{"id":1310,"date":"2025-11-19T08:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=1310"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:53:18","slug":"giuseppe-verdi-il-trovatore-opera-premiere","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/events\/giuseppe-verdi-il-trovatore-opera-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe Verdi: IL TROVATORE Opera Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n    .szereplovaltozas-box {\n        position: relative;\n        margin: 26px 0;\n        padding: 26px 28px;\n        border: 2px solid #d71920;\n        border-left: 8px solid #d71920;\n        border-radius: 10px;\n        background: linear-gradient(\n            135deg,\n            #fff4f4 0%,\n            #ffffff 65%\n        );\n        box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(150, 0, 0, 0.16);\n        color: inherit;\n        font-size: 17px;\n        line-height: 1.65;\n        box-sizing: border-box;\n    }\n\n    .szereplovaltozas-box .szereplovaltozas-cim {\n        display: block;\n        margin: 0 0 20px;\n        color: #cc0000 !important;\n        -webkit-text-fill-color: #cc0000 !important;\n        font-size: 30px !important;\n        font-weight: 900 !important;\n        line-height: 1.2;\n        text-transform: uppercase;\n        letter-spacing: 0.02em;\n    }\n\n    .szereplovaltozas-box p {\n        margin: 0 0 16px;\n    }\n\n    .szereplovaltozas-box p:last-child {\n        margin-bottom: 0;\n    }\n\n    @media (max-width: 640px) {\n        .szereplovaltozas-box {\n            padding: 22px 20px;\n            border-left-width: 6px;\n            font-size: 16px;\n        }\n\n        .szereplovaltozas-box .szereplovaltozas-cim {\n            font-size: 23px !important;\n        }\n    }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"szereplovaltozas-box\">\n\n    <div\n        class=\"szereplovaltozas-cim\"\n        style=\"color: #cc0000 !important; -webkit-text-fill-color: #cc0000 !important;\"\n    >\n        <h3>Cast Change<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Dear Audience,<\/p>\n\n    <p>\n        Due to health reasons, <b>Marina Rebeka<\/b> has been forced to withdraw from the performances of <b>Il Trovatore<\/b> on 23 and 25 July.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n        Following a medical examination, her physician has prescribed complete vocal rest and full physical recovery for the coming weeks. As a result, she is unable to appear in the upcoming performances of <b>Il Trovatore<\/b> in both Madrid and Budapest.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n        <b>Marina Rebeka<\/b> sincerely regrets having to disappoint her colleagues and audiences, and kindly asks for your understanding.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n        In the Margitsziget Theatre performances, the role of Leonora will be performed by <b>Elena Stikhina<\/b>.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n        Margitsziget Theatre Nonprofit Ltd.\n    <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style id=\"sp_tab_dynamic_style1309\">#sp-tabpro-wrapper_1309.sp-tab__lay-default .sp-tab__tab-content {width: 100%;}#sp-tabpro-wrapper_1309 .animated {-webkit-animation-duration: 500ms;animation-duration: 500ms;}#sp-wp-tabs-wrapper_1309 .sp-tab__nav { justify-content: flex-start; }#sp-wp-tabs-wrapper_1309.sp-tab__lay-default.sp-tab__horizontal-bottom {display: flex;flex-direction: column-reverse;}#sp-wp-tabs-wrapper_1309.sp-tab__lay-default.sp-tab__horizontal-bottom > ul 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role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sp-tab__nav-link\" data-sptoggle=\"tab\" for=\"#tab-13097\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=tab-13097 aria-selected=true tabindex=0>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tab_title_area\"><H4 class=\"sp-tab__tab_title\">Bogdan Baciu<\/H4><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sp-tab__nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sp-tab__nav-link\" data-sptoggle=\"tab\" for=\"#tab-13098\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=tab-13098 aria-selected=true tabindex=0>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tab_title_area\"><H4 class=\"sp-tab__tab_title\">P\u00e9ter Hal\u00e1sz<\/H4><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sp-tab__tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13091\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane sp-tab__show sp-tab__active\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Giuseppe Verdi:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>IL TROVATORE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Opera Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Thursday, July 23, 2026, 8:00 PM <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(rain date: July 24)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Margaret Island Open-Air Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Running time: 180 minutes (with 1 intermission)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The opera of passionate hatred and love!