Győr’s beloved Richter Hall throws open its doors with a packed slate of concerts, operettas, comedies, and festive galas through late 2025 and early 2026. Home to the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra and named after world-famous, Győr-born conductor János Richter, the venue also boasts a modern, soundproofed rehearsal room on the second floor—about 1,076 square feet with striking lighting and air-conditioning—that’s as sleek as it is practical.
December kicks off with sharp comedy and symphonic drama
Friday, December 5, 2025, 19:00: Six women collide in a small-town hair salon—no booking required, and definitely no filters. Delicate on the surface and indestructible underneath, they laugh through pain and make you laugh with them. Not heroes, just unstoppable. That’s the real strength.
Shadowplay: virtuoso violin, Strauss’s spell, and Ravel’s whirl
Árnyjáték (Shadowplay), Friday, December 12, 2025, 19:00: The Győr Philharmonic Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (33 minutes), Richard Strauss’s The Woman Without a Shadow – Symphonic Fantasy, TrV 234a (15 minutes), and Ravel’s La valse (12 minutes). Violinist: Ernő Kállai. Conductor: Sergey Neller.
Nude with Violin — Győr’s new mystery-comedy
Monday, December 15, 2025, 19:00: A towering painter passes away, his work treasured in major museums and coveted by serious collectors. Critics swoon; the American art scene buzzes when his late-period masterpiece, “Nude with Violin,” turns up in the estate. The family arrives for the funeral, only to discover the master left no will. A loyal valet holds a letter, uninvited guests keep multiplying, bank vault letters surface, and the past gets murkier—or clearer? The show runs 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). Director: Armand Kautzky. Set/Costume: Tamás Rákay. Composer: Dávid Fecske. Assistant Director: Dóra Majláth. Lyrics: Árpád Marton.
Magyar Melody returns with evergreen hits
Saturday, December 20, 2025, 15:00 and 19:00: Premiered in February 1916 at the Király Theatre, this operetta by Albert Szirmai and Károly Bakonyi follows Miska, the stable boy whom engineer István Baracs dresses in tails and presents as Count Tasziló at the Korláthy family’s soirée. It’s payback after the real count humiliated Baracs for refusing to design a railway that would favor the aristocrat at the expense of villagers. Romantic entanglements deepen when Baracs and the Korláthy daughter fall in love incognito. When Tasziló’s true identity comes out, the high-society crowd blushes—and Rolla happily chooses Baracs. Expect classics like Cintányéros cudar világ, Úgy szeretnék boldog lenni, and Hoppsza Sári.
Nutcracker magic and carols with full chorus
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 17:18: The Győr Philharmonic plays selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (Op. 71). Conductor: Ádám Baross.
Christmas Concert, Monday, December 22, 2025, 19:00 and Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 15:00: The orchestra reprises Nutcracker highlights, then shifts to Christmas carols. Featuring the children’s choir of Bartók Béla Singing and Music Primary School (choirmaster: Gabriella Molnár) conducted by Ádám Baross, and Philharmonia Chorus Vienna (Philharmonia Chor Wien; chorus master: Walter Zeh) conducted by Norbert Pfafflmeyer.
Insane benefits and total chaos: Cooney comedies land
Michael Cooney: Nicsak, ki lakik itt?! (Look Who’s Here?!), Saturday, December 27, 2025, 19:00 and Friday, January 2, 2026, 19:00: A London-based Hungarian has finally had it—with free money. Róbert Szűcs is awash in unemployment benefits, old-age pension, sick pay, family allowance, disability payments, and even free cow’s milk, plus a side hustle involving nursing bras that sparks his wife’s jealousy. To dodge exposure, he decides it’s easier to ditch the illicit benefits than his marriage or freedom. Except shedding benefits is harder than it looks. Hysteria in two acts from Bánfalvy Stúdió, refreshed for 2025. Cast includes Iza Varga/Zsófia Kondákor, Ferenc Hujber, Imre Harmath/Ádám Gombás, Zoli Kiss, Ganxsta Zolee, Anna Bugár, Péter Sándor/Levente Hajdu, István Imre/Dávid Csányi, Orsolya György, and Timi Stelczer. Director: Csaba Horváth. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath.
New Year’s Eve laughter, retro-cabaret vibe
Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 19:00: Szilveszteri Aradi–Varga Show. Comedy icons Tibor Aradi and Ferenc József Varga—both Karinthy Ring laureates—team up with their indispensable partner Erika Steinkohl for a roaring, retro-flavored year-end show that guarantees big laughs live at Richter Hall.
Double life disaster and a minister in trouble
Ray Cooney: Páratlan páros (Run for Your Wife), Saturday, January 3, 2026, 19:00: Mary waits in Wimbledon, Barbara waits in Richmond—both for their husband, taxi driver John Smith, who is one and the same man. A good deed leads to a hospital mix-up, the police start connecting dots, and John sprints madly between two homes. 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 (Photojournalist). Director: Csaba Horváth. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath. Set/Costumes: Gabriella Győri. Choreography: Gyula Antal Horváth. Translator/Dramaturg: Albert Benedek.
Ray Cooney: A miniszter félrelép (Out of Order), Sunday, January 4, 2026, 19:00: The award-winning farce returns via Bánfalvy Stúdió. A young government minister, Richard Willey, plans a tryst with opposition secretary Jane in a grand hotel, only to find a “body” in the window. He ropes in his parliamentary secretary George Pidgen, while the hotel manager, head waiter, Richard’s wife, George’s mother’s nurse, and a jealous husband all pile into the chaos. Surprises keep dropping all night. 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), and Tímea Stelczer (Nurse). Director: Csaba Horváth. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath. Choreography: Gyula Antal Horváth. Set/Costumes: Gabriella Győri. Translator: Tamás Ungvári. Dramaturg: Albert Benedek. The play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1992.
Piano poetry: black-and-white pathways
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 19:00: Black-and-White Pathways (Fekete-fehér ösvények) with the Győr Philharmonic presents Zoltán Fejérvári’s piano evening: Leoš Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path (27 minutes), György Kurtág’s Játékok excerpts (12 minutes), Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen (19 minutes), Johannes Brahms’s Sonata in C major (27 minutes).
Sybill and a sparkling operetta New Year
Friday, January 16, 2026, 19:00: Sybill. Details to be announced.
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 15:00 and 19:00: In Wine, Merriment – New Year Operetta Gala (Borban a vigasság – Újévi Operettgála). The Monarchia Operett toasts two standout Hungarian treasures: wine culture and golden-age operetta, in a lavish, time-traveling gala that promises music, history, and a festive plunge into tradition.
