Even if we cannot claim, paraphrasing the Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi, that one who becomes an opera singer in Hungary is a fool, he or she nonetheless has several pressing missions to complete. In this unusual pair of years when the Hungarian State Opera must largely do without the Opera House, we have the opportunity to take the essence of our work to Hungarians beyond our borders and the wider world, as well as to rural areas and opera-starved cities in lesser Hungary. This is the goal of the “Opera from the Opera!” four-performance subscriptions, which will run in parallel to the “Puccini’s Italy” season and will be expanded to ten county capitals for this season – and which we intend to repeat in 2021/22, when the Erkel Theatre is scheduled to be closed for renovation. The stops on the four-night “OO subscription” are Veszprém, Kaposvár, Szekszárd, Zalaegerszeg, Kecskemét, Tatabánya, Salgótarján, Eger, Nyíregyháza and Békéscsaba
Programme:
• Ballet Gala – classical pas de deux and solo dances (Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Spartacus) and Hans van Manen’s LOL programme (Trois Gnossiennes, 5 Tangos, Black Cake)
• Symphonic Evening (opera overture, classical concerto with leading artists of the Opera playing solo, vocal scene and symphonic music)
• “Puccini’s Italy” opera gala (excerpts from popular operas by Puccini and his Italian contemporaries with orchestral accompaniment and three soloists)
• Puccini Tosca (concert performance of the opera with chorus, children’s choir, orchestra and soloists, sung in Italian with Hungarian surtitles)
Or
• Puccini La bohème (concert performance of the opera with chorus, children’s choir, orchestra and soloists, sung in Italian with Hungarian surtitles)
Partner: Philharmonia Hungary