When arms speak, Muses are silent

July 28, 2014

The launching event of the First World War Centenary series of state events in the Hungarian State Opera House

The series of state events on the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of World War I started with the performance entitled When arms speak, Muses are silent in the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest. The event was supported by the First World War Centenary Memorial Committee. Speaker of Parliament László Kövér gave a ceremonial speech at the launching event. It was recalled at the evening event that the Opera House was closed between September 1914 and March 1915 due to the outbreak of the world war. In addition to the performances of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem and Gustav Mahler's The Song of the Earth, passages from the works of Mihály Babits, Géza Csáth, Frigyes Karinthy, Gyula Krúdy and Ernő Szép as well as excerpts from the diary of soldier János Papp and the letters written by Béla Teleki and Ernő Tóbiás could be heard. The exhibition came into being with the financial support of the First World War Centenary Memorial Committee.