Hiller noted Franz Joseph I had been fortunate enough to inaugurate not only the opera house, but also the Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes' Square, witnessing the big developments along Andrássy Boulevard, formerly Sugár Boulevard.
As well as remembering the noble past, the opera must think of planning for the future and finding the best way to serve audiences, Hiller said. The opera as a genre and the people working in it have always been ageless, he added.
Rector of the Liszt Academy of Music András Batta introduced the exhibition and remembered the talents who performed at the opera house.
The material for the exhibition, put together by the Opera House's museologist Nóra Wellmann, is being shown in several parts of the building. It will remain open until the end of this opera season.
Most of the exhibition material came from the opera's own collection of memorabilia, but documents were also provided by the National Széchényi Library's Theatre History Collection, the Kiscelli Museum, the Metropolitan Archives, the National Theatre History Museum and the Ráday Archives.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: Eszter Gordon
