ADDRESS
Budapest, Andrássy út 22, 1061 Hungary
RECOMMENDED DURATION
1 hour
Timings
10:00–19:00
VISITORS PER YEAR
600000
TICKETS
From $16.47
EXPECTED WAIT TIME - STANDARD
0-30 mins (Peak), 0-30 mins (Off Peak)
UNESCO YEAR
2002
The Hungarian State Opera’s auditorium is famed for its acoustics, ranked third-best in Europe after Milan’s La Scala and Paris’s Palais Garnier.
The central chandelier originally weighed 3 tons and was illuminated by 500 gas lamps; today, it holds 200 electric bulbs and weighs about 2 tons.
The ceiling fresco, 'The Apotheosis of Music' by Károly Lotz, is the largest secco painting in Hungary and crowns the auditorium.