24 result(s) for swan lake
Budapest Opera House Announces Slavic Theme for 2023-24 Season
- 28 Dec 2023 6:20 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera has announced that it is dedicating its 140th season in 2023-24 to Slavic music, with 14 premieres and 40 works connected to Slavic culture, General Director Szilveszter Ókovács.
New Luxury Hotel Opens in Budapest's Former Ballet Institute
- 12 Jul 2023 10:06 AM
- property
The long-empty Drechsler Palace, former home of the Ballet Institute on Andrássy út opposite the Opera Hose, has reopened as the W Budapest Hotel operated by the Marriott Bonvoy chain.
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 4, Part 7.
- 27 Apr 2023 12:55 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Ballet: Swan Lake, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet is the most beloved classical piece in ballet literature: while the hardships of love between a prince forced into marriage and a maiden enchanted into the form of a swan is one of the most charming Russian romantic fairy tales, the piece nevertheless failed at its original premiere in 1877.
The choreographers creating the premiere were simply not equal to ...
Great Read: Xpat Community E-Magazine, 23 - 29 March
- 23 Mar 2023 3:27 PM
- specials
The fresh newsletter for the International Community in Hungary - described by readers as a "Great read each week" - is now available for your interest and use via the link below.
Top 5 Family-Friendly Nature Trails in Budapest
- 21 Jun 2022 12:49 PM
- https://welovebudapest.com/en
- getting around
With sunny days upon us, it's an ideal time to take a friend or the whole family out for a walk along a nature trail - just for a stroll or even to find frogs, climb lookout towers and spot rare beetles. Here are five suggestions, all within Budapest itself.
National Opera Reveals 2022/2023 Program at Refurbished Ybl Palace in Budapest
- 23 Mar 2022 10:19 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2022/2023 thematic season titled Myth & History. The OPERA awaits the public in the renovated Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue with numerous new functions and services, new publications, as well as a chamber exhibition open until 28 March.
Silver Swan, National Dance Theatre, 22 November
- 22 Nov 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Silver Swan is about a young man searching for true love in a labyrinth of shadows, dark dreams and forbidden desires.
But something always comes between him and his beloved - and the power which makes them part again and again is both frightening and alluring.
In her dance piece, choreographer Noémi Kulcsár seeks to rethink narrative elements and themes from Tchaikovsky's classic Swan ...
Székesfehérvár Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 2 October
- 2 Oct 2021 7:45 PM
- contemporary
Compared to Swan Lake, the well-known version of the classical ballet, I wished to rephrase the piece from another aspect, in a different light. In my interpretation, Siegfried is a young man with a split mind, who is being held captive by the traumas of his childhood as a result of his relationship with his mother.
Each character and event in the piece is, in fact, a projection of ...
Budapest Opera House Announces Slavic Theme for 2023-24 Season
- 28 Dec 2023 6:20 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera has announced that it is dedicating its 140th season in 2023-24 to Slavic music, with 14 premieres and 40 works connected to Slavic culture, General Director Szilveszter Ókovács.
New Luxury Hotel Opens in Budapest's Former Ballet Institute
- 12 Jul 2023 10:06 AM
- property
The long-empty Drechsler Palace, former home of the Ballet Institute on Andrássy út opposite the Opera Hose, has reopened as the W Budapest Hotel operated by the Marriott Bonvoy chain.
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 4, Part 7.
- 27 Apr 2023 12:55 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Ballet: Swan Lake, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet is the most beloved classical piece in ballet literature: while the hardships of love between a prince forced into marriage and a maiden enchanted into the form of a swan is one of the most charming Russian romantic fairy tales, the piece nevertheless failed at its original premiere in 1877.
The choreographers creating the premiere were simply not equal to ...
Great Read: Xpat Community E-Magazine, 23 - 29 March
- 23 Mar 2023 3:27 PM
- specials
The fresh newsletter for the International Community in Hungary - described by readers as a "Great read each week" - is now available for your interest and use via the link below.
Top 5 Family-Friendly Nature Trails in Budapest
- 21 Jun 2022 12:49 PM
- https://welovebudapest.com/en
- getting around
With sunny days upon us, it's an ideal time to take a friend or the whole family out for a walk along a nature trail - just for a stroll or even to find frogs, climb lookout towers and spot rare beetles. Here are five suggestions, all within Budapest itself.
National Opera Reveals 2022/2023 Program at Refurbished Ybl Palace in Budapest
- 23 Mar 2022 10:19 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2022/2023 thematic season titled Myth & History. The OPERA awaits the public in the renovated Ybl Palace on Andrássy Avenue with numerous new functions and services, new publications, as well as a chamber exhibition open until 28 March.
Silver Swan, National Dance Theatre, 22 November
- 22 Nov 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Silver Swan is about a young man searching for true love in a labyrinth of shadows, dark dreams and forbidden desires.
But something always comes between him and his beloved - and the power which makes them part again and again is both frightening and alluring.
In her dance piece, choreographer Noémi Kulcsár seeks to rethink narrative elements and themes from Tchaikovsky's classic Swan ...
Székesfehérvár Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 2 October
- 2 Oct 2021 7:45 PM
- contemporary
Compared to Swan Lake, the well-known version of the classical ballet, I wished to rephrase the piece from another aspect, in a different light. In my interpretation, Siegfried is a young man with a split mind, who is being held captive by the traumas of his childhood as a result of his relationship with his mother.
Each character and event in the piece is, in fact, a projection of ...