119 result(s) for shakespeare
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 22 November
- 22 Nov 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 ...
Varnus Xaver & Rhoda Scott, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 June
- 23 Oct 2024 10:47 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.
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 ...
'Dance in the Park' Series by National Dance Theatre, Budapest, 11 - 19 July
- 26 Jun 2024 5:15 PM
- entertainment
TáncPark is on in Budapest again, where dance art goes outdoors for a unique series of programmes - which always deliver diversity, "shared dance and uniqueness" to its dance-loving audiences.
See What Happened @ St. George's Day Bash - Feast of English Music, Film & Street-Food
- 30 Apr 2024 4:50 PM
- specials
The 3rd celebration for St. George organised by XpatLoop attracted a full house to the Premium Level at Etele Cinema on Wednesday 24 April - Szent György Nap - raising nearly HUF 1 million to help children in need according to the count by UNICEF Hungary.
Invitation: St. George's Day Event in Budapest Supporting UNICEF, Wednesday 24 April
- 28 Feb 2024 2:45 PM
- specials
You’re warmly invited to meet up with the English speaking community on this special occasion - held at the mega Premium Section of Etele Cinema - for an evening full of excellent entertainment, social networking and free-flowing refreshments.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream', National Dance Theatre Budapest, 10 December
- 10 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
"Dost thou take this for a Tragedy? Thou shalt take it as a Comedy, and it shalt amuse thou.” With these lines from his drama, Imre Madách might as well have been referring to scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Shakespeare’s enigmatic play abounds in ambiguous situations, which can only be seen as sad or cheerful depending on your point of view. A brilliant theatrical mind, Shakespeare is ...
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 22 November
- 22 Nov 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 ...
Varnus Xaver & Rhoda Scott, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 June
- 23 Oct 2024 10:47 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.
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 ...
'Dance in the Park' Series by National Dance Theatre, Budapest, 11 - 19 July
- 26 Jun 2024 5:15 PM
- entertainment
TáncPark is on in Budapest again, where dance art goes outdoors for a unique series of programmes - which always deliver diversity, "shared dance and uniqueness" to its dance-loving audiences.
See What Happened @ St. George's Day Bash - Feast of English Music, Film & Street-Food
- 30 Apr 2024 4:50 PM
- specials
The 3rd celebration for St. George organised by XpatLoop attracted a full house to the Premium Level at Etele Cinema on Wednesday 24 April - Szent György Nap - raising nearly HUF 1 million to help children in need according to the count by UNICEF Hungary.
Invitation: St. George's Day Event in Budapest Supporting UNICEF, Wednesday 24 April
- 28 Feb 2024 2:45 PM
- specials
You’re warmly invited to meet up with the English speaking community on this special occasion - held at the mega Premium Section of Etele Cinema - for an evening full of excellent entertainment, social networking and free-flowing refreshments.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream', National Dance Theatre Budapest, 10 December
- 10 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
"Dost thou take this for a Tragedy? Thou shalt take it as a Comedy, and it shalt amuse thou.” With these lines from his drama, Imre Madách might as well have been referring to scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Shakespeare’s enigmatic play abounds in ambiguous situations, which can only be seen as sad or cheerful depending on your point of view. A brilliant theatrical mind, Shakespeare is ...