Maria Yakovleva is named Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet for the 2025/26 season
On 15 June 2025, during the curtain call following a performance of La Bayadère, the principal of the Hungarian National Ballet was surprised with the announcement that she would be the recipients of the greatest honour of the ballet company of the Hungarian State Opera for the next season. She was presented with a swan-shaped award made by the Herend Porcelain Manufactory by ballet director Tamás Solymosi, amidst the celebration of her colleagues and the audience.
