Opera

The long-awaited moment in Hungarian opera life arrived on September 27, 1884, when, in the presence of Franz Joseph I, the Opera House was opened amid great pomp and ceremony. The event, however, erupted into a small scandal - the curious crowd broke into the entrance hall and overran the security guards in order to catch a glimpse of the splendid Palace on Sugar út. The Hungarian Opera world finally had its own building following decades of forced cohabitation with the National Theatre.