Internationally renowned French baritone Ludovic Tézier will make his debut at the Opera House with popular song cycles by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and Ibert. At the Stars' Recitals with Piano season-opening concert on 9 November 2025, he will be joined by the distinguished English pianist Julius Drake.
On 25 October, the birthday of two highly influential composers, Georges Bizet and Johann Strauss II, the international opera community celebrates World Opera Day with numerous live and online events.
For nearly a century, it has been a tradition of the Hungarian State Opera to mark All Souls’ Day with Verdi’s Requiem as a reflection on mortality, a tradition that, in recent decades, has also been associated with the national day of mourning on 4 November. Premiered in 2024, the OPERA presents the requiem mass in a staged version directed by Ádám Tulassay. This year’s principal performers are Zsuzsanna Ádám, Erika Gál, István Kovácsházi, and Gosh Sargsyan, with Jiří Habart conducting the OPERA Orchestra and Chorus.