42 result(s) for purcell
Zemplén Festival Celebrates 25 Years Of Classical, Jazz
- 4 Aug 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Zemplén Festival in northeastern Hungary will celebrate its 25th anniversary, with a focus on classical music and jazz, between August 12 and 21. Some sixty events will be held at over thirty venues in nearly twenty towns and villages, festival director Miklós Turjányi told public news channel M1.
The Fairy Queen - Opera Noir At The Hungarian State Opera
- 26 May 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir by director András Almási-Tóth.
Shakespeare400+ Festival, 17 May - 2 June
- 18 May 2016 8:35 AM
- community & culture
To mark the start of the Shakespeare season, the Hungarian State Opera will host Shakespeare400+ festival in honour the esteemed playwright. This year, 17 adaptations will be presented in four different venues (the Opera House, Erkel Theatre, Music Academy and Müpa), including popular plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
2015/16 Season At The Opera House In Budapest
- 3 Sep 2015 1:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera proudly presents its new (2015/16) season dedicated to William Shakespeare. It once more exceeds all expectations and is worthy of any opera house or cultural institute in the world. Together with our recently reopened second venue, the Erkel Theatre, the Opera offers more programmes than ever. We offer a fascinating range of programmes for lovers of opera, ballet and ...
Organ Concerts On Mondays & Fridays In Saint Stephen’s Basilica Of Budapest
- 8 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The sound of the world-famous historic organ of the Basilica will only be heard at these concerts. The Cathedral Organ Concerts and the Friday Organ Concerts will be organized in Saint Stephen’s Basilica of Budapest on Mondays and Fridays.
Masters Of The Orchestra, Liszt Academy Budapest, 15 April
- 12 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
“For me, Theodora is perhaps Händel’s greatest dramatic composition, an opus magnum of the Baroque period that stands alongside the most significant works of Purcell, Bach and Rameau: it was an honour for us that we could present it in Hungary in November 2004.”
Jubilee Weekend At Palace Of Arts In Budapest: Program Details
- 12 Mar 2015 12:50 AM
- community & culture
The Palace of Arts celebrates its 10th birthday with a particularly special series of events between 14-15 March. This spring weekend is the “crowning jewel” in Müpa’s jubilee season, where a cast of artists will take to the stage who have all provided outstanding concert entertainment over the past decade at the region’s leading institution of the performing arts.
Summer Selection From The Met New York @ Uránia Budapest, 16 July
- 10 Jul 2014 11:35 AM
- community & culture
A contemporary take on the 18th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as ...
New London Consort: Britain’s Golden Ages, Basilica Budapest, 25 June
- 2 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Philip Pickett’s versatile New London Consort is one of today’s leading early music ensembles, which draws from the uniquely wide and colourful range of Renaissance and Baroque music for its repertoire. New London Consort is the most well-known and renowned group of this genre today.
Zemplén Festival Celebrates 25 Years Of Classical, Jazz
- 4 Aug 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Zemplén Festival in northeastern Hungary will celebrate its 25th anniversary, with a focus on classical music and jazz, between August 12 and 21. Some sixty events will be held at over thirty venues in nearly twenty towns and villages, festival director Miklós Turjányi told public news channel M1.
The Fairy Queen - Opera Noir At The Hungarian State Opera
- 26 May 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir by director András Almási-Tóth.
Shakespeare400+ Festival, 17 May - 2 June
- 18 May 2016 8:35 AM
- community & culture
To mark the start of the Shakespeare season, the Hungarian State Opera will host Shakespeare400+ festival in honour the esteemed playwright. This year, 17 adaptations will be presented in four different venues (the Opera House, Erkel Theatre, Music Academy and Müpa), including popular plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
2015/16 Season At The Opera House In Budapest
- 3 Sep 2015 1:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera proudly presents its new (2015/16) season dedicated to William Shakespeare. It once more exceeds all expectations and is worthy of any opera house or cultural institute in the world. Together with our recently reopened second venue, the Erkel Theatre, the Opera offers more programmes than ever. We offer a fascinating range of programmes for lovers of opera, ballet and ...
Organ Concerts On Mondays & Fridays In Saint Stephen’s Basilica Of Budapest
- 8 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The sound of the world-famous historic organ of the Basilica will only be heard at these concerts. The Cathedral Organ Concerts and the Friday Organ Concerts will be organized in Saint Stephen’s Basilica of Budapest on Mondays and Fridays.
Masters Of The Orchestra, Liszt Academy Budapest, 15 April
- 12 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
“For me, Theodora is perhaps Händel’s greatest dramatic composition, an opus magnum of the Baroque period that stands alongside the most significant works of Purcell, Bach and Rameau: it was an honour for us that we could present it in Hungary in November 2004.”
Jubilee Weekend At Palace Of Arts In Budapest: Program Details
- 12 Mar 2015 12:50 AM
- community & culture
The Palace of Arts celebrates its 10th birthday with a particularly special series of events between 14-15 March. This spring weekend is the “crowning jewel” in Müpa’s jubilee season, where a cast of artists will take to the stage who have all provided outstanding concert entertainment over the past decade at the region’s leading institution of the performing arts.
Summer Selection From The Met New York @ Uránia Budapest, 16 July
- 10 Jul 2014 11:35 AM
- community & culture
A contemporary take on the 18th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as ...
New London Consort: Britain’s Golden Ages, Basilica Budapest, 25 June
- 2 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Philip Pickett’s versatile New London Consort is one of today’s leading early music ensembles, which draws from the uniquely wide and colourful range of Renaissance and Baroque music for its repertoire. New London Consort is the most well-known and renowned group of this genre today.