35 result(s) for budapest opera house in Events
The Wooden Prince, Opera House Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
“There is no date in the half-a-century history of our Opera House as important as the premier day of Béla Bartók’s first pantomime ballet The Wooden Prince on 12 May 1917.
It was the first time that the Hungarian spirit, the genius of Vörösmarty, Petőfi and Ady’s nation was expressed in its true greatness and absolute authenticity in the music played in the Hungarian opera”, writes ...
Opera: War & Peace, Opera House Budapest, 8 February
- 8 Feb 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Opera in thirteen scenes, in two parts, in Russian with Hungarian and English subtitles
Prokofiev was inspired to compose a musical drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s colossal historical novel War and Peace by the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany.
The Peace in the first half of the opera is a series of Prokofiev’s most beautiful and intimate tableaus, and it forms a strong contrast with the ...
Waltraud Meier & Samuel Hasselhorn, Opera House Budapest, 20 November
- 20 Nov 2022 7:30 PM
- classical
Song recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and German subtitles
This format was made necessary by life. By size, the Ybl Palace is one of the medium-sized opera houses, but in terms of beauty it is first class, which we further enhance by lighting it gorgeously.
On its podium, or the top of its orchestra pit, the soloist can stand almost fully surrounded by the audience, and ...
Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Attila, Margaret Island Open-Air Theatre, 14 August
- 14 Aug 2022 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Semi-staged opera in three acts, two parts, in Italian, with Hungarian and English surtitles
Giuseppe Verdi, the most brilliant of Italian opera's masters, created a fiery, dynamic, complex, and distinct work of art, inspired by Attila the Hun, “the scourge of God”, the most famous of the European Huns’ grand kings. The work’s libretto was written in part by both Temistocle Solera and ...
Folk Dance Event for Children, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 3 October
- 3 Oct 2021 10:00 AM
- community
Those interested can join us at our children’s dance house in the National Dance Theatre every Sunday 10.00 AM - 12 noon.
Programmes include Moldva and Gyimes region folk music, folk dancing, folk games with songs, folk tales and games you can play with your infant on your lap. We follow the progress of the year with nursery rhymes and revived folk traditions.
One of the oldest operating ...
Erika Miklósa - 30 Years On Stage At Hungarian State Opera, 4 September
- 4 Sep 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
Internationally renowned Erika Miklósa makes a selection of her iconic roles from operas including Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor and Don Pasquale at the gala concert to celebrate her 30th jubilee at the Hungarian State Opera.
OperaWednesday: The Daughter of the Regiment, 16 June
- 16 Jun 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Since being orphaned as a small child, the young and plucky Marie has grown up in the French army. Unaware of her aristocratic origins, she falls in love with a handsome peasant lad. Will she really marry him out of love?
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, La fille du régiment was one of Gaetano Donizetti’s most successful operas during its own era, and singing the title role was the dream of ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
'The Corsair', Online Premiere, Opera Budapest, 1 May
- 1 May 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
This ballet's plot is inspired by The Corsair, a famous verse written in 1814 by Lord Byron, who towered over an entire generation of English Romantic poets.
The thrilling story, full of adventure, also leaves plenty of room for love, betrayal, life-threatening danger, a shipwreck, and ultimately, escape.
Byron's work was so successful that ballet masters were staging it as early as the ...
The Wooden Prince, Opera House Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
“There is no date in the half-a-century history of our Opera House as important as the premier day of Béla Bartók’s first pantomime ballet The Wooden Prince on 12 May 1917.
It was the first time that the Hungarian spirit, the genius of Vörösmarty, Petőfi and Ady’s nation was expressed in its true greatness and absolute authenticity in the music played in the Hungarian opera”, writes ...
Opera: War & Peace, Opera House Budapest, 8 February
- 8 Feb 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Opera in thirteen scenes, in two parts, in Russian with Hungarian and English subtitles
Prokofiev was inspired to compose a musical drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s colossal historical novel War and Peace by the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany.
The Peace in the first half of the opera is a series of Prokofiev’s most beautiful and intimate tableaus, and it forms a strong contrast with the ...
Waltraud Meier & Samuel Hasselhorn, Opera House Budapest, 20 November
- 20 Nov 2022 7:30 PM
- classical
Song recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and German subtitles
This format was made necessary by life. By size, the Ybl Palace is one of the medium-sized opera houses, but in terms of beauty it is first class, which we further enhance by lighting it gorgeously.
On its podium, or the top of its orchestra pit, the soloist can stand almost fully surrounded by the audience, and ...
Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Attila, Margaret Island Open-Air Theatre, 14 August
- 14 Aug 2022 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Semi-staged opera in three acts, two parts, in Italian, with Hungarian and English surtitles
Giuseppe Verdi, the most brilliant of Italian opera's masters, created a fiery, dynamic, complex, and distinct work of art, inspired by Attila the Hun, “the scourge of God”, the most famous of the European Huns’ grand kings. The work’s libretto was written in part by both Temistocle Solera and ...
Folk Dance Event for Children, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 3 October
- 3 Oct 2021 10:00 AM
- community
Those interested can join us at our children’s dance house in the National Dance Theatre every Sunday 10.00 AM - 12 noon.
Programmes include Moldva and Gyimes region folk music, folk dancing, folk games with songs, folk tales and games you can play with your infant on your lap. We follow the progress of the year with nursery rhymes and revived folk traditions.
One of the oldest operating ...
Erika Miklósa - 30 Years On Stage At Hungarian State Opera, 4 September
- 4 Sep 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
Internationally renowned Erika Miklósa makes a selection of her iconic roles from operas including Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor and Don Pasquale at the gala concert to celebrate her 30th jubilee at the Hungarian State Opera.
OperaWednesday: The Daughter of the Regiment, 16 June
- 16 Jun 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Since being orphaned as a small child, the young and plucky Marie has grown up in the French army. Unaware of her aristocratic origins, she falls in love with a handsome peasant lad. Will she really marry him out of love?
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, La fille du régiment was one of Gaetano Donizetti’s most successful operas during its own era, and singing the title role was the dream of ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
'The Corsair', Online Premiere, Opera Budapest, 1 May
- 1 May 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
This ballet's plot is inspired by The Corsair, a famous verse written in 1814 by Lord Byron, who towered over an entire generation of English Romantic poets.
The thrilling story, full of adventure, also leaves plenty of room for love, betrayal, life-threatening danger, a shipwreck, and ultimately, escape.
Byron's work was so successful that ballet masters were staging it as early as the ...