Győr’s Richter Hall is packing its calendar with concerts, operettas, theater, and comedy, aimed squarely at anyone who likes their entertainment polished. Home to the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) and named after world-famous local conductor János Richter, the building also hides a modern gem upstairs: a sleek, soundproof rehearsal studio on the second floor, about 1,076 square feet, complete with striking lighting and air conditioning.
Opera Gala
Friday, November 14, 2025, 7:00 PM
The Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) brings a sweeping selection of arias from Verdi, the Verists, Strauss, and Puccini. Soprano Solen Mainguené and baritone Grga Peroš take the spotlight, with Zsolt Hamar conducting. Expect a high-gloss evening of drama and melody, built for big voices and bigger emotions.
Szemfényvesztés (Illusions) – Győr
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM
A blockbuster lineup of award-winning illusionists and mentalists converges for a high-energy spectacle of mind reading, dazzling tricks, and cheeky humor. Founder Dani Rieger, currently entertaining in luxury resorts in Greece, sold out shows in 40 Bulgarian cities in 2024 and returns to Hungary with large-scale stage illusions. Ferenc Kőhalmi, TV host and master sleight-of-hand artist with multiple international awards, performs his competition set alongside fresh comedy bits. László Szemerey—Hungary’s only magician who performs with dogs—arrives after touring in more than 40 countries. The show runs 2 x 50 minutes with a 15-minute intermission. Be ready to witness the impossible.
The Wife Begins at Forty
Monday, November 17, 2025, 7:00 PM
Linda is bored—17 years into marriage, stuck in an English suburban rut, nudging forty, and most of all, fed up with her husband, George. He refuses to see the problem—until he nods off during lovemaking and Linda hits her limit. She wants a divorce and a shot at sensuality, attention, love, and life. Meanwhile, their teenage son is discovering romance, a senile grandpa recites old army tales, best friends toss out outrageous advice, and in the middle stands poor George. With some bar-cabinet courage, he plots to rejuvenate the marriage. A sharply written British comedy draped in the 1980s, staged by Fórum Színház with a starry cast.
Cast:
– George Harper: Endre Beleznay
– Linda Harper: Gerda Pikali / Bernadett Gregor
– Roger Dixon: Kristóf Németh / Dániel Suhajda
– Betty Dixon: Bernadett Gregor / Tímea Vanya
– Bernard Harper: András Faragó
– Leonard Harper: Zsombor Náray-Kovács / Milos Kozma / Áron Várhelyi / Dominik Kovács
Creative team: Set and costumes by György Csík; assistant/prompter Andrea Juhász; directed by Kristóf Németh and Endre Beleznay; produced by Kristóf Németh. Running time 180 minutes with one intermission. Recommended 14+; program subject to change.
American Comedy
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:00 PM
New York, 1938, aboard the luxury liner La Paz, heading to Monte Carlo. A workaholic young businesswoman collides with a charming adventurer as an eccentric passenger list swirls around them: a degenerate moneyed fiancé, a brutal wife and her cowed husband, a dithering secretary twice transformed by a Tibetan singing bowl, and a mother hell-bent on looking a decade younger than her daughter. Everyone’s fleeing someone—or chasing something—as money and hearts are gamed on deck. Swing music lights up the ship with the pulse of jazz’s golden era. Revived by Veres 1 Színház from 2025, this new production adapts Károly Aszlányi’s hit play, with a libretto and lyrics by Attila Lőrinczy and music by Bálint Bársony, the Artisjus- and Fonogram Award-winning composer and saxophonist. Rich with humor from start to finish, re-staged by Károly Peller.
Pannon Philharmonics
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 7:00 PM
The Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) performs:
– J. Sibelius: Valse triste from Kuolema, op. 44, No. 1 (6 minutes)
– J. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 (35 minutes)
Intermission
– S. Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op. 27 (60 minutes)
Soloist: Júlia Pusker, violin. Conductor: Tibor Bogányi.
Meztelen igazság (The Naked Truth) – Musical Comedy
Monday, November 24, 2025, 7:00 PM
Six women from wildly different backgrounds sign up for a confidence-boosting pole-dance class, only to find they’re there for far more than sultry moves. Friendships spark, secrets spill, and each woman starts to accept and love her own body. Fueled by a bold plan, they decide to shed their inhibitions—and their clothes—for charity. Witty, liberating, and all about self-acceptance and the power of female solidarity. Cast: Paula Barbinek (Trisha), Csilla Csomor (Bev), Csekka Gyebnár (Faith), Zsuzsa Nyertes (Sarah), Barbara Xantus (Rita), Linda Fekete (Gabby). Directed by Rita Tallós.
The Grandmother
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 7:00 PM
Gergely Csiky’s The Grandmother brims with gentle humor, twists, and feeling. A young man applies as an Italian teacher in a girls’ academy, winning trust with modest manners and sound pedagogy—except teacher Tódorka Szilárd knows he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing: the young Count Szerémi, infiltrating for love. Torn between loyalty and duty, Tódorka plans to confess everything to the count’s grandmother. She arrives, interrogates her grandson, and decides to help the lovers—haunted by her own life, separated from the man she loved. Can she untangle past knots and pair the right hearts? Cast includes Bori Kállay (Countess Szerémi), Szilárd Kovács (Ernő), András Faragó (Vilmos Örkényi), Sándor Barkóczi (Kálmán), Dorka Pacskó (Piroska), Edit Vörös (Karolin Tímár), Elvira Haraszti (Márta), Zoltán Kiss (Tódorka), Trixi Teremi (Szerafina Langó), Gábor Szirtes (Sámuel Koszta), Aranka Halász (Galambosné), Nikolett Csápenszki (Aranka), and others.
Ádám Bősze: With Haydn in London – Country Life
Thursday, November 27, 2025, 6:00 PM
Ádám Bősze’s lecture series traces Joseph Haydn’s London journeys, opening a window not just on music but on the cultural context of how the Esterházy composer traveled, worked, and lived in a foreign country. Approximately 70 minutes, no intermission.
Misi Boros Piano Recital
Monday, December 1, 2025, 7:00 PM
Presented by the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar). Program:
– J. S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 (17 minutes)
– L. v. Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” (23 minutes)
Intermission
– Béla Bartók: Suite, Op. 14, Sz. 62, BB 70 (8 minutes)
– R. Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (30 minutes)
Six Women, One Salon
Friday, December 5, 2025, 7:00 PM
Six women gather in a small-town hair salon—not just to book appointments. They seem delicate and fragile, but they’re relentless and tough, not heroes yet capable of everything: laughing through the worst pain and making everyone else laugh too. That’s real strength.
Shadow Play
Friday, December 12, 2025, 7:00 PM
The Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) performs:
– P. I. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35, TH 59 (33 minutes)
Intermission
– R. Strauss: The Woman Without a Shadow – symphonic fantasy, TrV 234a (15 minutes)
– M. Ravel: La valse – choreographic poem (12 minutes)
Soloist: Ernő Kállai, violin. Conductor: Sergey Neller.
Nude with Violin – Győr
Monday, December 15, 2025, 7:00 PM
A towering painter dies, his works gracing major museums and prized by collectors. Critics adore him, and America’s art scene buzzes when it’s revealed his late-period masterpiece, Nude with Violin, sits in his estate. The family arrives for the funeral and discovers there’s no will. The loyal valet holds a letter, unannounced guests multiply, bank-vault letters surface, and the past grows murky—or painfully clear. Running time 120 minutes with one intermission. Cast includes Anna Pavlikova as Sz.
