Opera superstars, Shakespeare season and a record-breaking audience – 2016 at the Opera
30 premieres and 477 full-scale performances took place in the two theatres of the Hungarian State Opera. Until the end of December an audience of nearly 500,000 visited the institute, which is a 9% growth compared to the 2015 number, which was also record-breaking. Among the 44 international guest stars the greatest names in the international music scene appeared on stage at the Opera House and the Erkel Theatre. The numbers of subscriptions sold surpassed 32,000, which is an 8% growth.