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest audience successes of the 2025 summer season was Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s Nabucco, presented by the Margitsziget Theatre in a production directed by B\u00e1n Teod\u00f3ra. As one of the highlights of the 2026 season, Verdi\u2019s monumental masterpiece <strong>Il Trovatore <\/strong>will be presented with a world-class cast of international opera stars.<\/p>\n<p>Following its 1853 premiere, the opera quickly conquered Europe\u2019s stages: in Naples alone, it was performed nearly 190 times across six different theatres, while in Hungary it premiered on 31 October 1854.<\/p>\n<p>In the title role, the Margitsziget Theatre will welcome internationally acclaimed Azerbaijani dramatic tenor <strong>Yusif Eyvazov<\/strong> for his first-ever performance at the venue. Eyvazov is a regular guest artist at the world\u2019s most prestigious opera houses, including La Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, London\u2019s Royal Opera House, the Paris National Opera and Barcelona\u2019s Gran Teatre del Liceu. His distinguished discography also includes Puccini\u2019s Manon Lescaut, released by Deutsche Grammophon and recorded at the Salzburg Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The female lead, Leonora, will be performed by acclaimed Russian soprano <strong>Elena Stikhina<\/strong>, one of the most sought-after dramatic sopranos of her generation. Celebrated for her extraordinary vocal brilliance, impeccable technique, and profound dramatic artistry, Stikhina has established herself as one of the most distinguished and admired sopranos on today's international opera stage. She is a regular guest at many of the world's foremost opera houses and festivals, including the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Paris Opera, and the Salzburg Festival, where her acclaimed performances have earned enthusiastic praise from audiences and critics alike. Elena Stikhina has appeared alongside Yusif Eyvazov in several acclaimed productions, including <em>Aida<\/em> and <em>Il trovatore<\/em>, at some of Europe's leading opera houses and festivals, including the iconic Arena di Verona.<\/p>\n<p>The role of Azucena will be sung by Timi\u0219oara-born Hungarian mezzo-soprano <strong>Kutasi Judit<\/strong>. She appeared alongside Yusif Eyvazov on several occasions, including in Umberto Giordano\u2019s Andrea Ch\u00e9nier at La Scala in Milan. Her extraordinary voice and dramatic stage presence have already impressed audiences at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Arena di Verona, and the leading opera houses of London, Berlin, Paris, Munich and Barcelona. The role of Count di Luna will be performed by <strong>Bogdan Baciu<\/strong>, one of the most promising rising baritones on today\u2019s international opera scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13092\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p>Count di Luna \u2013 Bogdan Baciu <br \/>Leonora \u2013 Elena Stikhina<br \/>Azucena \u2013 Judit Kutasi <br \/>Manrico\u2013 Yusif Eyvazov <br \/>Ferrando \u2013 Istv\u00e1n Kov\u00e1cs <br \/>Ines \u2013 Melinda Heiter <br \/>Ruiz \u2013 Gergely Ujv\u00e1ri<br \/>Herald - Andr\u00e1s Decsi<br data-start=\"20\" data-end=\"23\">Old Gypsy - D\u00e1niel Kelemen<\/p>\n<p>Performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Choir.<br \/>Conducted by P\u00e9ter Hal\u00e1sz.