Budapest Wagner Days 2026 Jubilee Celebration Performance | 24 June 2026

Das Rheingold * Die Walkure * Siegfried * Gotterdammerung

In 2026, Budapest Wagner Days marks two major Wagner anniversaries: 150 years since The Ring of the Nibelung was first performed in full at Bayreuth—conducted by Hungarian János Richter—and 20 years since the founding of Hungary’s celebrated Wagner festival at Müpa Budapest. Launched in 2006 with Parsifal, the festival returns to its roots as the opera opens the anniversary season with an outstanding international cast. The Ring is presented in Hartmut Schörghofer’s acclaimed production, conducted by Ádám Fischer, and featuring leading Wagner singers including Tomasz Konieczny, Magdalena Anna Hofmann and Jürgen Sacher.

Budapest is one of the most magnificent cities in Europe.  It is an enchanting city with beautiful palaces and castles. See the city sights on a city tour as you are chauffeured along Budapest's elegant boulevards to Heroes’ Square, across the mighty Danube and up to Gellert Hill. Look out over the famous river dividing Buda and Pest - the two sides linked by the Chain and Elizabeth Bridges. Visit the Castle District and enjoy the amazing views from the Fisherman’s Bastion over the exquisite Parliament building, one of the largest in Europe.  During your free time, take time to spend the afternoon at the popular pedestrian shopping street of Váci utca where the city’s fine museums and monuments, churches and synagogues, historic squares and buildings are within easy reach or enjoy a relaxing visit to one of Budapest's famous thermal baths, literally an institution in Budapest!