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Miskolc Opera festival
Miskolc, the third largest city in hungary, is the host of the annual opera festival.
The event has Bela Bartok on its program and one additional theme each year. Haydn and austrian componists in 2009 as this is a Haydn year in Hungary
The Opera festival not held only in the local theatre (which is the first stone theatre in rural hungary) but several other places, shown on the map below.
The opera festival is between 10th and 21st June 2009
The programme of the „Bartók + Vienna 2009” International Opera Festival, Miskolc that soon will be nine years old will offer to the audience works of composers that are related to the city of Vienna, besides the traditional Bartók repertoire.
In addition to the compositions of the classical composers, Mozart, Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Schubert we pay special attention to present the works of Joseph Haydn. Miskolc joins the International Haydn Year 2009, with a selection from the cross section of his oeuvre, when the entire world commemorates the master of the First Viennese School, on the bicentennial anniversary of his death.
We also present not only the classic values but the 20th century Austrian music as well. This era will be foreshown through pieces of the Bartók contemporaries: Berg, Schönberg and Ullmann.
The programme of the 2009 festival pays extra attention to the young ones. We offer more tale and puppet performances, opera and classical music productions than usual to the next music-loving, opera-friendly generation, the children.
Several outstanding Eastern and Central European opera and ballet ensembles accepted our invitations. World famous artists contribute to our performances that are word-widely celebrated stars of the domestic and international opera and concert stages.
Music makes a town, OPERAMI!
Check out the whole program of the operafestival
Opera festival stages :
- the theatre on the main road of Miskolc
- summer theatre, entrace on the side of the theatre
- The Hall, entrance on the side of the theatre
- Kamara theatre, entrance from the Deryne street on the side of the theatre
- Orthodox church, on the Deak Ferenc square
- Synagogue, on the Heroes square
- Hotel Palota in Lillafured
- Karst cave in Aggtelek
- Evangelist church
- Wondermill (csodamalom) Puppet Theatre
- Coburg castle, Edeleny
- House of Arts in Miskolc
- Avas church
- University of Miskolc, the Great Hall
- Cave thermal bath , Miskolctapolca
- Ice-skating stadium , MIskolc
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Aron's Tips
If you are in Miskolc, do not forget to visit other attractions in Miskolc, such as the Castle of Diosgyor, the Otto Hermann Museum (it is front of the ice-skating stadium) or simply take a walk in the renewed downtown. The trams are really good for a nice sightseeing tour as those are going around and only 2 lines. THe number 1 go further, the 2nd to the old Steel Factory.
The tickets are 230HUF if you purchase in advance at a newsagent, 350HUF at the driver.
If you arrive by car, do not forget that parking is not free, you have to use the parking automats,accept only coins! And there are a nice underground parking on the Heroes Square, only a stone throw away from the main street events.
Related tours
By train : There are intercity connection with Budapest, Check out timetable
By car: Take M3 highway directly to Miskolc.
Distance between Miskolc and Budapest is only 200kms.
There is a good, working mass transport system in Miskolc, there are 3days and tourist tickets available.