<br \/>Directed and produced by Teod\u00f3ra B\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13093\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p>At the heart of Il trovatore lie rebellion against oppression, revenge, passionate hatred, love, and betrayal. During the composition of the opera, Giuseppe Verdi was fascinated by the romantic atmosphere of the medieval world and the mysterious spirit of the gypsy camps. From this inspiration emerged the story of the enigmatic troubadour whose serenade ignites Leonora\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p>The plot of the opera takes place in Spain in the 1410s, during the civil conflict in which the Count of Urgel launched a war of succession against King Ferdinand I of Aragon, nephew of the late King Martin, who had been elected rather than inheriting the throne. In the city of Zaragoza, situated on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees and at the center of the Kingdom of Aragon, the royalist Count di Luna resides in the Aljafer\u00eda Palace, while Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the queen, lives in the nearby Sargasto Palace. Manrico, the troubadour, comes from the mountains of Biscay and fights on the side of the Count of Urgel. Count di Luna and Manrico are therefore not only rivals in love, but also political enemies.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of the drama stands Azucena, the gypsy woman, who silently entangles the destinies of the characters and passively drives the love triangle toward tragedy. Within her, the voice of compassion struggles against the ancient tradition of blood revenge that ultimately shapes the fate of all involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13094\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1398 \" src=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yusif.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yusif.jpg 666w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yusif-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yusif-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yusif-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/yusif-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>Yusif Eyvazov<\/strong> is a dramatic tenor, with a thriving international performing career. Additionally, he was recently appointed as the Director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, in his home country, where he also holds the title of \u201cPeople\u2019s Artist of Azerbaijan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yusif performs regularly on the stages of all of the world\u2019s most prestigious opera houses including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Vienna State Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, Berlin State Opera, Royal Opera House in London, Paris National Opera, Liceu Opera Barcelona and The Metropolitan Opera, among others. The unique sound of his voice, described as \u201c<strong>metallic, stentorian and markedly Italianate<\/strong>\u201d (L.A. Times), and an outstanding stage presence have allowed him to combine an active opera career with frequent concert performances. Yusif has appeared on numerous recordings for Deutsche Grammophon including a complete recording of Puccini\u2019s <strong><em>\u201cManon Lescaut\u201d<\/em><\/strong> live from the Salzburg Festival and with soprano Anna Netrebko on the cross-over album <strong><em>Romanza<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the 2025\/2026 season include <strong><em>La forza del destino<\/em><\/strong> at the Zurich Opernhaus, concert in Istanbul,<strong><em>Turandot<\/em> <\/strong>at London Royal Opera House, <strong><em>Tosca<\/em><\/strong> at the Opera National de Paris and at the Royal Opera in Muscat, as well as the role of Radames in <strong><em>Aida<\/em><\/strong> at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, <strong><em>Il Trovatore<\/em> <\/strong>at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste.<\/p>\n<p>Yusif Eyvazov opened his 2024-25 season performing Rodolfo<strong><em> (La Boheme) <\/em><\/strong>at Op\u00e9ra de Monte-Carlo, Calaf <strong><em>(Turandot)<\/em><\/strong> in Budapest and Seoul. At the beginning of the year 2025 he performed <strong><em>Otello<\/em><\/strong> in Palermo at the Teatro Massimo. He then sang the role of Mario Cavardossi in <strong><em>Tosca<\/em><\/strong> at the Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma and concerts in Sofia, Budapest, Paris, Moscow and Vienna. Yusif Eyvazov sang Alfredo in <strong><em>La Traviata<\/em><\/strong> at the Royal Opera House Muscat and Manrico <strong><em>(Il Trovatore)<\/em><\/strong> at the Staatsoper Berlin. He appeared in <strong><em>Pique Dame<\/em><\/strong> at the Wiener Staatsoper, that was highly praised by critics, and <strong><em>Aida<\/em><\/strong> at the Arena di Verona Opera Festival. Among others he performed also in Orange, in concert in Berlin, in Thurn and Taxis Schlossfestspiel, in Ljubljana Festival and in Torre del Lago in Puccini Opera Festival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13095\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1426 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/elena.