Győr’s Richter Hall rolls into 2025–2026 with a bold, busy program of concerts, operettas, plays, and comedy nights for anyone who craves quality entertainment. Home to the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) and named after Győr-born, world-famous conductor János Richter, the venue also hides a sleek surprise upstairs: a modern, soundproof, eye-catching rehearsal studio on the second floor, roughly 1,076 square feet, beautifully lit and air-conditioned. It’s the beating heart behind a season that swings from Tchaikovsky to farce, from festive classics to razor-sharp stage comedy.
Symphonic Shadows and Whirling Waltzes
Árnyjáték lands on Friday, December 12, 2025, at 19:00, with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar). The program opens with P. I. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH 59, a 33-minute blaze of virtuosity featuring violinist Ernő Kállai. Then Richard Strauss’s The Woman Without a Shadow – Symphonic Fantasy, TrV 234a, a 15-minute kaleidoscope of orchestral color, segues into Maurice Ravel’s La valse, a 12-minute swirling dance fever dream. Sergey Neller conducts, promising a night of high-voltage romanticism and late-imperial shimmer.
A Naked Masterpiece, A Family in Freefall
Akt, hegedűvel – Győr arrives Monday, December 15, 2025, at 19:00. A towering painter dies, leaving behind a legacy coveted by every serious collector and enshrined in top museums. The art world buzzes when word spreads that his late-period masterpiece, Nude with Violin, sits in the estate. The family gathers for the funeral—and then the shock: no will. The loyal valet holds a letter, uninvited visitors multiply, bank vault letters surface, and the past turns murkier—or does it sharpen? Running time: 120 minutes with one intermission.
Cast: Andrea Szulák (Anna Pavlikova), Szilveszter P. Szabó (Sebastian Lacreolle), Armand Kautzky (Jacob Sorodin), Ferenc Tarlós (Colin), Lilla Pánics (Jane), Enikő Nagy (Isabella Sorodin), Béla Oláh (Clinton Preminger). Directed by Armand Kautzky; set/costume by Tamás Rákay; music by Dávid Fecske; assistant director Dóra Majláth; lyrics by Árpád Marton.
The Operetta That Keeps On Sparkling
Magnate Miska (Mágnás Miska) plays twice on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 15:00 and 19:00. Premiered in 1916 at the Király Theatre, this Albert Szirmai and Károly Bakonyi hit still charms. Miska, a stable boy, is popped into a tailcoat by railway engineer István Baracs and paraded as Count Tasziló at the Korláthy family’s soirée—a cheeky revenge after the Count tried to force the railway to serve aristocratic interests over village needs. Complication: Baracs and the Korláthys’ daughter fell in love the night before at a fair. Incognito, their love blooms, but inside the castle, class lines yawn. When Tasziló’s real identity pops, high society wilts, and Rolla happily chooses Baracs. Expect classics like “Cintányéros cudar világ,” “Úgy szeretnék boldog lenni,” and “Hoppsza Sári.”
Nutcrackers and Carols
On Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 17:18, the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) presents selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (Op. 71), conducted by Ádám Baross.
Christmas Concerts follow on Monday, December 22, 2025, at 19:00, and Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 15:00. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker highlights sit alongside Christmas carols. Guests include the Bartók Béla Singing and Music Primary School Children’s Choir (Bartók Béla Ének-zenei Általános Iskola; choirmaster Gabriella Molnár), conducted by Ádám Baross, and the Philharmonia Chor Wien (chorus master Walter Zeh), conducted by Norbert Pfafflmeyer.
Cooney Chaos: Benefits, Bigamy, and Bodies
Michael Cooney’s Nicsak, ki lakik itt?! hits Saturday, December 27, 2025, at 19:00, and Friday, January 2, 2026, at 19:00. This two-part madness, refreshed for 2025 by Bánfalvy Stúdió, is directed by Csaba Horváth. A London-based Hungarian, Róbert Szűcs, has all the benefits—unemployment, pension, sick pay, family allowance, disability, and free cow’s milk—plus a bra business that makes his wife jealous. Afraid of getting caught, he’d rather ditch the illicit subsidies than his wife or his freedom. But shedding benefits is harder than it looks. Cast includes Iza Varga/Zsófia Kondákor (Linda), Ferenc Hujber (Róbert), Imre Harmath/Ádám Gombás (Pawel), Ádám Gombás/Zoltán Kiss (Mr. Jenkins), Ganxsta Zolee (Gyurka), and more. Producers: HCS and Oliver W. Horvath.
New Year’s Laugh Riot
The Szilveszteri Aradi–Varga Show lights up Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at 19:00. Comedy icons Tibor Aradi and József Ferenc Varga, Karinthy-ring humorists, join their indispensable partner Erika Steinkohl for a retro-cabaret-flavored year-end blowout. The beloved Aradi–Varga Show brings unfiltered laughter to Richter Hall right before the fireworks.
Double Lives and Perfect Timing
Ray Cooney’s Run for Your Wife (Páratlan páros) takes the stage Saturday, January 3, 2026, at 19:00. Mary in Wimbledon and Barbara in Richmond both wait for their husband John Smith, a taxi driver, who’s late—because he’s one and the same man living a double life. After an accident and a wrong address at the hospital, the police start digging, and John pinballs between wives in escalating farce. Cast: Dénes Száraz (John), Ramóna Kiss/Anna Bugár (Mary), Léda Mezei (Barbara), Endre Beleznay (Stanley), Imre Harmath (Inspector Porterhouse), Dániel Suhajda (Inspector Troughton), Zoltán Kiss (Bobby), Gábor Pintér (Photographer). Directed by Csaba Horváth; producers HCS, Oliver W. Horvath; design by Gabriella Győri; choreography by Gyula Antal Horváth.
Ministerial Mayhem in a Hotel Suite
Ray Cooney’s Out of Order (A miniszter félrelép) plays Sunday, January 4, 2026, at 19:00, a Bánfalvy Stúdió production of the Olivier Award–winning Best Comedy (1992). Young minister Richard Willey plans a fling with opposition secretary Jane in a posh hotel—until they find a “body” in the window. He ropes in his secretary George Pigden, and a storm of managers, waiters, a wife, a nurse, and a jealous husband turns the night into comic bedlam. Cast includes Tamás Vastag (Richard), Imre Harmath (Manager), Gábor Urmai (Head Waiter), Zsófia Kondákor (Jane), Gábor Pintér/Ádám Gombás (The Body), Ferenc Hujber (George), Ganxsta Zolee (Ronnie), Anna Bugár/Réka Léda Mezei (Pamela), Tímea Stelczer (Nurse). Directed by Csaba Horváth.
Six Women, One Pole, Zero Apologies
Meztelen igazság – a musical comedy – closes Monday, January 5, 2026, at 19:00. Six very different women sign up for a confidence-boosting pole-dance course and discover it’s about more than sexy moves. Friendships form, secrets surface, and they learn to love the bodies they live in. A bold charity plan pushes them to shed their inhibitions—and their clothes. Cast: Petra Haumann (Trisha), Piroska Kokas (Bev), Anita Deutsch (Faith), Zsuzsa Nyertes (Sarah), Évi Sári (Rita), Linda Fekete (Gabby). Written by Dave Simpson, translation/dramaturgy by Paula Barbinek, directed by Rita Tallós, choreography by Andrea Tallós, with reimagined international hits, lyrics by Csaba Csik/Dávid Péter Cseh, and pole coaching by Bernadett Tóth of Pole Heaven.
