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A Streetcar Named Desire is Marianna Venekei's first full-length choreography. The project, lovingly nurtured for many years, is a collaboration between her and composer-saxophonist László Dés.

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?

Henry Purcell’s epic masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas has to do with the Trojan War. But what is even more important than the historical background of this hour-long little gem is love – as Dóra Barta, the director of the production highlights it, “Humanity has long known that if there is something you can die of, Love is certainly such a thing.

Two giants of Baroque music meet during the Advent season in a performance by the OPERA Orchestra and Chorus. Bach’s well-known Magnificat is performed in its original version, in E-flat major, supplemented with movements specifically tailored to the festive season by the composer himself.

MW Afternoons - Concert Running time 2 hours including one interval. Original Language; Hungarian, English an same-language Surtitle.

A 60-minute tour starts every day at 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30 in English. To request a tour in other languages (Italian, Spanish, German, French and Hungarian), please get in touch with the OperaTour team. Please note that the auditorium is closed for visits during rehearsals. Guided tours are not available during performances.

For the 14th time, the performance of the famous Symphony No. 9 will dominate the OPERA’s New Year celebrations. In 2027, the programme will be completed by two further classical works: Beethoven’s overture, also enhanced by Mahler, and a cello concerto by Haydn, the latter of course featuring an OPERA soloist.

Stars' recitals with piano Featuring: Michael Volle

Béla Bartók Bluebeard's Castle

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

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

Concert-format opera performance in three acts, with one intermission, in Russian

Nabuccot, a babiloni királyt Kálmándy Mihály Kossuth-díjas operaénekes, a Halhatatlanok Társulatának örökös tagja alakításában láthatja a közönség 2026-ban is. A magyar bariton már pályája kezdetén, a kolozsvári Gh. Dima Zeneakadémia hallgatójaként Verdi Nabuccójának címszerepével debütált. Később a Teatro Verdi Trieste-ben bemutatott Nabucco-produkciójával vette kezdetét nemzetközi karrierje.

A 60-minute tour starts every day at 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30 in English. To request a tour in other languages (Italian, Spanish, German, French, Greece and Hungarian), please get in touch with the OperaTour team. Please note that the auditorium is closed for visits during rehearsals. Guided tours are not available during performances.

Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana

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

Oratorio

As it is a latent Kodály season, it seems only fitting that the concert at the OPERA honouring the events of 1956 should feature works by the composer. In that same year, the short-lived Revolutionary Council of Hungarian Intellectuals elected him as its president. Throughout his entire oeuvre, Kodály consistently reinforced Hungarian national identity. The programme gains both colour and a ceremonial character from the hymn-like and dance-infused compositions of his middle and later years.

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

This ballet's plot is inspired by The Corsair, a famous verse written in 1814 by Lord Byron, who towered over an entire generation of English Romantic poets.

Hogy operába, één?? Üljek a szűk nyikorgós széken tízezerért öt órán keresztül várva, hogy a kövér nő végre tényleg meghaljon? Na neem! A Zenegyűlölő visszatér és ezúttal az operába (nem) látogat el.

Pairing the two German composers, Wagner and the Wagnerian Strauss in a single evening creates a sweeping and overwhelming fusion of expansive melodies and driving dramatic force. The encounter between Wagner’s mythical intensity and Strauss’s modernism is a dialogue between two musical giants who reshaped not only German but also international musical life. In the performance of the OPERA Orchestra, their compositions promise deep emotions, dense musical textures, and sonic grandeur.

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

Jenő Ádám, a student of Kodály’s and perhaps his greatest contemporary admirer, was also the one who structured and developed his pedagogical method: his Christmas one-act was the first work at the Opera House, which placed the pure Hungarian folk song on the same stage as the works of the great figures of classical music history. On Christmas 1931, Hungarian Christmas premiered with the theatre's greatest singers, conducted by the composer.

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

A „Csodaszarvas”, a honfoglalás előtti időkbe kalauzolja el nézőit. Igazi, látványos, családi lovas előadást tervezünk, mely történelmünk kezdeti, eddig csak „regélt” időszakában játszódik. Arany János "Buda halála" című műve nyomdokán, egy olyan világot tárunk nézőink elé, melyben egyformán megtalálja örömét minden korosztály.

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

There are evenings when our Opera House cannot perform because rehearsals are ongoing on stage until the evening. There are audience members who can only afford to hear their favourite pieces with a discount. And there are works that, although very popular, cannot be staged every season due to the congestion of productions.

A BUFO, azaz Budapesti Független Operaszínház a kortárs független operajátszás megalapozására jött létre: színházi és zenei szakemberek bevonásával olyan fórumot kívánnak teremteni a kortárs operai alkotások számára, amely a hagyományos játszóhelyektől elrugaszkodva a független színházi közönséget is képes megszólítani.