Whatever you do in Budapest, do not miss its opera house—even though it annoyed the heck out of Emperor Franz Josef. And Michael Jackson, the well-known world traveler, might have thought he was in ...

The Hungarian State Opera House is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful buildings in Budapest, drawing in thousands of visitors each year. But its facade is currently obscured by scaffolding, leaving ...

Key Highlight: The opera house's main draw is its opulent architecture – inside and out. Marble columns, gilded vaulted ceilings, an enormous bronze chandelier, and murals and frescoes depicting Greek ...

The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2022/2023 thematic season titled Myth & History. The OPERA awaits the public in the renovated Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue with numerous new functions and ...

16 premieres, 60 repertoire pieces, the inauguration of the Eiffel Arts Studios as well as the reopening of the Opera House are all featured in the 2018/19 season of the Hungarian State Opera. Until ...

Al Marks, a Holocaust survivor who was able to turn his childhood dream of becoming a musician into reality following that grim period in history, curates an evening of opera melodies and ...

With hot thermal baths, quirky ruined bars, stunning Gothic revival architecture, and world-class street food, you can be sure there are plenty of things to do in Budapest. It’s a city that captures ...

In January 2018, the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest was widely criticized for staging the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess — whose story wrestles with racism, drug abuse and poverty — with a ...

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