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/elena.jpg 195w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/elena-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>\"Leonora's aria is one of my favourites. It brought me two audience awards in competitions!\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elena Stikhina<\/strong> is widely regarded as one of the leading dramatic sopranos of her generation. Renowned for her exceptional vocal power and compelling stage presence, she has become one of the most sought-after guest artists at the world's foremost opera houses. In 2017, she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre as <strong>Salome<\/strong>, after which she joined the company's roster of soloists. Her acclaimed interpretation of the role earned her both the <strong>Onegin Russian Opera Prize<\/strong> and St. Petersburg's prestigious <strong>Golden Sofit Theatre Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Her international breakthrough followed a series of major competition successes. In 2014, she won First Prize at the <strong>Competizione dell'Opera<\/strong> in Linz, and in 2016 she received both the <strong>Audience Prize<\/strong> and the <strong>CulturArte Prize<\/strong> at the <strong>Operalia Pl\u00e1cido Domingo Competition<\/strong>. Since then, she has appeared regularly on the stages of the world's leading opera houses, including the <strong>Metropolitan Opera<\/strong> in New York, <strong>La Scala<\/strong> in Milan, the <strong>Op\u00e9ra National de Paris<\/strong>, the <strong>Vienna State Opera<\/strong>, the <strong>Bavarian State Opera<\/strong>, the <strong>Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich<\/strong>, the <strong>Royal Opera House Covent Garden<\/strong> in London, and the <strong>Salzburg Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Her extensive repertoire includes the title roles in <strong>Tosca<\/strong>, <strong>Aida<\/strong>, <strong>Salome<\/strong>, <strong>Norma<\/strong>, <strong>Medea<\/strong>, and <strong>Manon Lescaut<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Cio-Cio-San<\/strong> (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>), <strong>Senta<\/strong> (<em>Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em>), <strong>Leonora<\/strong> (<em>Il trovatore<\/em> and <em>La forza del destino<\/em>), <strong>Elisabetta<\/strong> (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>), <strong>Tatiana<\/strong> (<em>Eugene Onegin<\/em>), <strong>Amelia<\/strong> (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>), and <strong>Joan of Arc<\/strong> (<em>The Maid of Orleans<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The 2025\/26 season features a remarkable series of engagements. She performs the title role in <strong>Tosca<\/strong> at Dutch National Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris; <strong>Salome<\/strong> at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Vienna State Opera; <strong>Cio-Cio-San<\/strong> in <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em> at Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Metropolitan Opera; and also appears in <strong>The Maid of Orleans<\/strong>, <strong>Don Carlo<\/strong>, <strong>Un ballo in maschera<\/strong>, and <strong>Norma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the summer of 2026, Elena Stikhina continues her busy international schedule with performances as <strong>Amelia<\/strong> in Verdi's <em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em> at <strong>Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich<\/strong>, followed by the same production at the <strong>Edinburgh International Festival<\/strong>. She performs Benjamin Britten's monumental <em>War Requiem<\/em> at the <strong>Philharmonie de Paris<\/strong>, presents a solo recital at the <strong>Museum Moderner Kunst K\u00e4rnten<\/strong>, appears as the title heroine in Verdi's <em>Aida<\/em> at the <strong>Teatro dell'Opera di Roma<\/strong>, sings the title role in Bellini's <em>Norma<\/em> at the <strong>Bavarian State Opera<\/strong>, and concludes the summer as <strong>Cio-Cio-San<\/strong> at the <strong>Puccini Festival<\/strong> in Torre del Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Elena Stikhina is celebrated for her extraordinary vocal brilliance, impeccable technique, and profound dramatic artistry, qualities that have established her as one of the most distinguished and admired sopranos on today's international opera stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OperaWire \u2013 <em>Il trovatore<\/em>, Deutsche Oper Berlin (2024)<\/strong><em>\"Elena Stikhina's Leonora combined vocal opulence with dramatic conviction. Her gleaming upper register and seemingly effortless phrasing made every entrance memorable.