2 result(s) for naples in Events
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, Opera House Budapest, 13 August
- 13 Aug 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
The subject of this work sparked Verdi's fiercest battle with the censor of Naples and, later on, of Rome. The original libretto treated an actual historical event: the 1792 regicide of a Swedish king.
However, this proved too delicate a matter given the political situation of the day, and so in order to curry favour with the censor, the king was converted into an earl and the plot ...
MÁV Symphony Orchestra: Travels in Italy, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
This concert by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra offer a voyage across Italy, first by evoking the celebrated 19th-century double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini with an instrumental excerpt from a Romantic opera of his.
Next comes Ottorino Respighi’s Violin Concerto, inspired by early Christian and Gregorian music. We will conclude with Richard Strauss’s atmospherically rich symphonic poem Aus ...
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, Opera House Budapest, 13 August
- 13 Aug 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
The subject of this work sparked Verdi's fiercest battle with the censor of Naples and, later on, of Rome. The original libretto treated an actual historical event: the 1792 regicide of a Swedish king.
However, this proved too delicate a matter given the political situation of the day, and so in order to curry favour with the censor, the king was converted into an earl and the plot ...
MÁV Symphony Orchestra: Travels in Italy, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
This concert by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra offer a voyage across Italy, first by evoking the celebrated 19th-century double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini with an instrumental excerpt from a Romantic opera of his.
Next comes Ottorino Respighi’s Violin Concerto, inspired by early Christian and Gregorian music. We will conclude with Richard Strauss’s atmospherically rich symphonic poem Aus ...