540 result(s) for opera festival
Hungary’s VOLT Festival Kicks Off On Tuesday
- 2 Jul 2014 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Starting from Tuesday through 5 days and 6 nights, 30 international all-stars and 150 Hungarian performers will step on the stages of the 22nd VOLT Festival. More than hundred thousand fans are awaited to the event in Sopron, Hungary. Tickets are available on-site and the organizers strongly advise everyone to only buy tickets from the official retailers.
Budapest Pride Refuses To Undergo Investigation
- 1 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government of Hungary ordered one of its investigating agencies to investigate a list of non-governmental organizations that the government considers left-wing, including Budapest Pride, to see whether they lawfully spent funding received from the Norwegian Government. The agency has no right under Hungarian law to do so, thus Budapest Pride refuses to undergo the investigation. The ...
BFO On The Stairs – Music And Raspberry Juice On The Night Of The Museums In Budapest
- 18 Jun 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Night of the Museums event series will again open with the stairs concert of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Iván Fischer and his orchestra will perform on 21 June, Saturday, at 6 pm, on the stairs of the Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes’ Square. The musicians will serve up raspberry juice, and an annual pass may be won at the raffle for the Festival Orchestra’s next season. Also, the BFO are ...
Now On: Budapest Summer Festival
- 6 Jun 2014 9:10 AM
- community & culture
Organisers of Budapest Summer Festival 2014 invite you to celebrate with them the renewed Open-Air Stage on Margaret Island. Located next to the historic Art Nouveau Water Tower, it can accommodate approximately 3000 people, and is the only permanent open-air stage in Hungary.
Iván Fischer's Opera "The Red Heifer", Vígszínház Budapest, 23 - 24 June
- 5 Jun 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Iván Fischer's opera "The Red Heifer" will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, June 23rd and Tuesday, June 24th at the Vígszínház in Budapest. This powerful opera has be praised internationally. It is the story of a true drama of a blood libel case that took place in Hungary in the late nineteenth century.
Gerald Depardieu To Play Napoleon At Szeged Open-Air Festival In Hungary
- 22 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
French actor Gerald Depardieu will portray Napoleon in the Zoltán Kodály opera János Háry at the Szeged Open-Air Festival in the summer, it was announced on Wednesday.
May Celebration: Strauss150 Festival @ Opera House In Budapest
- 20 May 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
From 25 May until 11 June the Opera organizes the Strauss150 Festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Along with the popular pieces on the repertoire, the Opera presents a premiere: Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is directed by János Szikora. Besides the operas, a symphonic concert compiled from works by Strauss can be heard. It features ...
Szeged, The Place To Hear “Summertime” This Summer In Hungary
- 15 May 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
This August, the Szeged Open-Air Festival will be offering up a real treat to fans of opera, jazz and gospel music: the city’s Dóm Square will be the one venue in Europe to hear the classic melodies from Porgy and Bess – including the popular “Summertime”, which has inspired revision and reworking by countless jazz, pop and classical musicians over the years. George Gershwin’s opus, which has not ...
Sziget Budapest Confirms Fresh Acts, New Venues & Fun Programs
- 17 Apr 2014 11:20 AM
- entertainment
Outkast, Manic Street Preachers and The 1975 were all new acts confirmed to appear in Hungary this summer, Sziget organizers revealed this week at a press event. They join acts announced earlier such as Queens of the Stone Age, The Prodigy, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Skrillex, Placebo, Lily Allen and The Kooks. The End Show will be presented by Calvin Harris, and now it’s also ...
Hungary’s VOLT Festival Kicks Off On Tuesday
- 2 Jul 2014 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Starting from Tuesday through 5 days and 6 nights, 30 international all-stars and 150 Hungarian performers will step on the stages of the 22nd VOLT Festival. More than hundred thousand fans are awaited to the event in Sopron, Hungary. Tickets are available on-site and the organizers strongly advise everyone to only buy tickets from the official retailers.
Budapest Pride Refuses To Undergo Investigation
- 1 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government of Hungary ordered one of its investigating agencies to investigate a list of non-governmental organizations that the government considers left-wing, including Budapest Pride, to see whether they lawfully spent funding received from the Norwegian Government. The agency has no right under Hungarian law to do so, thus Budapest Pride refuses to undergo the investigation. The ...
BFO On The Stairs – Music And Raspberry Juice On The Night Of The Museums In Budapest
- 18 Jun 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Night of the Museums event series will again open with the stairs concert of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Iván Fischer and his orchestra will perform on 21 June, Saturday, at 6 pm, on the stairs of the Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes’ Square. The musicians will serve up raspberry juice, and an annual pass may be won at the raffle for the Festival Orchestra’s next season. Also, the BFO are ...
Now On: Budapest Summer Festival
- 6 Jun 2014 9:10 AM
- community & culture
Organisers of Budapest Summer Festival 2014 invite you to celebrate with them the renewed Open-Air Stage on Margaret Island. Located next to the historic Art Nouveau Water Tower, it can accommodate approximately 3000 people, and is the only permanent open-air stage in Hungary.
Iván Fischer's Opera "The Red Heifer", Vígszínház Budapest, 23 - 24 June
- 5 Jun 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Iván Fischer's opera "The Red Heifer" will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, June 23rd and Tuesday, June 24th at the Vígszínház in Budapest. This powerful opera has be praised internationally. It is the story of a true drama of a blood libel case that took place in Hungary in the late nineteenth century.
Gerald Depardieu To Play Napoleon At Szeged Open-Air Festival In Hungary
- 22 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
French actor Gerald Depardieu will portray Napoleon in the Zoltán Kodály opera János Háry at the Szeged Open-Air Festival in the summer, it was announced on Wednesday.
May Celebration: Strauss150 Festival @ Opera House In Budapest
- 20 May 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
From 25 May until 11 June the Opera organizes the Strauss150 Festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Along with the popular pieces on the repertoire, the Opera presents a premiere: Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is directed by János Szikora. Besides the operas, a symphonic concert compiled from works by Strauss can be heard. It features ...
Szeged, The Place To Hear “Summertime” This Summer In Hungary
- 15 May 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
This August, the Szeged Open-Air Festival will be offering up a real treat to fans of opera, jazz and gospel music: the city’s Dóm Square will be the one venue in Europe to hear the classic melodies from Porgy and Bess – including the popular “Summertime”, which has inspired revision and reworking by countless jazz, pop and classical musicians over the years. George Gershwin’s opus, which has not ...
Sziget Budapest Confirms Fresh Acts, New Venues & Fun Programs
- 17 Apr 2014 11:20 AM
- entertainment
Outkast, Manic Street Preachers and The 1975 were all new acts confirmed to appear in Hungary this summer, Sziget organizers revealed this week at a press event. They join acts announced earlier such as Queens of the Stone Age, The Prodigy, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Skrillex, Placebo, Lily Allen and The Kooks. The End Show will be presented by Calvin Harris, and now it’s also ...