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bachtrack \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\"Stikhina possesses exactly the kind of sumptuous spinto voice Verdi's Leonora requires, combining lyrical warmth with thrilling dramatic power.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13096\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p>With her \u201cdeeper, dark\u201d (Jenny Camilleri\/ Bachtrack) voice is one of the most up-and-coming singers in her repertoire and leads critics to predict that she \u201cwill be the Verdi mezzo of the next years\u201d (Maximilian Maier \/ BR Klassik).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1400 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi.jpg 818w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi-589x420.jpg 589w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi-696x496.jpg 696w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kutasi-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Judit Kutasi, a Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano, is one of the outstanding voices in her field. Her distinctive profile is characterized by powerful interpretations of Verdi and Wagner roles.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025\/26 season is marked by several impressive highlights for her: she starts the season with her return to the Paris Opera, where she performs the role of Amneris in&nbsp;<strong>Verdi\u2019s Aida.<\/strong>&nbsp;She then takes on the role of Ortrud in&nbsp;<strong>Wagner\u2019s Lohengrin<\/strong>&nbsp;at the Hungarian State Opera. At the Op\u00e9ra Royal de Wallonie-Li\u00e8ge, she sings Pauline in&nbsp;<strong>Tchaikovsky\u2019s The Queen of Spades<\/strong>&nbsp;before returning to the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Amneris. The season concludes with her guest performances as Azucena in&nbsp;<strong>Verdi\u2019s Il Trovatore<\/strong>&nbsp;at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and at the Margaret Island Festival in Budapest. On the concert stage, she can be heard performing&nbsp;<strong>Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony<\/strong>&nbsp;at both the Enescu International Festival and with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM) in the Spanish capital. She also sings&nbsp;<strong>Bruckner\u2019s Te Deum<\/strong>&nbsp;with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>Judit Kutasi performs regularly in major international opera houses and concert halls. Following her 2024 debut in&nbsp;<strong>Verdi\u2019s La Forza del Destino<\/strong>&nbsp;at the Metropolitan Opera, she returned to New York to sing Amneris under Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. The New Year\u2019s Eve premiere of Michael Mayer\u2019s spectacular new staging of&nbsp;<strong>Aida<\/strong>&nbsp;became part of the \u201cMet\u2019s Live in HD\u201d series and was shown in movie theatres across the globe. In San Francisco, Kutasi sang Ulrica in&nbsp;<strong>Un ballo in maschera<\/strong>&nbsp;and portrayed Ortrud in the new&nbsp;<strong>Lohengrin<\/strong>&nbsp;production under the baton of Eun Sun Kim.<\/p>\n<p>Her performances in San Francisco were also featured at the heart of the documentary \u201cEun Sun Kim: A Journey into Lohengrin\u201d (produced by Elena Park, Lumahai Productions), which was nominated for the 2025 Northern California Emmy Awards. A further media highlight was her television debut in the BBC documentary \u201cJoanna Lumley\u2019s Danube: Europe\u2019s Mightiest River\u201d (Episode 2: Slovakia and Hungary), which presented Kutasi in an interview and in an Aida performance at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Other milestones of Kutasi\u2019s opera career include the role of Erda in the new production of&nbsp;<strong>Wagner\u2019s Das Rheingold<\/strong>&nbsp;under the musical direction of Sir Donald Runnicles at the Deutsche Oper, as well as spectacular performances as Amneris, both at the Arena di Verona and the<br \/>Bayerische Staatsoper under Maestro Zubin Mehta, and the role of Azucena in&nbsp;<strong>Il Trovatore<\/strong>&nbsp;at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris. With great success, Judit Kutasi joined Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov in Umberto&nbsp;<strong>Giordano\u2019s Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/strong>&nbsp;at Teatro alla Scala Milano in performances led by Maestro Riccardo Chailly, subsequently released by the theater on DVD in a co-production with CMajor.