Sleepless: gloomy yet beautiful Péter Eötvös opera in the Müpa
Péter Eötvös adapted Jon Fosse’s Trilogy. The story of precarious couple Alida and Asle is childishly innocent yet deeply sinful…
Theater
Péter Eötvös: I ran away from Bartók’s works to avoid falling into repetition
For me the genre of opera is an absolute miracle – says Péter Eötvös before the premiere of his newest opera Sleepless.
María Pagés: flamenco is a genre for a lifetime
Let’s look a bit behind the scenes through the story of a world famous dancer, María Pagés. Soon at the Bartók Spring!
Lucrezia Borgia rules over life and death – says director Ferenc Anger
In fact, Lucrezia Borgia is a Renaissance person who combines the sciences and the arts. A semi-staged opera in the Müpa.
Here, Romanians, Hungarians and the Roma coexist peacefully – interview with Zsolt Juhász
Dance of the Mezőség is very unified, but every ethnic group has its own traits. It was a difficult task for the dancers and musicians…
Transporters didn’t need an update; rape is, unfortunately, an eternal topic
Concert-opera or not, music and real or imagined stage events together create the effect – says creator Gergely Vajda.
New opera-musical version of The Master and Margarita – interview with director Vajk Szente
The music is exciting: classical opera on the one hand, rock music on the other, and thirdly, there are musical elements – says the director.
A married couple on the stage of heaven – Gyula Böszörményi remembers
Mari Simon, actress, and Gábor Mészöly, writer and dramaturg, recently passed away. Writer Gyula Böszörményi says farewell to them.
If you could see me now… and now… and now… – interview with Arno Schuitemaker
Have you ever wanted to talk to someone who indeed fulfilled everyone’s contradictory childhood dreams within one single life?
Cédric Eeckhout’s message to Hungarian PM – what is to be half Flemish, half Walloon?
I realised more and more how my personal feelings and life events are connected to European politics and international relations.
Brilliant Metropolitan broadcasts coming to Müpa’s new season too
Broadcasts help us concentrate on the content rather than the externalities: the HD quality makes them almost as good as an opera experience on stage.
We were born in this land yet strive for the sky: story of the My Land
In stories seemingly from Eastern European countries, Bence Vági found the universal, human; something relatable to his life in Hungary, too.
Budapest Wagner Days goes online again – good news for fans all around the world!
Budapest Wagner Days goes online for the second consecutive year already. This means that it can be watched from everywhere around the world!
A fantastic experience: they dance Vasarely’s paintings! – interview with Balázs Vincze
Vasarely was born in Pécs, so it brings us a great opportunity to celebrate the 60th birthday of our dance company Ballet Pécs with him!
The Concerto reveals a lot about an ill Bartók’s mental and physical state
Interview with dancer-choreographer Tamás Juronics and his artistic partners. How can you dance to Bartók’s Concerto? How do worlds meet?
Criminal dance drama based on a terrifying story – interview with screenwriter Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze
A Szekler folk ballad tells a universal story about passionate love overwriting everything, marital infidelity, jealousy, and revenge.
I got so much from Félix Lajkó and the Győr Ballet Company – László Velekei on their newest production
We put a new layer on the piece, with an update on the language of dance, and we made it faster and thicker.
The man who put on an online-purchased female body
Did you know that there are websites that sell 3D replicas of real people’s bodies and faces…? An online show provided by the Trafó.
Rossini can always make us smile – interview with bass baritone Péter Kálmán
Péter Kálmán, bass baritone who considers himself a Rossini fan, shared a few things with us about this promising night.
Wagner is like drugs, but even better! – interview with Ádám Fischer
Wagner was able to pour us with a tsunami of intensive emotions way before we discovered them due to covid – Ádám Fischer says.