674 result(s) for festival theatre
An Hour of Jazz, Festival Theatre Budapest, 6 May
- 6 May 2024 1:00 PM
- classical
You can live without jazz, but why would you want to? The musical style formed in New Orleans at the start of the previous century conquered the world at lightning speed.
And though its descendants have moved far from the genre's early Afro-American roots, it could be no other way, given that versatility, formability and a high degree of adaptability are the very essence of jazz.
This ...
Annual Spring Festival in Budapest To Feature Over 40 Events
- 30 Apr 2024 3:46 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The Budapest Spring Festival will feature over forty events at thirty venues, including theatres, exhibition and concert halls between April 29 and May 12.
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, 27 April - 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance. The most exciting productions from Cuba, Italy and Finland and premieres by the best-known Hungarian dance companies will offer an unmissable programme between 27 April and 11 May.
Kylie Revealed as Sziget Festival Headliner For Opening Night at Budapest's 'Island of Freedom'
- 26 Apr 2024 8:18 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Australian pop-sensation Kylie Minogue will be the headliner on the Main Stage at the opening day of this year’s Sziget Festival, Europe’s biggest and most diverse music festival, on August 7, the organisers announced.
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
International Palace Games of Visegrád, 12 - 14 July
- 28 Mar 2024 8:52 AM
- entertainment
The International Palace Games of Visegrád is the largest medieval festival in Hungary, held annually at the second weekend of July.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2023/24, Palace of Arts Budapest, Until 13 May
- 9 Mar 2024 6:05 AM
- community & culture
The 2023/24 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera promises to be even more diverse than usual, a fact that is faithfully reflected in this year’s programme of Met HD Live broadcasts.
Internationally Renowned Don Giovanni Production at Opera House in Budapest
- 22 Feb 2024 5:20 AM
- community & culture
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth's critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is being presented at the National Opera House in Hungary. The title role of this provocative, youthful production is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.
An Hour of Jazz, Festival Theatre Budapest, 6 May
- 6 May 2024 1:00 PM
- classical
You can live without jazz, but why would you want to? The musical style formed in New Orleans at the start of the previous century conquered the world at lightning speed.
And though its descendants have moved far from the genre's early Afro-American roots, it could be no other way, given that versatility, formability and a high degree of adaptability are the very essence of jazz.
This ...
Annual Spring Festival in Budapest To Feature Over 40 Events
- 30 Apr 2024 3:46 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The Budapest Spring Festival will feature over forty events at thirty venues, including theatres, exhibition and concert halls between April 29 and May 12.
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, 27 April - 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance. The most exciting productions from Cuba, Italy and Finland and premieres by the best-known Hungarian dance companies will offer an unmissable programme between 27 April and 11 May.
Kylie Revealed as Sziget Festival Headliner For Opening Night at Budapest's 'Island of Freedom'
- 26 Apr 2024 8:18 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Australian pop-sensation Kylie Minogue will be the headliner on the Main Stage at the opening day of this year’s Sziget Festival, Europe’s biggest and most diverse music festival, on August 7, the organisers announced.
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
International Palace Games of Visegrád, 12 - 14 July
- 28 Mar 2024 8:52 AM
- entertainment
The International Palace Games of Visegrád is the largest medieval festival in Hungary, held annually at the second weekend of July.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2023/24, Palace of Arts Budapest, Until 13 May
- 9 Mar 2024 6:05 AM
- community & culture
The 2023/24 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera promises to be even more diverse than usual, a fact that is faithfully reflected in this year’s programme of Met HD Live broadcasts.
Internationally Renowned Don Giovanni Production at Opera House in Budapest
- 22 Feb 2024 5:20 AM
- community & culture
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth's critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is being presented at the National Opera House in Hungary. The title role of this provocative, youthful production is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.