43 result(s) for opera house budapest in Events
Otello, Opera House Budapest, 24 October
- 24 Oct 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
After retiring at age 58, Verdi would write no new operas for the next 15 years. It took a pivotal supper in Milan and the persistence of music publisher Giulio Ricordi to entice the Maestro to set about composing a new work, which he would only refer to as the “chocolate project”.
The Moor Otello is a soldier, a general and a loving husband who, despite all of his accomplishments, is not ...
Coppelia, Opera House Budapest, 12 October
- 12 Oct 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Comic dance in three acts
E. T. A.Hoffmann is widely associated with The Nutcracker while fewer know that the story of Coppelia is based on his short story, The Sandman (Der Sandmann). The author, known to be a polymath himself, also designed various machines and automatons, and he was perfectly aware how easy it is to fall in love with your own creation. A ballet version of Coppelia was first ...
Carmen, Opera House Budapest, 8 November
- 8 Oct 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Opera in four acts, in French, with Hungarian, English, and French subtitles
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. And what work would suit this directing style better – with its similarly crazed passions and emotions – than Georges Bizet’s French ...
Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 8, Opera House Budapest, 1 October
- 1 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Concert performance in Latin and German with Hungarian, English, and original-language subtitles
Thanks to the spectacular development of our Orchestra and Chorus, since 2020 we have been able to perform Mahler’s enormous creation at the beginning of each season as a sort of preparation. Each year, it is directed by a different conductor. The work was last performed in Hungary 13 years before ...
The Flying Dutchman, Opera House Budapest, 28 September
- 28 Sep 2024 5:00 PM
- classical
The hero of Wagner's immortal oeuvre is the cursed Dutchman, who may set foot on dry land only once every seven years, and who first among the long list of Wagner heroes yearns for the miracle of redemption through love...
The Taming of the Shrew, Opera House, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has inspired a string of stage and film adaptations. The most important ballet adaptations include Maurice Béjart’s 1954 choreography set to the music of Scarlatti, the Czech Vera Untermüllerov.’s 1961 work based on the melodies of a Czech composer, and John Cranko’s 1961 version, likewise based on the music of Scarlatti.
This series continued in 1994 ...
La Traviata, Opera House Budapest, 30 July
- 30 Jul 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The sultry atmosphere of intoxicating parties, an unbridled life of luxury, sparkling champagne – and a slow but lethal illness. This was what existence was like for the "lady of the camellias" before her true love walked into her life.
La traviata– The fallen woman.
The truly sensational theme swept through the art of the 19th century, making a stunningly beautiful Parisian courtesan named ...
Verdi's Rigoletto, Opera House Budapest, 14 July
- 14 Jul 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are. And yet he prays that the scathing mockery he heaps on the suffering of others will not return to haunt him.
All he must do is seal his work off from his family life. But when ...
Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra, Opera House Budapest, 23 July
- 13 Jul 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
The Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra (GSYO) is an affiliate of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (GSO).
Founded in July 2011, it is the first ever youth orchestra in China organized and administered by a professional orchestra. On May 13, 2012, the GSYO appeared on stage for the first time, and to date has performed more than 100 concerts at home and abroad.
The GSYO’s regular performance ...
Otello, Opera House Budapest, 24 October
- 24 Oct 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
After retiring at age 58, Verdi would write no new operas for the next 15 years. It took a pivotal supper in Milan and the persistence of music publisher Giulio Ricordi to entice the Maestro to set about composing a new work, which he would only refer to as the “chocolate project”.
The Moor Otello is a soldier, a general and a loving husband who, despite all of his accomplishments, is not ...
Coppelia, Opera House Budapest, 12 October
- 12 Oct 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Comic dance in three acts
E. T. A.Hoffmann is widely associated with The Nutcracker while fewer know that the story of Coppelia is based on his short story, The Sandman (Der Sandmann). The author, known to be a polymath himself, also designed various machines and automatons, and he was perfectly aware how easy it is to fall in love with your own creation. A ballet version of Coppelia was first ...
Carmen, Opera House Budapest, 8 November
- 8 Oct 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Opera in four acts, in French, with Hungarian, English, and French subtitles
The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. And what work would suit this directing style better – with its similarly crazed passions and emotions – than Georges Bizet’s French ...
Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 8, Opera House Budapest, 1 October
- 1 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Concert performance in Latin and German with Hungarian, English, and original-language subtitles
Thanks to the spectacular development of our Orchestra and Chorus, since 2020 we have been able to perform Mahler’s enormous creation at the beginning of each season as a sort of preparation. Each year, it is directed by a different conductor. The work was last performed in Hungary 13 years before ...
The Flying Dutchman, Opera House Budapest, 28 September
- 28 Sep 2024 5:00 PM
- classical
The hero of Wagner's immortal oeuvre is the cursed Dutchman, who may set foot on dry land only once every seven years, and who first among the long list of Wagner heroes yearns for the miracle of redemption through love...
The Taming of the Shrew, Opera House, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has inspired a string of stage and film adaptations. The most important ballet adaptations include Maurice Béjart’s 1954 choreography set to the music of Scarlatti, the Czech Vera Untermüllerov.’s 1961 work based on the melodies of a Czech composer, and John Cranko’s 1961 version, likewise based on the music of Scarlatti.
This series continued in 1994 ...
La Traviata, Opera House Budapest, 30 July
- 30 Jul 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The sultry atmosphere of intoxicating parties, an unbridled life of luxury, sparkling champagne – and a slow but lethal illness. This was what existence was like for the "lady of the camellias" before her true love walked into her life.
La traviata– The fallen woman.
The truly sensational theme swept through the art of the 19th century, making a stunningly beautiful Parisian courtesan named ...
Verdi's Rigoletto, Opera House Budapest, 14 July
- 14 Jul 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are. And yet he prays that the scathing mockery he heaps on the suffering of others will not return to haunt him.
All he must do is seal his work off from his family life. But when ...
Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra, Opera House Budapest, 23 July
- 13 Jul 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
The Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra (GSYO) is an affiliate of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (GSO).
Founded in July 2011, it is the first ever youth orchestra in China organized and administered by a professional orchestra. On May 13, 2012, the GSYO appeared on stage for the first time, and to date has performed more than 100 concerts at home and abroad.
The GSYO’s regular performance ...