Theatre

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.

Attila Toronykőy
OPERA TOUR WITH PAPAGENO
60-minute guided tour of the Opera House. For primary school children.
Please note that this programme is in in Hungarian and we do not provide any translations.

For kindergarten and elementary school children

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

Ballet school showcase in two parts

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

Dance drama based on Mihály Munkácsy’s works

Pursuing happiness, love and affection through countless adventures across this great wide world, but still eventually finding a final peace in the arms of his beloved, Peer Gynt is one of the most complex characters in 19th-century drama. The challenges of staging and absorbing the play are always exceptional tests of strength for the director and the audience.

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.

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.

Johann Strauss Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS (THE BAT)
Operetta in three acts in Hungarian, with English and Hungarian subtitles

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

The Gershwins®
PORGY AND BESS®
Opera in three acts, in English, with Hungarian and English subtitles
By: George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin

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

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

Sir Kenneth MacMillan / Jules Massenet / Martin Yates
MANON
Ballet in three acts

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

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

Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA
Opera in four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

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

Giuseppe Verdi
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Opera in three parts, in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

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