The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2022/2023 thematic season titled Myth & History. The OPERA awaits the public in the renovated Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue with numerous new functions and ...

NEW YORK — It is commendable that the Hungarian State Opera and the Hungarian National Ballet, to make their American debuts, brought some 350 artists and technical crew members to New York to present ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The grand, gilded Hungarian State Opera House here is where Brahms once heard Mahler conduct Mozart. It’s where Bartok’s still-shocking “Bluebeard’s Castle” had its premiere a ...

The will to live of the physically and mentally broken Andrei Bolkonsky, wishing to die, is restored by his budding love for the young and cheerful Natasha Rostova in vain as the warm-hearted girl and ...

Even as Hungarian nationalism acquires a more frightening cast, the government is sending its most eminent opera troupe on tour, complete with sets, singers, and a cast of 300. For a global art form, ...

As Hungarian Gyorgy Kurtag, who is widely considered one of the greatest living classical composers, turns 100 on Thursday, he will offer a one-of-a-kind birthday gift to music lovers: a brand-new ...

When the Hungarian State Opera’s white cast of singers came together in Budapest earlier this month to revive a production of George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess,” they received letters carrying ...

Mozart’s late operas — “Marriage of Figaro,” “Don Giovanni,” “Così fan tutte” and “The Magic Flute” — are some of the most beloved in the repertory. We imagine him tossing off music, perfectly formed ...

Back in 2019, Opera Neo artistic director Peter Kozma met an old friend for coffee in Budapest and they brewed up an international collaboration. The pandemic put their plans on ice for two years, but ...

Laszlo Polgar, 63, a Hungarian bass and member of the Zurich Opera, died Sept. 19 in Zurich of undisclosed causes. Mr. Polgar's most famous role was probably that of Bluebeard in Béla Bartók's "Duke ...

The Hungarian State Opera House is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a ...