hungarian Legend

Giuseppe Verdi
DON CARLO
Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Levente Szörényi – János Bródy / Levente Gyöngyösi
STEPHEN, THE KING
Rock-opera production in two parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA
Opera seria in three acts, two parts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Marius Petipa – Albert Mirzoyan / Ludwig Minkus
LA BAYADÈRE
Classical ballet in three acts

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

Gaetano Donizetti
DON PASQUALE
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles