The general director of the Opera House now reports in detail how Viktor Orbán ended up on the roof on New Year's Eve.
Viktor Orbán said goodbye to the New Year with a bar on the roof of the Opera House, in the company of Szilveszter Ókovács and Mihály Varga.
It also turned out: the note is from Erkel Bánk's bán, sung by Petúr bán to be precise.
Ókovács revealed: the prime minister rents a box at the Opera House, so it is not uncommon for his family or himself to appear in one of the so-called in a bodyguard lodge.
As he said, he does not use the royal lodge.
The Prime Minister said yes
"For many years now, I've been asking you to see the Opera House's 144-year-old roof chair made of larch from Triszék, and its elaborately tinned roof. Since there is no higher building in Pest than the Opera House apart from the St. Stephen's Basilica and the Parliament, everything can be seen from here, especially the three-minute fireworks display that we have always carried out for 13 years after the singing of the Bánk bordal.
The prime minister suddenly said yes, so a total of 12 of us set off for the summit attack after the presentation, a few minutes after midnight.
It was cool, damp weather with a lot of smoke from firecrackers, we carried only one flashlight and a couple of phones. It's actually quite tricky to get out, because various skylights, stairs, and ladders make the way difficult, in the end seven of us made it up, the others stayed in the "base camp", says the general director to our newspaper.
Bat, National Anthem, fireworks
Ókovács also said that at this time, on New Year's Eve, the grand operetta Denevér is usually played, which is played at midnight, and the National Anthem is also played inside the Ybl Palace.
"After that, the audience of 1,000 people and the opera crew of 300 march in front of the building, and from the balcony, the current baritone protagonist of the evening - who plays lawyer Falke - sings Petúr's bordala with the choir. And then comes the fireworks, which are shot off from the 8th floor terrace of our house on the other side of Hajós utca, the Simándy building," he says.
Adds:
"We didn't do anything else either: we sang the bordal in the same way, only up there, in the strange darkness. I carried a bottle of champagne and plastic glasses up in a backpack, so the toast could also take place with those who could make it up.
The prime minister acted as if he knew the way around, he climbed in the front, and if he had had a flag, he would have put it up somewhere"
says the director general with a laugh.
Featured image: MTI/Márton Mónus
