Nearly four thousand people attended the three performances of La bohème, sixteen hundred the Beethoven concert, while a total of ten thousand tickets were sold for the six ballet performances of Swan Lake. Thus, the Hungarian State Opera’s season-opening guest appearance at the Dubai Opera, held from 18 to 28 September 2025, was accompanied by resounding success, surpassing that of two years earlier.
Under the title Bittersweet Comedies, the Hungarian National Ballet will present three contemporary classical choreographies spiced with humour or sensuality in a single evening. Johan Inger’s Walking Mad, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, and Hans van Manen’s 5 Tangos can be seen four times between 11 and 19 October 2025, on the stages of the Eiffel Art Studios and the Opera House.
Alongside Baroque and Romantic operas and Italian songs, hits from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Godfather, and West Side Story will also feature at Joseph Calleja’s first song recital at the Opera House. At the season-opening concert of the Star Recitals with Piano series on 5 October, the Maltese tenor will appear before the Hungarian audience accompanied by pianist Sarah Tysman.