Netrebko to perform arias in Budapest Opera on Sept 25

Opera star Anna Netrebko will give a two-part concert in the Budapest State Opera on September 25, the opera told MTI on Thursday. Taking the Budapest Opera's stage for the first time, Netrebko will perform a romantic evening of songs and arias with pianist Pavel Nebolsin, and the participation of mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova and violinist Kurt Mitterfellner. The programme includes songs by Debussy, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss, as well as arias from Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann operas.