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Jörn Florian Fuchs

Deutschland Radio Kultur

Die Walküre

At the head of the orchestra, Péter Halász ensures a varied and colourful sound. Every detail of the score produces the desired effect; in certain places the music is deliberately brash. Considered theatrically, the whole thing remains just slightly decorative, but from a musical perspective, Die Walküre is a truly significant performance.

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Ferenc László

Magyar Narancs

Die Walküre

Down in the pit, Péter Halász directs the work, and the unswervingly focussed and motivated form of the orchestra is plain to hear. And from the musicians’ constant discipline, on occasions, passages of experiential beauty which are by no means limited to the popular orchestral sections emerge. The former music director has once again performed a work of value and it is reassuring to know that the second half of the Ring – Siegfried in 2017, and Götterdämmerung in 2018 – will also be conducted by him.

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W. Kutzschbach

Opernglas

Die Walküre

Music director Péter Halász exploited the acoustic advantages of the Opera House and created plastically audible soundscapes, which in the third act even became moving, while never neglecting the singers during his concentration on the orchestra. The tempos had an excellent equilibrium and extremes were avoided.

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