<\/p>\n<p>As a sought-after artist on the concert stage, Judit Kutasi sang Federica in&nbsp;<strong>Verdi\u2019s Luisa Miller<\/strong>&nbsp;(CD production by BR Klassik) together with the Munich Radio Orchestra under the baton of Ivan Repu\u0161ic. At the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, she sang&nbsp;<strong>Bruckner\u2019s Te Deum<\/strong>&nbsp;and performed in the opera house\u2019s New Year\u2019s Concert in 2019. She also sang&nbsp;<strong>Verdi\u2019s Requiem<\/strong>&nbsp;under Antonio Pappano in Salzburg and&nbsp;<strong>Stravinsky\u2019s Les Noces<\/strong>&nbsp;under Kent Nagano at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p>Judit Kutasi was born in Timisoara, Romania. She studied voice, piano and cello at the Colegiul Na\u021bional de Art\u0103 \u201cIon Vidu\u201d and continued her studies at the University of Oradea and the Music Academy Gheorghe Dima in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, graduating with a master\u2019s degree. From 2013 to 2016, she was part of the Zurich Opera\u2014first in the International Opera Studio, then as an ensemble member. Judit Kutasi was a Walter Sandvoss Fellow of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2016\/17 and has been a celebrated guest artist there ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13097\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><figure id=\"attachment_1401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1401\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1401 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bogdan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bogdan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bogdan-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bogdan-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bogdan-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bogdan-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u00fcsseldorf, Portrait<br \/>Photo : Andreas Endermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Romanian baritone <strong>Bogdan Baciu<\/strong> studied at the Music Academy \u201cGheorghe Dima\u201d in Cluj-Napoca. He has won numerous prizes at international competitions. In 2011\/12 he became a member of the Opera Studio of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Dusseldorf, and he has been a member of the singers ensemble since 2012\/13. His repertoire includes roles such as Mozart\u2019s Papageno (\u201cThe Magic Flute\u201d) and Don Giovanni, Rossini\u2019s Figaro (\u201cIl barbiere di Siviglia\u201d) and Dandini (\u201cLa Cenerentola\u201d), Donizetti\u2019s Dottore Malatesta (\u201cDon Pasquale\u201d) and Enrico (\u201cLucia di Lammermoor\u201d), Verdi\u2019s Renato (\u201cBallo in maschera\u201d), Ford (\u201cFalstaff\u201d) and Marquis Posa (\u201cDon Carlo\u201d), Wagner\u2019s Gunther (\u201cG\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung\u201d) and Heerrufer (\u201cLohengrin\u201d), Puccini\u2019s Marcello (\u201cLa Boh\u00e8me\u201d), Sharpless (\u201cMadama Butterfly\u201d) and Ping (\u201cTurandot\u201d) as well as Escamillo (Bizet \u201cCarmen\u201d), Gounod\u2019s Mercutio (\u201cRom\u00e9o et Juliette\u201d), Valentin (\u201cFaust\u201d), Tchaikovsky\u2019s Onegin (\u201cEvgeny Onegin\u201d) and Harlequin (Strauss \u201cAriadne auf Naxos\u201d). Guest performances have taken him to the opera houses in Cluj- Napoca, Ia\u0219i, Bucharest, Timisoara, Strasbourg, Vilnius, Palermo, Bergamo, Moscow, Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. In July 2019 he sang Geisterbote (Strauss \u201cDie Frau ohne Schatten\u201d) at the Verbier Festival. In April 2020 he should have made his debut as Silvio (Leoncavallo \u201cPagliacci\u201d ) at the Royal Opera House in London, but this engagement had to be canceled due to Corona. In 2020 he made his debut at the \u201cDonizetti Festival\u201d in Bergamo with the piece \u201cMarino Faliero\u201d conducted by Riccardo Frizza. 