Lukács, who will sing the title role in Turandot, has performed the lead in Tosca, another Puccini opera, at both the Deutsche Oper, in 1994 (when she was the opera's youngest ever Tosca) and at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2002.
Rost, who has also made an extraordinary reputation for herself singing roles such as Mimi in Puccini's La boh?me, will sing the role of Li?.
The male leads will be the American Frank Porretta and the Bulgarian Dejan Vatchkov.
The performance, which is part of series of Puccini operas to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birthday, will be directed by Balázs Kovalik, and Stefan Soltész will conduct the orchestra.
September 16, 7pm - Palace of Arts, Puccini: Turandot - semi-staged performance
Turandot: Gyöngyi Lukács; Emperor Altoum: István Róka; Timur: Dejan Vatchkov; Cal?f: Frank Porretta; Li?: Andrea Rost; Ping: Péter Kálmán; Pang: Zoltán Megyesi; Pong: Péter Kiss; Mandarin: András Palerdi
Hungarian State Opera House Orchestra and Choir (choirmaster: Máté Szabó Sipos); Director: Balázs Kovalik; Conductor: Stefan Soltesz,
Source: Fidelio.hu
