138 result(s) for state opera orchestra
St Matthew Passion, Opera House Budapest, 19 April
- 19 Apr 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
The Saint Matthew Passion is Bach's greatest work, one which constitutes an unsurpassable pinnacle not only of Protestant church music, but in the universal history of music.
Forgotten after Bach's death, the work was played in Berlin on 11 March 1829, a century after its original performance, with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy conducting.
The composer and conductor adapted the work to ...
Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov's collaboration with the Hungarian State Opera has been going on for many years.
In August 2017, the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra performed at the world-famous couple's large-scale open-air gala evening at the Waldbühne in Berlin, which was broadcast live on television, in front of 20,000 spectators, and then in December of that year, they performed at the ...
Ballet in Three Acts: Manon, Opera House Budapest, 18 March
- 18 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
During his career, Sir Kenneth MacMillan managed to reinvent not just the language of ballet, but also its subject matter: on many occasions he reached for modern, socially and societally charged themes that no one had ever dared to touch in any genre, let alone in dance.
He was met with this criticism also after the 1974 premiere of Manon: even though it won enormous acclaim from audiences, ...
Vittorio Grigolo, Opera House Budapest, 16 February
- 16 Feb 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language subtitles
Tuscany-born Italian star tenor was destined to be an opera singer from the start. The parents of Vittorio Grigolo realised the extraordinary musicality in their son, who was barely ten when he began to sing in the Sistine Chapel Choir.
Soon, an experience to determine his whole life and career took ...
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.
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Cosmic Music & Aristocratic Elegance At The Special English Concert Of The Hungarian State Opera, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2025 5:31 PM
- community & culture
The symphonic concert of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra on 2 February 2025 offers a selection from the finest English musical traditions and delights for film (music) enthusiasts.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 15 – 17 February
- 20 Jan 2025 3:04 PM
- community & culture
A Czech conductor, three Czech composers and a Czech violinist: in other words, a Czech concert. The program features Janáček’s most unique opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, in suite form, followed by a piece which can also be regarded as a violin concerto, Fantasy by Dvořák’s son-in-law, Suk.
Classical Music: New Year Starts in Budapest with Works by Romantic Composers
- 9 Jan 2025 9:07 AM
- community & culture
The National Philharmonic Orchestra will perform works by Mozart, the Viennese classic, Massenet, the Romantic, and Schönberg, the post-Romantic composer, on January 20 at the Academy of Music.
St Matthew Passion, Opera House Budapest, 19 April
- 19 Apr 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
The Saint Matthew Passion is Bach's greatest work, one which constitutes an unsurpassable pinnacle not only of Protestant church music, but in the universal history of music.
Forgotten after Bach's death, the work was played in Berlin on 11 March 1829, a century after its original performance, with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy conducting.
The composer and conductor adapted the work to ...
Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov's collaboration with the Hungarian State Opera has been going on for many years.
In August 2017, the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra performed at the world-famous couple's large-scale open-air gala evening at the Waldbühne in Berlin, which was broadcast live on television, in front of 20,000 spectators, and then in December of that year, they performed at the ...
Ballet in Three Acts: Manon, Opera House Budapest, 18 March
- 18 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
During his career, Sir Kenneth MacMillan managed to reinvent not just the language of ballet, but also its subject matter: on many occasions he reached for modern, socially and societally charged themes that no one had ever dared to touch in any genre, let alone in dance.
He was met with this criticism also after the 1974 premiere of Manon: even though it won enormous acclaim from audiences, ...
Vittorio Grigolo, Opera House Budapest, 16 February
- 16 Feb 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language subtitles
Tuscany-born Italian star tenor was destined to be an opera singer from the start. The parents of Vittorio Grigolo realised the extraordinary musicality in their son, who was barely ten when he began to sing in the Sistine Chapel Choir.
Soon, an experience to determine his whole life and career took ...
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.
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Cosmic Music & Aristocratic Elegance At The Special English Concert Of The Hungarian State Opera, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2025 5:31 PM
- community & culture
The symphonic concert of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra on 2 February 2025 offers a selection from the finest English musical traditions and delights for film (music) enthusiasts.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 15 – 17 February
- 20 Jan 2025 3:04 PM
- community & culture
A Czech conductor, three Czech composers and a Czech violinist: in other words, a Czech concert. The program features Janáček’s most unique opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, in suite form, followed by a piece which can also be regarded as a violin concerto, Fantasy by Dvořák’s son-in-law, Suk.
Classical Music: New Year Starts in Budapest with Works by Romantic Composers
- 9 Jan 2025 9:07 AM
- community & culture
The National Philharmonic Orchestra will perform works by Mozart, the Viennese classic, Massenet, the Romantic, and Schönberg, the post-Romantic composer, on January 20 at the Academy of Music.