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Haydn: The Creation, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 1 Jan 2026 7:30 PM
- classical
Start your 2026 with a moment of musical awe. Haydn’s monumental oratorio, The Creation, remains one of the most captivating works of the Enlightenment, painting a vivid sonic picture of the world’s beginning— from the first spark of light to the appearance of the stars, animals, and mankind.
For the Budapest expat community and music lovers alike, the New Year’s concert at Müpa Budapest has ...
Stephen the King, Opera House Budapest, 31 December
- 31 Dec 2025 9:00 PM
- classical
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and instrumentation that gives the rock music universal perspectives.
The poems for Levente Szörényi, ...
Éva Duda Company: Frida, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 28 December
- 28 Dec 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
This spectacular performance explores the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, guiding the audience into an exotic dream world through music, film, and dance.
Like a unique guided tour, the dance scenes reveal the beauty and challenges of a woman’s fate, passionate love stories, vibrant culture, carnival spirit, and defining moments of Frida's life. Rather than a biography, it ...
La Bohème Opera Performance, Opera Budapest, 26 December
- 26 Dec 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
Opera in three parts, four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles.
Some operas are legendary. None more so than Puccini's work telling the tale of young bohemians in Paris, in which one of the most beautiful romances in operatic literature begins with a burnt-out candle and a misplaced key.
There are also legendary opera productions, such as this one directed by ...
The Nutcracker, Hungarian State Opera Budapest, 24 December
- 24 Dec 2025 11:00 AM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker has for decades been an essential part of the world’s and the OPERA’s run-up to Christmas. In memory of the previous production that had been in the repertoire for more than half a century, for the Christmas of 2015, a newly buffed-up show was staged that follows classical ballet traditions while still conforming to the requirements of 21st century dance and set design. ...
Händel – Mozart: Messiah, Opera House Budapest, 22 December
- 22 Dec 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
When, Baron van Swieten, known from Hungarian history as the head of the school programmes of Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II, commissioned Mozart to prepare arrangements of four works by Händel, no one could yet know that among them the Messiah would remain a festive delicacy for the world 250 years later.
Mozart shortened the work and enriched it with new instruments, yet in the spirit ...
Hungarian Christmas, Opera House, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2025 3:00 PM
- classical
Jenő Ádám, a student of Kodály’s and perhaps his greatest contemporary admirer, was also the one who structured and developed his pedagogical method: his Christmas one-act was the first work at the Opera House, which placed the pure Hungarian folk song on the same stage as the works of the great figures of classical music history.
On Christmas 1931, Hungarian Christmas premiered with the ...
Cecilia Bartoli & Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 December
- 15 Dec 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Cecilia Bartoli is returning to Müpa Budapest! Any chance to host the world-famous Italian coloratura soprano/mezzo-soprano is a cause for celebration: her appearances are invariably made extraordinary by her cascading displays of scintillating technical feats and the emotional and passionate intensity of her performances.
On this occasion she will headline one of the immortal masterpieces ...
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 8 December
- 8 Dec 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
Founded in 1918, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Europe’s top symphonic ensembles and second in line in Holland only to the Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, having been led over the past half century by such marvellous conductors as Edo de Waart, Jeffrey Tate, Valery Gergiev and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
At the helm since 2018 has been the dynamic Israeli Lahav Shani, ...
Haydn: The Creation, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 1 Jan 2026 7:30 PM
- classical
Start your 2026 with a moment of musical awe. Haydn’s monumental oratorio, The Creation, remains one of the most captivating works of the Enlightenment, painting a vivid sonic picture of the world’s beginning— from the first spark of light to the appearance of the stars, animals, and mankind.
For the Budapest expat community and music lovers alike, the New Year’s concert at Müpa Budapest has ...
Stephen the King, Opera House Budapest, 31 December
- 31 Dec 2025 9:00 PM
- classical
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and instrumentation that gives the rock music universal perspectives.
The poems for Levente Szörényi, ...
Éva Duda Company: Frida, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 28 December
- 28 Dec 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
This spectacular performance explores the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, guiding the audience into an exotic dream world through music, film, and dance.
Like a unique guided tour, the dance scenes reveal the beauty and challenges of a woman’s fate, passionate love stories, vibrant culture, carnival spirit, and defining moments of Frida's life. Rather than a biography, it ...
La Bohème Opera Performance, Opera Budapest, 26 December
- 26 Dec 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
Opera in three parts, four acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles.
Some operas are legendary. None more so than Puccini's work telling the tale of young bohemians in Paris, in which one of the most beautiful romances in operatic literature begins with a burnt-out candle and a misplaced key.
There are also legendary opera productions, such as this one directed by ...
The Nutcracker, Hungarian State Opera Budapest, 24 December
- 24 Dec 2025 11:00 AM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker has for decades been an essential part of the world’s and the OPERA’s run-up to Christmas. In memory of the previous production that had been in the repertoire for more than half a century, for the Christmas of 2015, a newly buffed-up show was staged that follows classical ballet traditions while still conforming to the requirements of 21st century dance and set design. ...
Händel – Mozart: Messiah, Opera House Budapest, 22 December
- 22 Dec 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
When, Baron van Swieten, known from Hungarian history as the head of the school programmes of Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II, commissioned Mozart to prepare arrangements of four works by Händel, no one could yet know that among them the Messiah would remain a festive delicacy for the world 250 years later.
Mozart shortened the work and enriched it with new instruments, yet in the spirit ...
Hungarian Christmas, Opera House, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2025 3:00 PM
- classical
Jenő Ádám, a student of Kodály’s and perhaps his greatest contemporary admirer, was also the one who structured and developed his pedagogical method: his Christmas one-act was the first work at the Opera House, which placed the pure Hungarian folk song on the same stage as the works of the great figures of classical music history.
On Christmas 1931, Hungarian Christmas premiered with the ...
Cecilia Bartoli & Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 December
- 15 Dec 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Cecilia Bartoli is returning to Müpa Budapest! Any chance to host the world-famous Italian coloratura soprano/mezzo-soprano is a cause for celebration: her appearances are invariably made extraordinary by her cascading displays of scintillating technical feats and the emotional and passionate intensity of her performances.
On this occasion she will headline one of the immortal masterpieces ...
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 8 December
- 8 Dec 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
Founded in 1918, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Europe’s top symphonic ensembles and second in line in Holland only to the Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, having been led over the past half century by such marvellous conductors as Edo de Waart, Jeffrey Tate, Valery Gergiev and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
At the helm since 2018 has been the dynamic Israeli Lahav Shani, ...