9 result(s) for knight in Events
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 5 December
- 5 Dec 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
Performance length: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 2 intermissions.
"There is only one way to end your career more splendidly than with Otello, and that is to end it with Falstaff!" So Verdi was told by his librettist and good friend, Arrigo Boito.
Although the elderly master had not tried his hand at ...
Savaria Historical Carnival, Szombathely, 24-27 August
- 24 Aug 2023 10:38 AM
- community
From 24-27 August, the western Hungarian city of Szombathely hosts its annual Savaria Historical Carnival, the largest of its kind in Central Europe, dating back to 1961.
Some 300 events await an estimated 100,000-120,000 visitors at 25 venues, with legionnaires in Roman combat gear, fearless gladiators, medieval knights and Hungarian heritage preservers in authentic costume.
International Palace Games, Visegrád, 7 - 9 July
- 9 Jul 2023 12:00 PM
- community
Celebrating royal get-togethers of centuries past, this three-day event of knightly battles and medieval music takes place in the very place where Central European nobility met back in the day, Visegrád, overlooking the Danube from its lofty vantage point.
The Legendary Pink Dots, Robot Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The Legendary Pink Dots are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980.
In 1984, the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist Phil Knight.
Don Quixote, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 19 January
- 19 Jan 2022 7:29 PM
- contemporary
Today, people dream of a world and life different from the masses, wear clothes and a mask to overcome everyday life and strive to make the world around them better, at least by condemning its decline. But a lonely person is thought to be mad by many people, and is marginalised.
The contemporary Don Quixote is a man who has been deceived, and is transformed from an ironic and carefree dreamer ...
Spiritual Hike - The Secrets of Visegrád, 8 January
- 8 Jan 2022 10:00 AM
- community
From the organisers: We will explore the Secrets of Visegrad's hill, discovering the healing power of the water, the reach history that made the Knights Templar walked through here and passing through lakes and a mysterious waterfall called "Devil's Mill Waterfall".
A charming and wild trail full of surprises!
Length: 8.5/9 km
Experience required: none, but we recommend medium stamina ...
The Knight of the Ice Fields, Palace of Arts Budapest, 25 November
- 25 Nov 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Two 20th century Russian contemporaries, both of whom suffered under the Soviet system and were time and again victims of the "cultural policy" of the dictatorship.
Prokofiev, who had returned to his homeland from the West in the hope of gaining recognition, originally composed this work as the soundtrack for Eisenstein's film of the same title.
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 is one of his ...
'Wagner Magic I', Palace of Arts Budapest, 13 June
- 13 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Any encounter with Wagner's artistic output is always a festive experience.
This is true regardless of whether one is watching one of these works of total art in an exciting production with sets and costumes or if it is memorable excerpts from the composer's great works that we are bringing to life, like on this occasion.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde: ...
Tamás Érdi Piano Recital, Liszt Academy, 15 March
- 15 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Pianist Tamás Érdi lost his eyesight as a result of an oxygen overdose in a defective incubator. His interest in music was discovered at a very young age. His teachers use a unique method called “the structural method” to teach Tamás play the piano, whereby he virtually “recomposes” the music he is introduced to.
At 15, he plays a Mozart piano concerto at the prestigious Budapest Spring ...
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 5 December
- 5 Dec 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
Performance length: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 2 intermissions.
"There is only one way to end your career more splendidly than with Otello, and that is to end it with Falstaff!" So Verdi was told by his librettist and good friend, Arrigo Boito.
Although the elderly master had not tried his hand at ...
Savaria Historical Carnival, Szombathely, 24-27 August
- 24 Aug 2023 10:38 AM
- community
From 24-27 August, the western Hungarian city of Szombathely hosts its annual Savaria Historical Carnival, the largest of its kind in Central Europe, dating back to 1961.
Some 300 events await an estimated 100,000-120,000 visitors at 25 venues, with legionnaires in Roman combat gear, fearless gladiators, medieval knights and Hungarian heritage preservers in authentic costume.
International Palace Games, Visegrád, 7 - 9 July
- 9 Jul 2023 12:00 PM
- community
Celebrating royal get-togethers of centuries past, this three-day event of knightly battles and medieval music takes place in the very place where Central European nobility met back in the day, Visegrád, overlooking the Danube from its lofty vantage point.
The Legendary Pink Dots, Robot Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The Legendary Pink Dots are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980.
In 1984, the band moved to Amsterdam, playing with rotating musicians and having, as core members, singer/songwriter/keyboardist Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist Phil Knight.
Don Quixote, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 19 January
- 19 Jan 2022 7:29 PM
- contemporary
Today, people dream of a world and life different from the masses, wear clothes and a mask to overcome everyday life and strive to make the world around them better, at least by condemning its decline. But a lonely person is thought to be mad by many people, and is marginalised.
The contemporary Don Quixote is a man who has been deceived, and is transformed from an ironic and carefree dreamer ...
Spiritual Hike - The Secrets of Visegrád, 8 January
- 8 Jan 2022 10:00 AM
- community
From the organisers: We will explore the Secrets of Visegrad's hill, discovering the healing power of the water, the reach history that made the Knights Templar walked through here and passing through lakes and a mysterious waterfall called "Devil's Mill Waterfall".
A charming and wild trail full of surprises!
Length: 8.5/9 km
Experience required: none, but we recommend medium stamina ...
The Knight of the Ice Fields, Palace of Arts Budapest, 25 November
- 25 Nov 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Two 20th century Russian contemporaries, both of whom suffered under the Soviet system and were time and again victims of the "cultural policy" of the dictatorship.
Prokofiev, who had returned to his homeland from the West in the hope of gaining recognition, originally composed this work as the soundtrack for Eisenstein's film of the same title.
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 is one of his ...
'Wagner Magic I', Palace of Arts Budapest, 13 June
- 13 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Any encounter with Wagner's artistic output is always a festive experience.
This is true regardless of whether one is watching one of these works of total art in an exciting production with sets and costumes or if it is memorable excerpts from the composer's great works that we are bringing to life, like on this occasion.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde: ...
Tamás Érdi Piano Recital, Liszt Academy, 15 March
- 15 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Pianist Tamás Érdi lost his eyesight as a result of an oxygen overdose in a defective incubator. His interest in music was discovered at a very young age. His teachers use a unique method called “the structural method” to teach Tamás play the piano, whereby he virtually “recomposes” the music he is introduced to.
At 15, he plays a Mozart piano concerto at the prestigious Budapest Spring ...