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Premier on Saturday: Tobias Kratzer's Covent Garden production of #Beethoven's #Fidelio adapted for the stage of #operabudapest features a double cast including guest stars Sinéad Campbell Wallace & Jamez McCorkle, conducted by Péter Halász. #premiere

Jonas Kaufmann's new album featuring the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra is out now. @tenorkaufmann #operabudapest #newalbum

Last Saturday, the audience of #operabudapest had a wonderful evening with soprano Nadine Sierra and pianist Bryan Wagorn at their recital featuring works by Debussy, Charpentier, Verdi, and Gounod. #NadineSierra #BryanWagorn #recital

A peculiar game turning into something sinister... The Verdict, a new opera by Hungarian composer János Vajda, based on #Dürrenmatt's novella Die Panne (A Dangerous Game), is on at #operabudapest's Eiffel Art Studios. #worldpremiere

World premieres on Saturday at #EiffelArtStudios: György Selmeczi's Royal Highness (based on Th. Mann's novel) and János Vajda's The Verdict (based on Dürrenmatt's novella) are presented in a double bill at Eiffel Art Studios on 11 April. #operabudapest #worldpremiere

Discover the auditorium of #OperaBudapest, an enchanting world of red and gold, and the calm, harmonious composition with the ceiling fresco by Károly Lotz and the splendid bronze chandelier, designed by architect Miklós Ybl. #Lotz #Ybl #splendour

Little Coppélia powered by #MVM: the latest production in a series of ballet productions aimed at young audiences and tailor-made for students of #OperaBudapest's own ballet school was a huge success and it returns in next season. #Coppélia #ballet #youth

Join the amazing Nadine Sierra at her #OperaBudapest recital featuring works by Gounod, Charpentier, Debussy, Verdi and more, accompanied on the piano by the brilliant Bryan Wagorn on 11 Apr. #NadineSierra #BryanWagorn #recital

For April Fools' Day: a funny postcard of #OperaBudapest from the early 1900s. #AprilFools #archive

Happy birthday, Johann Sebastian #Bach! The musical genius is celebrated during the Holy Week at #OperaBudapest with his Matthäus-Passion (in Mendelssohn's version). #OTD #birthday #Easter

Renowned conductor Constantin Trinks makes his #OperaBudapest debut this week with #Wagner's #Parsifal. #ConstantinTrinks #debut

April preview: following the traditional Easter programmes, Tobias Kratzer's #Fidelio production premieres at #OperaBudapest, Swan Lake returns to the repertoire, and two one-acts (Royal Highness / The Verdict) will enjoy their world premieres at Eiffel Art Studios.

The traditional #Easter programme at #OperaBudapest includes #Wagner's spectacular Parsifal, #Bach's Matthäus-Passion, and a concert performance of #Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana + Messa di Gloria.

Today, we celebrate the birthday of one of the most influential Hungarian composers, Béla Bartók (1881-1945), whose The Wooden Prince and Bluebeard's Castle enjoyed their world premieres at #OperaBudapest in 1917 & 1918. #Bartók #birthday #OTD

Last week, the amazing Aigul Akhmetshina gave a wonderful recital at #OperaBudapest, accompanied on the piano by Jonathan Papp. #AigulAkhmetshina #recital

Happy birthday, Ludwig Minkus! The composer born #OTD 200 years ago is renowned for his ballet music. Last year's spectacular #OperaBudapest production of La Bayadère featuring music by Minkus returns to the repertoire next season. #Minkus #birthday #ballet

The rehearsals for Tobias Kratzer's London production of #Fidelio have begun at #OperaBudapest. #Beethoven's only opera opens on 18 April. #premiere #TobiasKratzer

World premieres at #OperaBudapest: György Selmeczi's Royal Highness (based on Th. Mann's novel) and János Vajda's The Verdict (based on Dürrenmatt's novella) are presented in a double bill at Eiffel Art Studios on 11 April. #worldpremiere #ThomasMann #Dürrenmatt

Coming soon: the new album "Magische Töne" of the amazing Jonas Kaufmann @tenorkaufmann featuring the Hungarian State Orchestra conducted by Dirk Kaftan, recorded at #OperaBudapest's Eiffel Art Studios.

Meet Little Coppélia: the newest youth production featuring students of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute, #OperaBudapest's own ballet school is a perfect way to introduce young audiences to the world of ballet to music by #Delibes, choreography by Dace Radina. #Coppélia