functions over the years, including being a cinema, until it came under the control of the State Opera House. Significantly renovated in 1961, it functioned as a second venue for the company until 2007 when once again, closure and renovations took place until its reopening in 2013. See also Ferenc Erkel Hungarian National Ballet Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Music of Budapest References Notes Sources Information on guided tours of the opera house Legány, Dezsó (1998), "Budapest", in Stanley Sadie, (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. One, pp. 630–632. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. 1998 Olszanska, Barbara; Tadeusz Olszanski, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Budapest, Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 2007. External links Hungarian State Opera's website (in English) Failoni Chamber Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera The interior of the Opera House Hungarian State Opera at Google Cultural Institute Buildings and structures in Budapest Opera houses in Hungary Opera House Landmarks in Hungary Music venues completed in 1884 Theatres completed in 1884 Renaissance Revival architecture in Hungary Tourist attractions in Budapest