150 result(s) for opera in Events
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 22 November
- 22 Nov 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 ...
Puccini's Turandot, Opera House Budapest, 19 November
- 13 Nov 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
The Chinese princess Turandot swears that she will not marry any man – except for the one who can solve her three-question riddle. Giacomo Puccini's final, unfinished opera tackles fairy-tale and socio-philosophical questions at the same time. The OPERA’s new production is staged by acclaimed choreographer Dóra Barta – a woman interpreting the most mysterious female title role in the world opera. ...
The Flavours of Europe, National Concert Hall Budapest, 10 November
- 10 Nov 2024 11:00 AM
- classical
The first concert of a series showcasing the celebrated musical landscapes of Europe will take us north to present the unique world, colours and flavours of the people of Scandinavia.
The musical theme of Sibelius’s symphonic poem, which presents historical events, has become a national song for the Finnish people. Grieg learnt much from the German composers of his era. In his Piano Concerto ...
Carlos Ferreira, Festival Theatre Budapest, 8 November
- 8 Nov 2024 11:58 AM
- classical
Having only recently left behind winning prizes at prestigious competitions, Carlos Ferreira is already serving as the first clarinettist of the Orchestre National de France and plays chamber music with such partners as Emmanuel Pahud and Hilary Hahn.
His Rising Stars concert promises to delight us with the sheer variety of music written for his instrument, ranging from French Late ...
Requiem Opera House Budapest
- 3 Nov 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Staged oratorio in Latin, with Hungarian, English, and Latin subtitles
In recent years, even decades, it has become a common practice to completely or partially stage certain oratorical works. After Messiah and Matthäus-Passion, nothing could be more suitable to continue the practice than Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, which is claimed by many, half-seriously, but certainly aptly, to be their ...
Messa per Rossini, National Concert Hall Budapest
- 1 Nov 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
When Rossini died in 1868, Verdi urged his compatriots to compose a requiem in memory of the departed master, with each composer taking on a single movement.
The work was completed, but the originally planned premiere fell through, and it was not until 1988 that it was first played, in Stuttgart, with Helmuth Rilling conducting.
At this All Saints’ Day concert, the Müpa Budapest audience ...
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 ...
An Evening with András Visky, Festival Theatre Budapest, 14 October
- 14 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Kitelepítés (Deportation), a novel by András Visky, winner of the 2023 Margó Prize, is the harrowing story of a family, told from the point of view of a boy, who at age two was deported to a camp on the Bărăgan Plain by the Danube Delta, together with his mother, Júlia Visky and six siblings, and then to the Lăteşti camp, after his father, Ferenc Visky, a Protestant pastor, had been imprisoned. ...
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 ...
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 22 November
- 22 Nov 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 ...
Puccini's Turandot, Opera House Budapest, 19 November
- 13 Nov 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
The Chinese princess Turandot swears that she will not marry any man – except for the one who can solve her three-question riddle. Giacomo Puccini's final, unfinished opera tackles fairy-tale and socio-philosophical questions at the same time. The OPERA’s new production is staged by acclaimed choreographer Dóra Barta – a woman interpreting the most mysterious female title role in the world opera. ...
The Flavours of Europe, National Concert Hall Budapest, 10 November
- 10 Nov 2024 11:00 AM
- classical
The first concert of a series showcasing the celebrated musical landscapes of Europe will take us north to present the unique world, colours and flavours of the people of Scandinavia.
The musical theme of Sibelius’s symphonic poem, which presents historical events, has become a national song for the Finnish people. Grieg learnt much from the German composers of his era. In his Piano Concerto ...
Carlos Ferreira, Festival Theatre Budapest, 8 November
- 8 Nov 2024 11:58 AM
- classical
Having only recently left behind winning prizes at prestigious competitions, Carlos Ferreira is already serving as the first clarinettist of the Orchestre National de France and plays chamber music with such partners as Emmanuel Pahud and Hilary Hahn.
His Rising Stars concert promises to delight us with the sheer variety of music written for his instrument, ranging from French Late ...
Requiem Opera House Budapest
- 3 Nov 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Staged oratorio in Latin, with Hungarian, English, and Latin subtitles
In recent years, even decades, it has become a common practice to completely or partially stage certain oratorical works. After Messiah and Matthäus-Passion, nothing could be more suitable to continue the practice than Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem, which is claimed by many, half-seriously, but certainly aptly, to be their ...
Messa per Rossini, National Concert Hall Budapest
- 1 Nov 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
When Rossini died in 1868, Verdi urged his compatriots to compose a requiem in memory of the departed master, with each composer taking on a single movement.
The work was completed, but the originally planned premiere fell through, and it was not until 1988 that it was first played, in Stuttgart, with Helmuth Rilling conducting.
At this All Saints’ Day concert, the Müpa Budapest audience ...
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 ...
An Evening with András Visky, Festival Theatre Budapest, 14 October
- 14 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Kitelepítés (Deportation), a novel by András Visky, winner of the 2023 Margó Prize, is the harrowing story of a family, told from the point of view of a boy, who at age two was deported to a camp on the Bărăgan Plain by the Danube Delta, together with his mother, Júlia Visky and six siblings, and then to the Lăteşti camp, after his father, Ferenc Visky, a Protestant pastor, had been imprisoned. ...
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 ...