638 result(s) for national theatre
Classical Favourites - League of Legends, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 May
- 4 May 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
There exist certain great and universally-known milestones of classical music that define our entire culture. It is legends like these that take centre stage at this traditional spring concert presented jointly by Klasszik Radio and the Danubia Orchestra.
Badora Dance Company: Melinda, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 30 April
- 30 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Melinda dreamed of a Homeland where she could live in peace. A place that she wouldn’t have to run away from, like she and her two brothers fled their homeland, Spain, because their lives were in danger.
She believed that in Hungary she had found a home where she would never have to be afraid again.
Melinda was wrong.
Melinda dreamed of a husband with whom she would grow old and in ...
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 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.
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
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 ...
FlamenCorazónArte Dance Theatre: Caminos, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 12 April
- 12 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.
"Carmen's story, the characters' world of extreme emotions and Bizet's music is very powerful Wherever I go, I take the place, the culture, the faces and the momentswith me forever.
The experiences come with me, just as we also take the past with us. What is my present today will become my past ...
Feledi Project: Liliom, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 April
- 5 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Written in 1909,‘Liliom, or the Life and Death of a Villain' captivates audiences everywhere. It tells the story of a powerful and chaotic love affair between a maid and a carousel operator.
It’s a story of misery, raw emotions and fragility. The characters take ownership of their fate and lock themselves in their failures; it is as if they’ve been down the same road a hundred times without ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
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 ...
Classical Favourites - League of Legends, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 May
- 4 May 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
There exist certain great and universally-known milestones of classical music that define our entire culture. It is legends like these that take centre stage at this traditional spring concert presented jointly by Klasszik Radio and the Danubia Orchestra.
Badora Dance Company: Melinda, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 30 April
- 30 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Melinda dreamed of a Homeland where she could live in peace. A place that she wouldn’t have to run away from, like she and her two brothers fled their homeland, Spain, because their lives were in danger.
She believed that in Hungary she had found a home where she would never have to be afraid again.
Melinda was wrong.
Melinda dreamed of a husband with whom she would grow old and in ...
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 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.
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
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 ...
FlamenCorazónArte Dance Theatre: Caminos, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 12 April
- 12 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.
"Carmen's story, the characters' world of extreme emotions and Bizet's music is very powerful Wherever I go, I take the place, the culture, the faces and the momentswith me forever.
The experiences come with me, just as we also take the past with us. What is my present today will become my past ...
Feledi Project: Liliom, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 April
- 5 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Written in 1909,‘Liliom, or the Life and Death of a Villain' captivates audiences everywhere. It tells the story of a powerful and chaotic love affair between a maid and a carousel operator.
It’s a story of misery, raw emotions and fragility. The characters take ownership of their fate and lock themselves in their failures; it is as if they’ve been down the same road a hundred times without ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
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 ...