124 result(s) for shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Opera House Budapest, 12 November
- 12 Nov 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
"There's an old, slightly cynical, adage in the theatre that says, when you're out of ideas, produce a Shakespearean work." This is how the ballet's choreographer, László Seregi, put it at the time of the premiere.
However, Romeo and Juliet would thoroughly debunk the self-irony in this quip and go on to become one of Hungary's most famous ballet classics.
Seregi's spectacular and ...
Festival Facelift: Innovations & 'Cultural Districts' to Feature at Sziget Budapest
- 31 Jul 2025 8:19 AM
- entertainment
The 31st Sziget Festival welcoming revellers with a fresh lineup, visuals and new "cultural districts". Headliners include Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Post Malone and Shawn Mendes.
Varnus Xaver & Rhoda Scott, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 June
- 10 Jun 2025 8:17 AM
- entertainment
In the 1970s, Rhoda Scott was known as “the people's organist” in Hungary. Thirty years ago, Varnus Xaver took over this symbolic baton from her. Today, with 40 million YouTube views and sold-out concerts worldwide, he is one of the top three most famous organists in the world.
Szegedi Kortárs Balett Lear, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 22 March
- 22 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Although Lear has "king" in its title, it’s not one of the classic history plays. It's more like a self-liquidating family tragedy.
"No one willever write a better tragedy than Lear”, this is how George Bernard Shaw, the eternal second after Shakespeare on the English-language stages, paid tribute to his great predecessor. And it seems very likely that "King Lear will be considered ...
Hungarian State Opera Prepares for a New Macbeth Production
- 7 Feb 2025 4:44 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera will present Verdi's Macbeth on 22 February 2025, starring George Gagnidze, star of the New York Metropolitan Opera and Mihály Kálmándy in the title role, alongside Csilla Boross and Szilvia Rálik as Lady Macbeth.
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 5 December
- 5 Dec 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
Performance length: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 2 intermissions.
"There is only one way to end your career more splendidly than with Otello, and that is to end it with Falstaff!" So Verdi was told by his librettist and good friend, Arrigo Boito.
Although the elderly master had not tried his hand at ...
Otello, Opera House Budapest, 24 October
- 24 Oct 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
After retiring at age 58, Verdi would write no new operas for the next 15 years. It took a pivotal supper in Milan and the persistence of music publisher Giulio Ricordi to entice the Maestro to set about composing a new work, which he would only refer to as the “chocolate project”.
The Moor Otello is a soldier, a general and a loving husband who, despite all of his accomplishments, is not ...
The Taming of the Shrew, Opera House, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has inspired a string of stage and film adaptations. The most important ballet adaptations include Maurice Béjart’s 1954 choreography set to the music of Scarlatti, the Czech Vera Untermüllerov.’s 1961 work based on the melodies of a Czech composer, and John Cranko’s 1961 version, likewise based on the music of Scarlatti.
This series continued in 1994 ...
Verdi's Rigoletto, Opera House Budapest, 14 July
- 14 Jul 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are. And yet he prays that the scathing mockery he heaps on the suffering of others will not return to haunt him.
All he must do is seal his work off from his family life. But when ...
Romeo and Juliet, Opera House Budapest, 12 November
- 12 Nov 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
"There's an old, slightly cynical, adage in the theatre that says, when you're out of ideas, produce a Shakespearean work." This is how the ballet's choreographer, László Seregi, put it at the time of the premiere.
However, Romeo and Juliet would thoroughly debunk the self-irony in this quip and go on to become one of Hungary's most famous ballet classics.
Seregi's spectacular and ...
Festival Facelift: Innovations & 'Cultural Districts' to Feature at Sziget Budapest
- 31 Jul 2025 8:19 AM
- entertainment
The 31st Sziget Festival welcoming revellers with a fresh lineup, visuals and new "cultural districts". Headliners include Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Post Malone and Shawn Mendes.
Varnus Xaver & Rhoda Scott, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 June
- 10 Jun 2025 8:17 AM
- entertainment
In the 1970s, Rhoda Scott was known as “the people's organist” in Hungary. Thirty years ago, Varnus Xaver took over this symbolic baton from her. Today, with 40 million YouTube views and sold-out concerts worldwide, he is one of the top three most famous organists in the world.
Szegedi Kortárs Balett Lear, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 22 March
- 22 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Although Lear has "king" in its title, it’s not one of the classic history plays. It's more like a self-liquidating family tragedy.
"No one willever write a better tragedy than Lear”, this is how George Bernard Shaw, the eternal second after Shakespeare on the English-language stages, paid tribute to his great predecessor. And it seems very likely that "King Lear will be considered ...
Hungarian State Opera Prepares for a New Macbeth Production
- 7 Feb 2025 4:44 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera will present Verdi's Macbeth on 22 February 2025, starring George Gagnidze, star of the New York Metropolitan Opera and Mihály Kálmándy in the title role, alongside Csilla Boross and Szilvia Rálik as Lady Macbeth.
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 5 December
- 5 Dec 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
Performance length: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 2 intermissions.
"There is only one way to end your career more splendidly than with Otello, and that is to end it with Falstaff!" So Verdi was told by his librettist and good friend, Arrigo Boito.
Although the elderly master had not tried his hand at ...
Otello, Opera House Budapest, 24 October
- 24 Oct 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
After retiring at age 58, Verdi would write no new operas for the next 15 years. It took a pivotal supper in Milan and the persistence of music publisher Giulio Ricordi to entice the Maestro to set about composing a new work, which he would only refer to as the “chocolate project”.
The Moor Otello is a soldier, a general and a loving husband who, despite all of his accomplishments, is not ...
The Taming of the Shrew, Opera House, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has inspired a string of stage and film adaptations. The most important ballet adaptations include Maurice Béjart’s 1954 choreography set to the music of Scarlatti, the Czech Vera Untermüllerov.’s 1961 work based on the melodies of a Czech composer, and John Cranko’s 1961 version, likewise based on the music of Scarlatti.
This series continued in 1994 ...
Verdi's Rigoletto, Opera House Budapest, 14 July
- 14 Jul 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
The lecherous noblemen of the Mantuan court must be entertained, and a deformed jester spares no one his jeers to ensure that they are. And yet he prays that the scathing mockery he heaps on the suffering of others will not return to haunt him.
All he must do is seal his work off from his family life. But when ...