Budapest Festival Orchestra

Selmeci utca 14-16.,
1034 Budapest, Hungary

I believe the Vicenza Opera Festival is the world’s most exciting. It’s held in the magnificent Teatro Olimpico (1585), in perfect condition. The Budapest Festival Orchestra doesn’t just play, they sing and act onstage. Top singers feel privileged to perform here. I ensure organic unity: theatre serves music, music serves theatre. Vicenza should be a Mecca for opera lovers. Thanks, Fedora, for spreading the word!

Iván Fischer, Music Director

DISCOVER OUR ON-GOING SEASON

Iván Fischer's upcoming Magic Flute production lets the singers step in and out of a children's book, recreating the opera's original fairy-tale environment. Video director Sergio Metalli and graphic designer Margit Balla join Iván Fischer with their skills and passion to create a spectacular visual world for Mozart's music. An updated version of a previous production will be performed at the 2026 Vicenza Opera Festival, as well as in Budapest and at the Baden-Baden Winter Festival.

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SUPPORT OUR ORGANISATION

Step into a sold-out sensation. A limited number of tickets are reserved for the members of the Circle of Friends. The membership grants access to the performances, personal time with Iván Fischer, while sustaining a festival with no subsidies in a 400-seat theater. The production is a model of innovation: sustainably crafted and designed to travel with minimal time and expense, allowing its brilliance to reach other venues. Your support also enables free concerts at schools and hospitals in Vicenza during the Festival.

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The Magic Flute at the Vicenza Opera Festival

The focus is on winning new members for the Patron Programm as an all-encompassing project offering immersive participation with performances of The Magic Flute and a concert at the Teatro Olimpico as well as extensiv tours in the area and private Palladian encounters. Becoming a member of the Circle of friends enables chamber music concerts by the European Orchestra Academy (Budapest Festival Orchestra in the city and around and directly funds outreach concerts and citywide screenings that bring opera to all.

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