Gala programme

Hosted by József Szarvas and Szilveszer Ókovács 

Conducted by principal music director Balázs Kocsár

Directed by artistic director Ferenc Anger, and ballet director Tamás Solymosi
Assistant director: András Aczél

25 February 2017, 8:30 p.m. | Opera House 

Programme highlights include:

Ferenc Erkel: Hunyadi László – Palotás (choreographer: András Nádasdy)

Giuseppe Verdi: ”Una vela...” and “Esultate” (Kristian Benedikt,
Gergely Boncsér, Sándor Egri, Mihály Kálmándy)

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello – Love Duet

Georges Bizet: Carmen – Habanera

Georges Bizet: Carmen – Toreador Song

Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride – dance of the comedians (choreographer: Csaba Sebestyén)

Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka – Song to the Moon

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades – Hermann's Aria from Act 3

Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah – “Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix”

Charles Gounod: Faust – Megphisto’s Rondo 

- interval -

Giuseppe Verdi: Aida – Triumphal March and Chorus

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot - Nessun dorma

Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber Of Seville – Don Basilio's Aria

Zoltán Kodály: Háry János – Intermezzo (choreographer: Zoltán Farkas)

Zoltán Kodály: Háry János – “I am poor”

Zoltán Kodály: Háry János – Recruiting Dance

Zoltán Kodály: The Spinning Room – Cuckorikoo Tale

Zoltán Kodály: The Spinning Room – Beneath the Mountains of Csitár 

Zoltán Kodály: The Spinning Room – Finale

The Opera reserves the right to make changes in the programme and the cast.