2021 brings him his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Marchese di Posa in Verdi\u2019s \u201cDon Carlo\u201d and also the Teatro Massimo di Palermo debut as Escamillo in Bizet\u2019s masterpiece \u201cCarmen\u201d. In the 2021-2022 season he makes two more role debuts, Il conte di Luna from Verdi\u2019s Il Trovatore at the Romanian National Opera Timisoara and Germont from Verdi\u2019s La Traviata at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein D\u00fcsseldorf, role that he sings as well at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In July 2022, he made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, with the role Der Geisterbote from \u201cDie Frau ohne Schatten\u201d by R.Strauss. The season 2022- 2023 finds him singing Enrico from \u201cLucia di Lammermoor\u201d , Ford from \u201cFalstaff\u201d and Herode from Massenet\u2019s \u201cHerodiade\u201d at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Dusseldorf. In the same season, he makes his long-awaited debut at the Royal Opera House London with Marcello from Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Boheme\u201d, as well as his debut at the Baden-Baden Festspiele with the role Geisterbote from \u201cDie Frau ohne Schatten\u201d. In the 2023-2024 season, he makes his debut in Dusseldorf with the role of Amfortas in R. Wagner\u2019s masterpiece, \u201cParsifal\u201d. His roles for the 2025\/26 season include Count di Luna (Verdi's \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.operamrhein.de\/en\/schedule\/a-z\/il-trovatore\/\">Il trovatore<\/a>\u201d), Amfortas (Wagner's \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.operamrhein.de\/en\/schedule\/a-z\/parsifal\/\">Parsifal<\/a>\u201d), Figaro (Mozart's \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.operamrhein.de\/en\/schedule\/a-z\/le-nozze-di-figaro\/\">Le nozze di Figaro<\/a>\u201d), and Escamillo (Bizet's \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.operamrhein.de\/en\/schedule\/a-z\/carmen\/\">Carmen<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tab-13098\" class=\"sp-tab__tab-pane \" role=\"tabpanel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-tab-content animated fadeIn\"><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1402 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/peter-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/peter-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/peter-281x420.jpg 281w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/peter-150x224.jpg 150w, https:\/\/margitszigetiszinhaz.hu\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/peter.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/>P\u00e9ter Hal\u00e1sz<\/strong> is the principal guest conductor of the Hungarian State Opera. Having fulfilled this role since the 2023\/24 season, he has already won acclaim for the first-ever performance of Dvorak\u2019s&nbsp;Rusalka&nbsp;at the State Opera and for the Hungarian premiere of Puccini\u2019s&nbsp;Turandot&nbsp;with Luciano Berio\u2019s finale. On top of this, in the past two seasons he has conducted revivals of Wagner\u2019s&nbsp;Parsifal, Verdi\u2019s&nbsp;Don Carlo, Mascagni\u2019s&nbsp;Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo\u2019s&nbsp;Pagliacci, Bizet\u2019s&nbsp;Carmen&nbsp;and Richard Strauss\u2019s&nbsp;Ariadne auf Naxos&nbsp;and&nbsp;Arabella.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2025\/26 season, in addition to the premiere of Beethoven\u2019s&nbsp;Fidelio&nbsp;P\u00e9ter is conducting Mozart\u2019s&nbsp;Die Zauberfl\u00f6te, Verdi\u2019s&nbsp;Rigoletto&nbsp;and Rossini\u2019s&nbsp;L\u2019italiana in Algeri&nbsp;at the Hungarian State Opera.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2021 and 2024, P\u00e9ter was engaged as first Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, D\u00fcsseldorf, and he still frequently appears there as a guest conductor.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2022\/23 season, P\u00e9ter conducted the D\u00fcsseldorf premiere of Tchaikovsky\u2019s&nbsp;The Maid of Orleans, which enjoyed great acclaim from both critics and audiences alike.<\/p>\n<p>Other works P\u00e9ter conducted during his tenure at Deutsche Oper am Rhein included Humperdinck\u2019s&nbsp;H\u00e4nsel und Gretel, Mozart\u2019s&nbsp;Die Zauberfl\u00f6te, Puccini\u2019s&nbsp;Tosca&nbsp;and&nbsp;Madama Butterfly, Donizetti\u2019s&nbsp;L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore, Johann Strauss\u2019s&nbsp;Die Fledermaus&nbsp;and Verdi\u2019s&nbsp;La traviata.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Budapest, after piano studies, P\u00e9ter learned composition at the Bart\u00f3k Conservatory. Continuing his education at Vienna\u2019s Universit\u00e4t f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, he studied conducting under Professor Leopold Hager and the years he spent there still define his taste and musical aesthetic. After travelling to Lucerne to take master classes from Bernard Haitink, he assisted \u00c1d\u00e1m Fischer on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>From 2011, he was the principal conductor and deputy music director of Sinfonieorchester Aachen and Theater Aachen for two seasons. During this time, he led the premieres of Salvatore Sciarrino\u2019s&nbsp;Superflumina, Rossini\u2019s&nbsp;La Cenerentola, Johann Strauss\u2019s&nbsp;Die Fledermaus, Verdi\u2019s&nbsp;Un ballo in maschera&nbsp;and Poulenc\u2019s&nbsp;La voix humaine&nbsp;and Monteverdi\u2019s&nbsp;Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.