The Budapest Opera House is open through the New Year holidays, offering high quality opera performances and New Year concerts, as well as tours inside the building of the Hungarian State Opera House.
Budapest Opera Christmas – Ben G Hancock Photography
The New Year performances are, understandably, very popular among locals and is a favorite of tourists too. Consider yourself lucky if you manage to grab some tickets for the New Year Opera shows in Budapest, Hungary. Tickets can be bought in advance online, try to book your tickets several weeks before the actual date of the opera or NYE concert.
The opening hours of the Budapest Opera during the New Year holidays is as follows.
Budapest Opera at New Year
Dec 31 in the Opera House: annually with
Dec 31 in Erkel Theater: Not announced yet.
Jan 1 in the Opera House: Not announced yet.
Jan 1 in Erkel Theater: Not announced yet.
See the Budapest Opera Tours information in details on Top Budapest travel guide.
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