33 result(s) for opera house in Events
Morning Jam for Kids, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 21 January
- 21 Jan 2024 10:30 AM
- contemporary
In all sessions participants can better acquaint themselves with a musical instrument together with its younger and older siblings.
The layout of the Opera House's chosen venues makes it possible that this interactive programme takes place at just an arm’s length from the young guests.
The performance uses language that children can understand, but even adults can discover a lot of ...
Ballet Pécs: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 13 December
- 3 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Carmina Burana is an unavoidable subject, a great task that is nevertheless a wonderful challenge in the career of a choreographer and one that sooner or later draws the creative artist to it. Orff's composition elevates the medieval student songs to a loftier region.
The majesty of the music inspires the choreographer to bear testimony to this self-destructive and mechanised world with an ...
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Opera House Budapest, 26 September
- 26 Sep 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
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 ...
Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly', Opera House Budapest, 11 July
- 11 Jul 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles.
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 ...
Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala, Opera House Budapest, 27 May
- 27 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera.
He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ...
Idomeneo, re di Creta, Opera House Budapest, 25 May
- 25 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera seria in three acts, two parts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles.
The Trojan War was such an important historical event that it became one of the main motives of the past 2800 years of European cultural history; its episodes and characters inspired thousands of artists. Mozart’s Idomeneo, re di Creta tells the story of the tired king returning from the Trojan ...
Ballet: Swan Lake, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet is the most beloved classical piece in ballet literature: while the hardships of love between a prince forced into marriage and a maiden enchanted into the form of a swan is one of the most charming Russian romantic fairy tales, the piece nevertheless failed at its original premiere in 1877.
The choreographers creating the premiere were simply not equal to ...
The Wooden Prince, Opera House Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
“There is no date in the half-a-century history of our Opera House as important as the premier day of Béla Bartók’s first pantomime ballet The Wooden Prince on 12 May 1917.
It was the first time that the Hungarian spirit, the genius of Vörösmarty, Petőfi and Ady’s nation was expressed in its true greatness and absolute authenticity in the music played in the Hungarian opera”, writes ...
Opera: War & Peace, Opera House Budapest, 8 February
- 8 Feb 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Opera in thirteen scenes, in two parts, in Russian with Hungarian and English subtitles
Prokofiev was inspired to compose a musical drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s colossal historical novel War and Peace by the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany.
The Peace in the first half of the opera is a series of Prokofiev’s most beautiful and intimate tableaus, and it forms a strong contrast with the ...
Morning Jam for Kids, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 21 January
- 21 Jan 2024 10:30 AM
- contemporary
In all sessions participants can better acquaint themselves with a musical instrument together with its younger and older siblings.
The layout of the Opera House's chosen venues makes it possible that this interactive programme takes place at just an arm’s length from the young guests.
The performance uses language that children can understand, but even adults can discover a lot of ...
Ballet Pécs: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 13 December
- 3 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Carmina Burana is an unavoidable subject, a great task that is nevertheless a wonderful challenge in the career of a choreographer and one that sooner or later draws the creative artist to it. Orff's composition elevates the medieval student songs to a loftier region.
The majesty of the music inspires the choreographer to bear testimony to this self-destructive and mechanised world with an ...
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Opera House Budapest, 26 September
- 26 Sep 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
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 ...
Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly', Opera House Budapest, 11 July
- 11 Jul 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles.
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 ...
Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala, Opera House Budapest, 27 May
- 27 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera.
He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ...
Idomeneo, re di Creta, Opera House Budapest, 25 May
- 25 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera seria in three acts, two parts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles.
The Trojan War was such an important historical event that it became one of the main motives of the past 2800 years of European cultural history; its episodes and characters inspired thousands of artists. Mozart’s Idomeneo, re di Creta tells the story of the tired king returning from the Trojan ...
Ballet: Swan Lake, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet is the most beloved classical piece in ballet literature: while the hardships of love between a prince forced into marriage and a maiden enchanted into the form of a swan is one of the most charming Russian romantic fairy tales, the piece nevertheless failed at its original premiere in 1877.
The choreographers creating the premiere were simply not equal to ...
The Wooden Prince, Opera House Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
“There is no date in the half-a-century history of our Opera House as important as the premier day of Béla Bartók’s first pantomime ballet The Wooden Prince on 12 May 1917.
It was the first time that the Hungarian spirit, the genius of Vörösmarty, Petőfi and Ady’s nation was expressed in its true greatness and absolute authenticity in the music played in the Hungarian opera”, writes ...
Opera: War & Peace, Opera House Budapest, 8 February
- 8 Feb 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Opera in thirteen scenes, in two parts, in Russian with Hungarian and English subtitles
Prokofiev was inspired to compose a musical drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s colossal historical novel War and Peace by the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany.
The Peace in the first half of the opera is a series of Prokofiev’s most beautiful and intimate tableaus, and it forms a strong contrast with the ...