International Opera Festival Miskolc

Performed in Miskolc, but with a reputation that reaches far afield! As a sponsor of the International Opera Festival Miskolc, which takes place at an increasing number of venues every year, attracting high numbers of visitors, we are now part of a world-class cultural event.

In 2001, the Opera Festival was established with the purpose of putting Miskolc and the region firmly on the international cultural map.

The Festival's main venue is the Miskolc National Theatre with its five stages. However the Festival programme quickly outgrew the building, and a number of other venues in the town and surrounding countryside have become involved, to accommodate various Festival events and immerse themselves in the sound of music.

A special event in Central & Eastern Europe

This significant parade of opera in Central & Eastern Europe not only attracts highly-respected representatives and talent from neighbouring countries, but a growing number of well-known stars from La Scala, the Met, and the Bolshoi. In addition, the Festival has become the most comprehensive showplace of  Bartók´s work in the world, with all his stage works being performed by exciting Hungarian and visiting artistes, often in their own productions.

 

„Bartók + Verdi 2011”

This is the 11^th „Bartók + …” International Opera Festival in Miskolc. The „Bartók + Verdi 2011” International Opera Festival Miskolc will take place between June 9 -19, 2011. The program which is also connected to the Liszt Year recalls the first Opera Festival held in Miskolc 10 years ago.
In 2011, the festival expects the visitors with the stage works of Béla Bartók and with the masterpieces of the great Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi. In addition to the popular pieces the festival offers a special delicacy for Verdi fans: Verdi’s opera, Il Corsaro, which will be performed for the first time in Hungary!
In 2011, Hungary and the world celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth and 125th anniversary of the death of Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886). A number of Liszt performances will celebrate this double anniversary but special emphasis is put on his religious pieces.