Wagner days in Budapest

Wagner in Budapest Opera Festival

The Wagner cult has important and ancient roots in Hungary.

This year the "Wagner in Budapest" Opera Festival will be organized for the fifth time in the Palace of Arts. This years’ first performance is the Tristan and Isolde on the 29th of May. Season tickets can be bought for the Ring of the Nibelung which includes a 15 % discount for one of the performances of Tristan and Isolde on the 1st of June or the 16th of June.

The complete Ring will be performed on four following days:

On 10th of June with The Rhinegold, on 11th of June The Valkyrie, on 12th of June Siegfried and on 13th of June the Twilight of the Gods (Die Göttersdämmerung) will close the Ring of the Nibelung.

29. May 2010. Saturday 16:00 – 23:00,

01. June 2010. Tuesday 16:00 – 23:00

16. June 2010. Wednesday 16:00 – 23:00

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde

Music drama in three scenes in German language with Hungarian subtitles

Tristan: Christian Franz
Isolde: Anna Katharina Behnke
King Marke : Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Kurwenal: Tomasz Konieczny
Brangäne: Németh Judit
Melot: Szegedi Csaba
Shepherd: Megyesi Zoltán
Helmsman: Clementis Tamás
Young Sailor: Horváth István

Director, stage designer and costumes: Magdolna Parditka and Alexandra Szemerédy
Light designer: Károly Györgyfalvai
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Hungarian State Opera
Artistic director and conductor: Ádám Fischer

10. June 2010. Thursday 18:00 – 21:00

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Wagner: The Rhinegold

Music drama in four scenes in German language with Hungarian subtitles

Wotan: Alan Titus
Donner: Oskar Hillebrandt
Froh: Ladislav Elgr
Loge: Christian Franz
Fricka: Németh Judit
Freia: Raimondi Ildikó
Erda: Kovács Annamária
Alberich: Hartmut Welker
Mime: Michael Roider
Fafner: Walter Fink
Fasolt: Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Woglinde: Wierdl Eszter
Wellgunde: Fodor Gabriella
Flosshilde: Mester Viktória

Director, stage designer: Hartmut Schörghofer
Dramaturgy: Christian Martin Fuchs †
Choreography: Teresa Rotemberg
Costumes and puppets: Corinna Crome
Light designer: Andreas Grüter
Video: Momme Hinrichs, Torge Møller (fettFilm)
Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio
Artistic director and conductor: Ádám Fischer

11. June 2010. Friday 16:00 – 23:00

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Wagner: The Valkyrie

Music drama in three scenes on German language with Hungarian subtitles

Siegmund: Christian Franz
Hunding: Walter Fink
Wotan: Alan Titus
Sieglinde: Christiane Iven
Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster
Fricka: Németh Judit
Helmwige: Rálik Szilvia
Gerhilde: Szabóki Tünde
Ortlinde: Fodor Beatrix
Waltraute: Fodor Gabriella
Siegrune: Várhelyi Éva
Rossweise: Mester Viktória
Grimgerde: Bakos Kornélia
Schwertleite: Kovács Annamária

12. June 2010. Saturday 16:00 - 23:00

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Wagner: Siegfried

Music drama in three scenes in German language with Hungarian subtitles

Siegfried: Stephen Gould
Mime: Michael Roider
Wotan: Tomasz Konieczny
Alberich: Hartmut Welker
Fafner: Walter Fink
Erda: Kovács Annamária
Brünnhilde: Irene Theorin
Forest Bird: Gál Gabi

Director, stage designer: Hartmut Schörghofer
Dramaturgy: Christian Martin Fuchs †
Choreography Vida Gábor
Costumes and Puppets : Corinna Crome
Light designer: Andreas Grüter
Video: Momme Hinrichs, Torge Møller (fettFilm)
Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio
Art director and conductor: Ádám Fischer

13. June 2010. Sunday 16:00 - 23:00

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Wagner: Twilight of the Gods (Die Göttersdämmerung)

Music drama in three scenes in German language with Hungarian subtitles

Siegfried: Christian Franz
Gunther: Oskar Hillebrandt
Hagen: Kurt Rydl
Alberich: Hartmut Welker
Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster
Gutrune: Vizin Viktória
Waltraute: Cornelia Kallisch
1. norna: Gál Erika
2. norna: Németh Judit
3. norna: Szabóki Tünde
Woglinde: Wierdl Eszter
Wellgunde: Fodor Gabriella
Flosshilde: Mester Viktória

Director, stage designer: Hartmut Schörghofer
Dramaturgy: Christian Martin Fuchs †
Choreography Vida Gábor
Costumes and Puppets : Corinna Crome
Light designer: Andreas Grüter
Video: Momme Hinrichs, Torge Møller (fettFilm)
The Chorus of the Hungarian Radio (chorus leader: Csaba Somos), Budapest Studio Chorus(chorus leader: Kálmán Strausz )
Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio
Artistic director and conductor: Ádám Fischer

Tickets: 2500.- 5900.- 10900.- 14900.- 16900.- Ft