Why did Liszt never finish the opera Sardanapalo?
Revolution, betrayal, a mysterious poet, renewing and inventing genres: the meta story of Sardanapalo is pure adventure itself!
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King Pomádé: György Ránki’s children’s opera is a parody of power
Ránki originally wrote King Pomádé as a children’s radio opera in 1950, and three years later adapted it into a full-length stage work.
The Face in the Mirror: two men fall in love with the female clone
Face in the Mirror turns our image of the world upside down: the clone is more human than the person coming from a mother’s womb.
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.
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.
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.
The living memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky will stay with us forever
Dmitri Hvorostovsky lived 55 years, with around 30 constantly on stage. His legacy consists of many albums and videos.
As if this yellow sofa could talk about marital infidelity!
Godofredo Alves one day finds his business partner having seduced his wife. And not anywhere but exactly on the YELLOW SOFA, which was a gift to her!
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Seven videos you have to watch from Müpa’s archives!
Bored with the quarantine already? Here is some great music, dance, literature and fun to cheer you up! Great artists, instruments and genres. Enjoy!
Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel comes to his Budapest concert with a rugby shirt and some honey
Bryn Terfel was the second artist to get the Queen’s Medal for Music, founded by Elizabeth II, as an approval for an extraordinary musical career.
Angels fly to Budapest – Péter Eötvös’ opera for the first time in Hungary
The Budapest premiere will happen on the 10th of October as part of the CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, together with the Neue Oper Wien.
In John Cage’s piece, the singer feels naked on stage – interview with opera singer Katalin Károlyi
Katalin Károlyi mezzosoprano will give the concerts Human Voice 2.1 and 2.2. The repertoire consists of three contemporary pieces of different kinds.
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If it is worth showing the audience, I never hesitate – interview with Gábor Hollerung
Gábor Hollerung, conductor of the Ernő Dohnányi Symphonic Orchestra in Budafok, believes that neither romantic nor emotional music can go out of fashion.
Rolando Villazón – opera singer with jester vibes and a dinosaur mask
After leaving the shower cabin, Villazón started to develop his voice – and fell in love with the genre of opera forever.
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Budapest opens festival season in Europe – 39. Spring Festival launches on 5 April
“We are the Budapest Spring Festival”, says executive director Csaba Káel. Franz Liszt, Russian culture and the 100-year-old Bauhaus in the spotlight.
It’s not about you in the music, it’s about music in yourself
She answers the phone and I’m astonished how beautiful her voice is. I can imagine her leading a meditation group…
Baroque Soap Opera Reloaded
All three works contain references to moments in Wilhelmine’s life: the self-sacrificing, loving sister, the hysterical arguments between her parents, the tyrannical father forcing his daughter to marry, who even condemns his own son to death.
A Pinch of Decadence
Natalie Dessay has always been a self-aware artist: she took on roles rarely, so that she could give her utmost in them – and that is exactly what she did.
Behold the man who composes, sings and conducts the same piece of music
He goes down in history as the first artist who sings and conducts simultaneously in one concert or recording.
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