180 result(s) for opera in Events
The Girl of the Golden West, Opera House Budapest, 24 April
- 24 Apr 2025 4:00 PM
- classical
After watching David Belasco's play The Girl of the Golden West on his 1907 visit to New York, Puccini resolved to set this somewhat unusual love story of the Wild West to music on the opera stage.
The dramatic material proved to be a good choice, with an effectively moving plot that takes viewers to the denouement with a sure hand.
The character of Minnie is also a highly suitable ...
St Matthew Passion, Opera House Budapest, 19 April
- 19 Apr 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
The Saint Matthew Passion is Bach's greatest work, one which constitutes an unsurpassable pinnacle not only of Protestant church music, but in the universal history of music.
Forgotten after Bach's death, the work was played in Berlin on 11 March 1829, a century after its original performance, with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy conducting.
The composer and conductor adapted the work to ...
Young Talents' Free Concert, Palace of Arts Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2025 5:00 PM
- contemporary
Evening is not the only good time to visit Müpa Budapest if you’re on the lookout for thrilling live musical experiences. In the afternoon, too, you can encounter a wide array of genres in the Müpa building.
For music lovers visiting Müpa, young artists perform pop music, jazz and folk music at Banner Square every Tuesday, with classical genres in the Glass Hall on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ...
Carl Off: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 6 April
- 6 Apr 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
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 songs for singers and chorus to be sung together with instruments and magical ...
Giacomo Puccini: Butterfly in Taiwan, Opera House Budapest, 2 April
- 2 Apr 2025 5:03 AM
- classical
The tale of Cio-Cio san and Pinkerton stands out as one of the finest romantic tragedies ever written. Convinced that her 'temporary marriage' is not only legally binding, but also founded on reciprocated feelings, 'Madama' Butterfly loses every last shred of hope, until death offers the only possible escape.
'Had it not been set in an exotic locale far from here,' went the commentary on the ...
Charles Gounod: Faust, Opera House Budapest, 29 March
- 29 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
Gounod’s French grand opera has been an indispensable element of any self-respecting opera company’s repertoire, and to this day remains among the most frequently performed operas.
The composer's aim was not an operatic adaptation of Goethe’s masterpiece. Born from the libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré was a perfumed and smoky drama spiced with elements of romance and horror, as well ...
Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov's collaboration with the Hungarian State Opera has been going on for many years.
In August 2017, the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra performed at the world-famous couple's large-scale open-air gala evening at the Waldbühne in Berlin, which was broadcast live on television, in front of 20,000 spectators, and then in December of that year, they performed at the ...
Ballet in Three Acts: Manon, Opera House Budapest, 18 March
- 18 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
During his career, Sir Kenneth MacMillan managed to reinvent not just the language of ballet, but also its subject matter: on many occasions he reached for modern, socially and societally charged themes that no one had ever dared to touch in any genre, let alone in dance.
He was met with this criticism also after the 1974 premiere of Manon: even though it won enormous acclaim from audiences, ...
The Viceroy Bánk, Opera House Budapest, 12 March
- 12 Mar 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
In 1844, following on the heels of his triumph in the competition to set Ferenc Kölcsey's Himnusz – today the national anthem of Hungary – to music, Ferenc Erkel set about looking at the possibilities for using József Katona's much-attacked drama Bánk Bán as the subject for an opera.
History made the period of composition a lengthy one: first came the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848/49, ...
The Girl of the Golden West, Opera House Budapest, 24 April
- 24 Apr 2025 4:00 PM
- classical
After watching David Belasco's play The Girl of the Golden West on his 1907 visit to New York, Puccini resolved to set this somewhat unusual love story of the Wild West to music on the opera stage.
The dramatic material proved to be a good choice, with an effectively moving plot that takes viewers to the denouement with a sure hand.
The character of Minnie is also a highly suitable ...
St Matthew Passion, Opera House Budapest, 19 April
- 19 Apr 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
The Saint Matthew Passion is Bach's greatest work, one which constitutes an unsurpassable pinnacle not only of Protestant church music, but in the universal history of music.
Forgotten after Bach's death, the work was played in Berlin on 11 March 1829, a century after its original performance, with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy conducting.
The composer and conductor adapted the work to ...
Young Talents' Free Concert, Palace of Arts Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2025 5:00 PM
- contemporary
Evening is not the only good time to visit Müpa Budapest if you’re on the lookout for thrilling live musical experiences. In the afternoon, too, you can encounter a wide array of genres in the Müpa building.
For music lovers visiting Müpa, young artists perform pop music, jazz and folk music at Banner Square every Tuesday, with classical genres in the Glass Hall on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ...
Carl Off: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 6 April
- 6 Apr 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
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 songs for singers and chorus to be sung together with instruments and magical ...
Giacomo Puccini: Butterfly in Taiwan, Opera House Budapest, 2 April
- 2 Apr 2025 5:03 AM
- classical
The tale of Cio-Cio san and Pinkerton stands out as one of the finest romantic tragedies ever written. Convinced that her 'temporary marriage' is not only legally binding, but also founded on reciprocated feelings, 'Madama' Butterfly loses every last shred of hope, until death offers the only possible escape.
'Had it not been set in an exotic locale far from here,' went the commentary on the ...
Charles Gounod: Faust, Opera House Budapest, 29 March
- 29 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
Gounod’s French grand opera has been an indispensable element of any self-respecting opera company’s repertoire, and to this day remains among the most frequently performed operas.
The composer's aim was not an operatic adaptation of Goethe’s masterpiece. Born from the libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré was a perfumed and smoky drama spiced with elements of romance and horror, as well ...
Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov's collaboration with the Hungarian State Opera has been going on for many years.
In August 2017, the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra performed at the world-famous couple's large-scale open-air gala evening at the Waldbühne in Berlin, which was broadcast live on television, in front of 20,000 spectators, and then in December of that year, they performed at the ...
Ballet in Three Acts: Manon, Opera House Budapest, 18 March
- 18 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
During his career, Sir Kenneth MacMillan managed to reinvent not just the language of ballet, but also its subject matter: on many occasions he reached for modern, socially and societally charged themes that no one had ever dared to touch in any genre, let alone in dance.
He was met with this criticism also after the 1974 premiere of Manon: even though it won enormous acclaim from audiences, ...
The Viceroy Bánk, Opera House Budapest, 12 March
- 12 Mar 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
In 1844, following on the heels of his triumph in the competition to set Ferenc Kölcsey's Himnusz – today the national anthem of Hungary – to music, Ferenc Erkel set about looking at the possibilities for using József Katona's much-attacked drama Bánk Bán as the subject for an opera.
History made the period of composition a lengthy one: first came the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848/49, ...