138 result(s) for opera singers
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
'Wagner Magic I', Palace of Arts Budapest, 13 June
- 13 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Any encounter with Wagner's artistic output is always a festive experience.
This is true regardless of whether one is watching one of these works of total art in an exciting production with sets and costumes or if it is memorable excerpts from the composer's great works that we are bringing to life, like on this occasion.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde: ...
René Jacobs & Kammerorchester Basel, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 8 May
- 8 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Streamed from their own concert hall, the performance of the Kammerorchester Basel will feature great solo singers. The celebrated ensemble is as much at home in the historically informed performance of baroque music as in contemporary music.
It bears testimony to the orchestra's commitment to Haydn's work that by 2032, the composer's 300th birthday, they and the Italian Il Giardino Armonico ...
Krzysztof Penderecki As Guest Of Palace Of Arts, 15 April
- 15 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
This choral symphony, which Penderecki composed to commemorate the third millennium of Jerusalem, had its premiere in Israel in 1997.
The libretto, which comprises extracts from psalms and the Books of Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel and Jeremiah, inspired the composer to a monumental work, which employs three choruses, a narrator and solo singers, and which is often compared to Mahler's Symphony No. ...
John Eliot Gardiner With English Baroque Soloists, Palace Of Arts, 4 April
- 4 Apr 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
Thirteen years after a thrilling performance, John Eliot Gardiner returns with the St John Passion to Müpa Budapest. If he is the doyen of the early music movement, the world-famous conductor continues to be characterized by a tireless curiosity and energetic attitude.
His albums have lost none of their freshness; made over three decades ago, his first recording of the St John Passion is ...
Pop Music Reform Opens New Front In ‘The Culture War’ In Hungary
- 22 Mar 2021 12:49 PM
- entertainment
A Hungarian government plan to reinvigorate the local pop music scene and promote Hungarian culture at the same time has sparked concerns about political influence and censorship.
‘Les Talens Lyriques’, Palace Of Arts, 8 March
- 8 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
If you asked what Les Talens Lyriques is, plenty of music lovers would be able to tell you that it is the name of a famous French early music ensemble.
You could also answer, however, that it is a famous piece of French early music that lent its name to the ensemble.
Thanks to the Hungarian premiere of this work, we can now discover the nature of Hebe's feasts and find out all about the ...
Online Rossini Gala, 29 January
- 29 Jan 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
From Mupa: Gioachino Rossini, author of so many opera buffas, including the unsurpassable Il barbiere di Siviglia, was more inclined toward humour than any other genius in music history.
Of course, the overall formula is not quite this simple: in addition to the comic operas there is also a series of serious pieces - and we must not forget that it was with such a work that he closed his ...
'Masquerade' Andrea Szántó & Zoltán Kelemen's Opera Concert
- 22 Jan 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
The programme entitled Masquerade (referring to the word 'mask'), is a series of exclusive aria recitals by a leading soloists of the Opera every Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. (every Friday and Sunday from 8 January 2021).
The one-hour programmes feature pieces compiled by the singers themselves accompanied on the piano by a répétiteur of the institute.
From 2021, further singers will ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
'Wagner Magic I', Palace of Arts Budapest, 13 June
- 13 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Any encounter with Wagner's artistic output is always a festive experience.
This is true regardless of whether one is watching one of these works of total art in an exciting production with sets and costumes or if it is memorable excerpts from the composer's great works that we are bringing to life, like on this occasion.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde: ...
René Jacobs & Kammerorchester Basel, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 8 May
- 8 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Streamed from their own concert hall, the performance of the Kammerorchester Basel will feature great solo singers. The celebrated ensemble is as much at home in the historically informed performance of baroque music as in contemporary music.
It bears testimony to the orchestra's commitment to Haydn's work that by 2032, the composer's 300th birthday, they and the Italian Il Giardino Armonico ...
Krzysztof Penderecki As Guest Of Palace Of Arts, 15 April
- 15 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
This choral symphony, which Penderecki composed to commemorate the third millennium of Jerusalem, had its premiere in Israel in 1997.
The libretto, which comprises extracts from psalms and the Books of Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel and Jeremiah, inspired the composer to a monumental work, which employs three choruses, a narrator and solo singers, and which is often compared to Mahler's Symphony No. ...
John Eliot Gardiner With English Baroque Soloists, Palace Of Arts, 4 April
- 4 Apr 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
Thirteen years after a thrilling performance, John Eliot Gardiner returns with the St John Passion to Müpa Budapest. If he is the doyen of the early music movement, the world-famous conductor continues to be characterized by a tireless curiosity and energetic attitude.
His albums have lost none of their freshness; made over three decades ago, his first recording of the St John Passion is ...
Pop Music Reform Opens New Front In ‘The Culture War’ In Hungary
- 22 Mar 2021 12:49 PM
- entertainment
A Hungarian government plan to reinvigorate the local pop music scene and promote Hungarian culture at the same time has sparked concerns about political influence and censorship.
‘Les Talens Lyriques’, Palace Of Arts, 8 March
- 8 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
If you asked what Les Talens Lyriques is, plenty of music lovers would be able to tell you that it is the name of a famous French early music ensemble.
You could also answer, however, that it is a famous piece of French early music that lent its name to the ensemble.
Thanks to the Hungarian premiere of this work, we can now discover the nature of Hebe's feasts and find out all about the ...
Online Rossini Gala, 29 January
- 29 Jan 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
From Mupa: Gioachino Rossini, author of so many opera buffas, including the unsurpassable Il barbiere di Siviglia, was more inclined toward humour than any other genius in music history.
Of course, the overall formula is not quite this simple: in addition to the comic operas there is also a series of serious pieces - and we must not forget that it was with such a work that he closed his ...
'Masquerade' Andrea Szántó & Zoltán Kelemen's Opera Concert
- 22 Jan 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
The programme entitled Masquerade (referring to the word 'mask'), is a series of exclusive aria recitals by a leading soloists of the Opera every Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. (every Friday and Sunday from 8 January 2021).
The one-hour programmes feature pieces compiled by the singers themselves accompanied on the piano by a répétiteur of the institute.
From 2021, further singers will ...