237 result(s) for opera house in Community & Culture
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 ...
Mozart Operas In Budapest, Palace Of Arts Until 12 March
- 7 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Any opera house worth its salt must perform the works of Mozart, and any self-respecting company will keep at least the five “great” operas of the Mozart canon more or less in their regular repertoire.
Overview of 'Le Nozze Di Figaro', Budapest Opera, 9 February
- 8 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Figaro - he has given up his barber's shop to become Almaviva's personal servant, and today he is to marry Susanna, Countess Almaviva's chambermaid. The Count has obligingly given them married quarters in the room connecting his bedroom and the Countess'. Everybody in the castle except Figaro knows that the Count, who has grown tired of Rosina, and of pursuing the village girls for that matter, ...
Pastoral Opera In Two Acts, Opera House Budapest, 12 December
- 3 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
“Ascanio in Alba is a really unknown one even among Mozart’s unknown operas, but I do believe in this piece. This is a rarity which is only performed here in Europe. A young “lion” shows its nails in it, who wanted to succeed as an opera composer. And what happened? He was commissioned to compose an opera. And he immediately exercised some irony on this form of art. In my view this piece is like ...
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Xpat Event Report: Wallenberg Commemoration In Budapest
- 20 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association organised a ceremony on 15 October at which a plaque was unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
New Photos: Brad Pitt On Moterbike In Budapest
- 13 Oct 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt (who played Achilles in the Hollywood bock-buster Troy, and his twins have allegedly joined Angelina Jolie Voight and their other children in Budapest, reports said. The Troy star had reportedly flown all the way from the walking city to the Hungarian capital in their private jet.
US Citizen On-Site Voter Registration Events In Budapest, Veszprém, And Debrecen
- 16 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Are you Registered? ... Are you sure? Do you have a question about your Voter Registration for the November 2nd election? New rules require that US citizens living abroad must RE-register to vote for every federal election. Registration deadline for most States is 4 October. Come to one of our Voter Registration events listed below, and make sure that you can vote in November.
Gala Concert Of The 19th Budapest International Wine And Champagne Festival
- 15 Sep 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"Ferenc Erkel was born in 1810. He began his career as a pianist and teacher in Kolozsvár (now Cluj in Romania). He wrote his first opera in 1840, Mária Báthori and then won the competition to set Kölcey’s Hymn to music and it remains Hungary’s national anthem.
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 ...
Mozart Operas In Budapest, Palace Of Arts Until 12 March
- 7 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Any opera house worth its salt must perform the works of Mozart, and any self-respecting company will keep at least the five “great” operas of the Mozart canon more or less in their regular repertoire.
Overview of 'Le Nozze Di Figaro', Budapest Opera, 9 February
- 8 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Figaro - he has given up his barber's shop to become Almaviva's personal servant, and today he is to marry Susanna, Countess Almaviva's chambermaid. The Count has obligingly given them married quarters in the room connecting his bedroom and the Countess'. Everybody in the castle except Figaro knows that the Count, who has grown tired of Rosina, and of pursuing the village girls for that matter, ...
Pastoral Opera In Two Acts, Opera House Budapest, 12 December
- 3 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
“Ascanio in Alba is a really unknown one even among Mozart’s unknown operas, but I do believe in this piece. This is a rarity which is only performed here in Europe. A young “lion” shows its nails in it, who wanted to succeed as an opera composer. And what happened? He was commissioned to compose an opera. And he immediately exercised some irony on this form of art. In my view this piece is like ...
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Xpat Event Report: Wallenberg Commemoration In Budapest
- 20 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association organised a ceremony on 15 October at which a plaque was unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
New Photos: Brad Pitt On Moterbike In Budapest
- 13 Oct 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt (who played Achilles in the Hollywood bock-buster Troy, and his twins have allegedly joined Angelina Jolie Voight and their other children in Budapest, reports said. The Troy star had reportedly flown all the way from the walking city to the Hungarian capital in their private jet.
US Citizen On-Site Voter Registration Events In Budapest, Veszprém, And Debrecen
- 16 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Are you Registered? ... Are you sure? Do you have a question about your Voter Registration for the November 2nd election? New rules require that US citizens living abroad must RE-register to vote for every federal election. Registration deadline for most States is 4 October. Come to one of our Voter Registration events listed below, and make sure that you can vote in November.
Gala Concert Of The 19th Budapest International Wine And Champagne Festival
- 15 Sep 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"Ferenc Erkel was born in 1810. He began his career as a pianist and teacher in Kolozsvár (now Cluj in Romania). He wrote his first opera in 1840, Mária Báthori and then won the competition to set Kölcey’s Hymn to music and it remains Hungary’s national anthem.