<\/p>\n<p>As music director of the Hungarian State Opera from 2013 to 2016, P\u00e9ter was responsible for many successful premieres. The first of these was Verdi\u2019s&nbsp;Falstaff, timed to coincide with the two hundredth anniversary of the composer\u2019s birth. A milestone in Hungarian operatic life was when he premiered the first ever domestic performance of Richard Strauss\u2019s&nbsp;Die Frau ohne Schatten, which enjoyed a fantastic reception from critics and audiences alike and has been one of the Hungarian State Opera\u2019s most prominent productions ever since. In collaboration with Academy Award-winning director Jiri Menzel, P\u00e9ter presented Mozart\u2019s&nbsp;Cos\u00ed fan tutte&nbsp;featuring the cream of young Hungarian singers in the principal roles. In the same season he also conducted Weber\u2019s&nbsp;Der Freisch\u00fctz. 2015 saw the inception of a brand-new production of Wagner\u2019s&nbsp;Ring&nbsp;cycle with&nbsp;Das Rheingold, which was followed by&nbsp;Die Walk\u00fcre&nbsp;in 2016, and&nbsp;Siegfried&nbsp;in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>It was at the invitation of \u00c1d\u00e1m Fischer that P\u00e9ter made his debut at the Hungarian State Opera with Rossini\u2019s&nbsp;Il barbiere di Siviglia&nbsp;in 2010. Since then, he has regularly led repertoire performances in Budapest, having conducted upwards of 30 different works over more than 250 performances. In 2016, he was the conductor for Pl\u00e1cido Domingo\u2019s gala concert, which was the great tenor\u2019s first ever performance at the Hungarian State Opera, and he has also conducted gala concerts and performances by such world-famous singers as Angela Gheorghiu, Ailyn Perez, Anja Kampe, Linda Watson, Vesselina Kassarova, Gregory Kunde, Piotr Beczala, Yusif Eyvazov, Ambrogio Maestri, Tomasz Konieczny and Feruccio Furlanetto.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, P\u00e9ter was invited to join Staatsoper Hamburg, where he made his debut with Puccini\u2019s&nbsp;Manon Lescaut<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he led the premiere of Puccini\u2019s&nbsp;Madama Butterfly&nbsp;at the Theater Bern, and in 2022 he was the conductor for the premiere of Rossini\u2019s&nbsp;Cenerentola&nbsp;at the Latvian National Opera. In 2024, he led the Irish National Symphony Orchestra in their performance of William Wallace\u2019s grand romantic opera&nbsp;Lurline.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, P\u00e9ter took the podium at the Hungarian State Opera for the Solti Accademia\u2019s gala concert. Featuring Hera Park, Aigul Akhmetshina, Freddie De Tommaso and Paul Grant, the event was streamed live by the Deutsche Grammophon Stage + platform, where the recording can still be enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>Following a personal invitation from Zolt\u00e1n Kocsis, P\u00e9ter conducted the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time in 2016, and he has also frequently led concerts by many other leading Hungarian symphony orchestras.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he worked as a guest professor at the Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Contemporary Music Foundation\u2019s Master Course for Conductors at the invitation of Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s himself.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2023\/24 season, he held courses on conducting opera as a visiting professor at Budapest\u2019s Liszt Academy of Music, and at the invitation of \u00c9va Marton, he conducted both the final and the gala concert of the Academy\u2019s Fifth \u00c9va Marton International Singing Competition.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, he was awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast Change Dear Audience, Due to health reasons, Marina Rebeka has been forced to withdraw from the performances of Il Trovatore on 23 and 25 July. Following a medical examination, her physician has prescribed complete vocal rest and full physical recovery for the coming weeks. 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