Opera House Budapest

 

The opera house was designed and built in renaissance style according to the plans of Miklós Ybl. Ferenc Erkel conducted the inaugural concert in 1884. The statues of Ferenc Liszt and Ferenc Erkel, outstanding contributors to hungary's musical life, can be seen on either side of the facade. Both statues are the works of Alajos Stróbl. Between the corinthian columns are statues of the muses. Beyond the main entrance is the vestibule, decorated with allegorical frescoes from Bertalan Székely, and at the entrance to the foyer are landscapes from Árpád Festzy. The ceiling of the horseshoe-shape three-storey auditorium is decorated with the paintings of Károly Lotz. The opera house was reopened after reconstruction in 1984, the year of its centenary.

The opera house hosts the famous opera ball and Sylvester ball ever year.

Private concerts with piaono can be organized in the Székely Bertalan Parlour. The capacity of it is max. 80 pax.