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2 unusual facts about Ferenc Erkel


Erkel

Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893), Hungarian composer, who wrote the Hungarian national opera Bánk bán

Hungarian Opera Day

Hungarian Opera Day (Hungarian: A Magyar Opera Napja) is a commemoration of the birth of Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel (2 November 1810) and the reopening of the Erkel Theatre in Budapest.


Cultural Palace in Târgu Mureș

Above the 'quartet' gate the bronze embossments of Szent Erzsébet, Bolyai János and Bolyai Farkas, Aranka György and Bánk bán of Erkel Ferenc can be seen.


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Ede Kallós

His memorials include Ferenc Erkel Memorial in Gyula, Lajos Kossuth Memorial in Makó and Hódmezővásárhely, György Bessenyei Memorial in Nyíregyháza, Dániel Irányi Memorial, Mihály Vörösmarty Memorial in Nyíregyháza (together with Ede Telcs in 1908) and Ferenc Kölcsey Memorial (1939) in Budapest.