Concert, music, Opera / Operett

Although Wagner's mature masterpiece, which he wrote after Tristan but before completing the Ring, is officially a comic opera and doesn't stint on entertainment, it is nevertheless much more complex, dealing with youth and old age, love and friendship, art and craft, as well as innovation and conservativism.

The life of the title character of Wagner’s early opera Tannhäuser, based on the hero of medieval legend, is a struggle between sensuality and asceticism.

Gustav Mahler
SYMPHONY NO. 8
Concert performance in Latin and German with Hungarian, English, and original-language subtitles

Come hear the most popular melodies, arias and orchestral excerpts from Richard Wagner’s operas at the closing event of the Budapest Wagner Days festival! We first held this highlights concert in 2023 and are now presenting it for the third time, in order to welcome not only fans, but also those who are just getting to know the magic of Wagner’s passionate style.

OPERA141
Festive gala concert

“Tündérkirálynő légy a párom”

Huszka 150 / Jókai 200 / Strauss 200

Operett gálaműsor a Gödöllői Szimfonikus Zenekar és sztárvendégei előadásában

2025. július 15-én kedden 20 órakor a Gödöllői Királyi Kastély Díszudvarán
(esőnap: július 16., szerda 20 óra)

Stars' recitals with piano
Featuring: Ludovic Tézier

élőzenés operett gála, Monarchia operett
Operett, hungarikum – egy ízig-vérig magyar műfaj, amelyet az egész világon ismernek, szeretnek, énekelnek.

Zenés emlékesttel tisztelgünk a salgóbányai születésű Komlóssy Erzsébet, Kossuth- és Liszt Ferenc-díjas opera-énekesnő emléke előtt 2025. július 9-én (szerdán) 16 órától a Geocsodák Házában (Salgótarján, Medvesi út 14.).

Közreműködők:
Erkel Ferenc Vegyeskar és a Bartók Béla Vegyeskar

Nyári szabadtéri előadás, a Benczúr Ház Rendezvényközpont kerti színpadán!

Egy különleges nyáresti koncertre várjuk a közönséget a hangulatos Bencs Villa Parkjában, ahol az olasz operairodalom kiemelkedő mestereinek legismertebb áriái csendülnek fel. A műsor Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, Donizetti és Cilea emblematikus műveiből válogat, felidézve a 19–20. századi olasz opera legszebb pillanatait.

In the BMW season, there is room for thematic concerts that pay tribute to composers of the season. First in the series, the OPERA Orchestra presents different facets of Wagner, with a programme ranging from an overture to a comic opera and masterpieces of Lieder to the best-known chapter of his oeuvre.

Giacomo Puccini
Best of Puccini
Nessun dorma gala concert and Schicchi 2.0

Without ever knowing, the heroine of this Vincenzo Bellini opera performs death-defying feats at dizzying heights, while the singer tasked with portraying her is only too aware that hers is one of the bel canto repertoire’s most beautiful and risky roles.

SOLTI GALA WITH STARS
Festive gala evening with Hungarian, English and same-language surtitles

Without ever knowing, the heroine of this Vincenzo Bellini opera performs death-defying feats at dizzying heights, while the singer tasked with portraying her is only too aware that hers is one of the bel canto repertoire’s most beautiful and risky roles.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of La Bohème has been a New York favourite since 1981, and this enchantingly lyrical, vibrantly youthful and extremely touching production is now making its fourth appearance on the programme of the MET’s global broadcasts.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of La Bohème has been a New York favourite since 1981, and this enchantingly lyrical, vibrantly youthful and extremely touching production is now making its fourth appearance on the programme of the MET’s global broadcasts.

BMW Afternoons - concert

Running time 2 hours without intervals
German Language; Hungarian, English, German Surtitle

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last joint opera, Arabella is a cheerful and poignant farewell to a bygone, peaceful Vienna. It now returns to the MET’s repertoire in Otto Schenk’s 1983 production, following his sad passing this year.

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last joint opera, Arabella is a cheerful and poignant farewell to a bygone, peaceful Vienna. It now returns to the MET’s repertoire in Otto Schenk’s 1983 production, following his sad passing this year.

“Loved to the gallows” could be an alternative title of Umberto Giordano’s opera, which serves up a grand historical tableau, a love that even defies death, and, last but not least, three brilliant leading roles.

“Loved to the gallows” could be an alternative title of Umberto Giordano’s opera, which serves up a grand historical tableau, a love that even defies death, and, last but not least, three brilliant leading roles.

Georg Friedrich Händel – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DER MESSIAS (MESSIAH) – CONCERT
Oratorio in three parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles
Performance length: 2 hours, without intermissions

The 29th MUSIC-WINE celebration has already become a tradition, where every year on December 30, the world's one and only 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra gives a grand gala concert.

For the 13th time, the performance of the famous Symphony No. 9 will dominate the OPERA’s New Year celebrations. Every year, a different brilliant composer is selected to direct the masterpiece, and there are no other ensembles in Hungary than the OPERA Orchestra and Chorus who are better acquainted with this work perfect to underscore the hope of a new year.

Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera is a veritable apotheosis of bel canto that should only be presented to an audience with performers displaying impeccable technique and stylistic sensibilities.

Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera is a veritable apotheosis of bel canto that should only be presented to an audience with performers displaying impeccable technique and stylistic sensibilities.

Stars' recitals with piano
Featuring: Freddie De Tommaso

The symphonic works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart… The composer’s music is filled with arias, even when written for instruments. Alongside famous and lesser-known opera excerpts, the OPERA Orchestra and outstanding soloists, will perform a concerto for winds as well as a symphony from Mozart’s mature period.

Aria and song recital

Running time 2 hours including one interval
Surtite Hungarian, English, same-language.