552 result(s) for opera festival
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Invitation: 'Muses On Theatre Square', Budapest History Museum Until 2 September
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Pest German Theatre opened on what is now Vörösmarty Square on 9 February 1812, with two plays by Kotzebue, for which the music was composed by Beethoven. The idea for the establishment of the theatre arose during the reign of Josef II, as Pest was gaining in importance and the growing bourgeoisie had an increasing demand for culture.
Jewish Music Festival, Budapest, 18 - 27 March
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Jewish music festival in Budapest in the Spinoza Theatre for the third time.
Yvette Bozsik Company: Stravinsky Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 March
- 6 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Firebird in 1910, taking the miraculous bird of Eastern Slav mythology as its motif. According to the magical Russian folk tale, the firebird has the power to subdue evil demons, singing the spectres of hell to sleep with its lullaby. Les Noces was the first piece in the Evening of Passion premièred in the Hungarian State Opera House. The music and visual design ...
Muta Imago (IT): Madeleine, Trafó Budapest, 2 - 3 March
- 1 Mar 2012 8:01 AM
- entertainment
"Dream and fear are the constitutive elements of Madeleine’s world. Together with the performers. Together with a scenography made of thresholds, projections, trickeries, transparencies, reflections. Together with fog, smoke and wind. Because we feel invaded.
French Choreographer Jérome Bel (F), Trafó Budapest, 27 - 28 January
- 27 Jan 2012 8:02 AM
- entertainment
"Pichet Klunchun and Myself is a clever theatrical presentation of an intellectual encounter between two dancers from very different traditions. The piece stages the meeting between conceptual choreographer Jérôme Bel and traditional Thai dancer Pichet Klunchun, a master of “Khon,” a Thai classical dance practice.
Invitation: Pécs Ballet: Othello, Festival Theatre Budapest, 20 January
- 19 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Dance is an emotional art form. The instrument and messenger is the body of the dancer, expressed through his or her mental and physical effort. The story of Othello staged in a dance performance is an excellent opportunity for both the creator and the dancer. It explores the full spectrum of human emotions, reflected most powerfully through the fatal drama of Othello and Desdemona's true love.
'The Magic Flute', Palace Of Arts Budapest, 15 January
- 12 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"There are always several layers to any masterpiece and this certainly applies to The Magic Flute, one of the most popular and frequently performed operas ever written. Littered with a plethora of masonic symbols, its plot can be interpreted as an allegorical and vibrant fantasy story – so it is no coincidence that it has been performed for children for decades.
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Invitation: 'Muses On Theatre Square', Budapest History Museum Until 2 September
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Pest German Theatre opened on what is now Vörösmarty Square on 9 February 1812, with two plays by Kotzebue, for which the music was composed by Beethoven. The idea for the establishment of the theatre arose during the reign of Josef II, as Pest was gaining in importance and the growing bourgeoisie had an increasing demand for culture.
Jewish Music Festival, Budapest, 18 - 27 March
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Jewish music festival in Budapest in the Spinoza Theatre for the third time.
Yvette Bozsik Company: Stravinsky Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 March
- 6 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Firebird in 1910, taking the miraculous bird of Eastern Slav mythology as its motif. According to the magical Russian folk tale, the firebird has the power to subdue evil demons, singing the spectres of hell to sleep with its lullaby. Les Noces was the first piece in the Evening of Passion premièred in the Hungarian State Opera House. The music and visual design ...
Muta Imago (IT): Madeleine, Trafó Budapest, 2 - 3 March
- 1 Mar 2012 8:01 AM
- entertainment
"Dream and fear are the constitutive elements of Madeleine’s world. Together with the performers. Together with a scenography made of thresholds, projections, trickeries, transparencies, reflections. Together with fog, smoke and wind. Because we feel invaded.
French Choreographer Jérome Bel (F), Trafó Budapest, 27 - 28 January
- 27 Jan 2012 8:02 AM
- entertainment
"Pichet Klunchun and Myself is a clever theatrical presentation of an intellectual encounter between two dancers from very different traditions. The piece stages the meeting between conceptual choreographer Jérôme Bel and traditional Thai dancer Pichet Klunchun, a master of “Khon,” a Thai classical dance practice.
Invitation: Pécs Ballet: Othello, Festival Theatre Budapest, 20 January
- 19 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Dance is an emotional art form. The instrument and messenger is the body of the dancer, expressed through his or her mental and physical effort. The story of Othello staged in a dance performance is an excellent opportunity for both the creator and the dancer. It explores the full spectrum of human emotions, reflected most powerfully through the fatal drama of Othello and Desdemona's true love.
'The Magic Flute', Palace Of Arts Budapest, 15 January
- 12 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"There are always several layers to any masterpiece and this certainly applies to The Magic Flute, one of the most popular and frequently performed operas ever written. Littered with a plethora of masonic symbols, its plot can be interpreted as an allegorical and vibrant fantasy story – so it is no coincidence that it has been performed for children for decades.