Péter Kálmán: I won’t be the usual Don Giovanni but a wizard
Director András Hábetler and myself are childhood friends, so he tailored the character of Don Giovanni to match my personality.
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Gabi Szűcs: the femme fatale has no success in finding happiness
Jazz singer Gabi Szűcs investigates in her concert what is really like to be labelled as femme fatale. Are these women better lovers than wives?
Jazz musicians need to be as open as the genre itself! – remembering János Gonda
He did so many things that it is almost impossible to imagine how it could be only one person’s life work.
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.
Zubin Mehta’s long and adventurous life with the focus on four cities
“Once the applause faded, he didn’t need a cane anymore. On stage he was flying. And he easily took the whole large orchestra and his audience with him.”
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.
The second Marsalis son speaks his mind about music, family, or society
Wynton Marsalis seems like the a true prototype of being a “musical second born” – both in terms of subversion and innovation.
Is she the best Carmen? Elīna Garanča between two worlds
According to reviewers, she is among the most authentic personifications of Carmen and an inevitable part of European opera life.
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!
Müpa reopens its gates with international stars
This is not only reopening but rebirth for the leading cultural institution of Hungary. The Müpa leadership team revealed what comes next.
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?
Music is not like a 100-metre dash – interview with Charlie Horváth
…And then, in the early summer of 2019, we were on the way home in the bus, and then I suddenly said: OK guys, let’s record an album!
Ida Nielsen concert for free – one of the ten best bass guitarists of the world
On 30 April, we can recall the powerful and joyful music making of Danish bass guitarist and composer Ida Nielsen from a 2019 concert video.
Baroque friendships, or when composers and writers collaborated
Baroque composers, also popular in their own right, now can meet their old friend Molière, just like other writers of the era.
Let’s greet spring with these refreshing pieces of music!
Müpa has prepared another bunch of musical experiences that bring even more genres and great performers into our homes.
Music of the wild happiness of romance – concerts on the birthday of Béla Bartók
the composer who defined 20th century music fundamentally, not only in his homeland Hungary but internationally, was born 140 years ago.
Bach is the beginning and the end – birthday concerts all weekend
Müpa celebrates JS Bach all weekend: on both Saturday and Sunday night after 19:00 PM (CET), online concerts will be broadcasted.
Crazy party stories from the Irie Maffia
We brought you some rhythmic music, and stories related to them, from Irie Maffia whose concert can be rewatched tonight.
Müpa is 16 years old today
Müpa has held a lot of birthdays already. This time it will be its own! A leading cultural insitution of Hungary is 16 years old today.
Broadcast of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in the midst of Lent
No surprise that Mendelssohn chose him for this monumental piece: Elijah is considered as someone who prepared the way for the Messiah.
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