28 result(s) for the magic flute
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Receives Award For Lifetime Achievement
- 9 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Following in the footsteps of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel and Quincy Jones, this year Ivan Fischer has been granted the Abu Dhabi Festival Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts. Iván Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, has been presented with the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival Award, which is bestowed each year on artists who have made an exceptional contribution ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Possibly The Best Orchestra In The World
- 5 Feb 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
“After Symphony No. 1 by Brahms, the audience broke into rapturous applause as if they were at a rock concert. I’ve already played in front of an enthusiastic audience, but I haven’t experienced anything like that before. Is this when you hear people say that it was good to be Hungarian? Good to be a musician? Yes.” (Balázs Bujtor, violinist of the Festival Orchestra)
The Magic Flute For Children, Erkel Theatre Budapest
- 29 Dec 2014 8:08 AM
- entertainment
Based on a fairytale, the opera is a kaleidoscope of colour, its protagonists are starkly good or evil, while their characteristics are contrasting: The friendly, simple-minded Papageno, the wise old Sarastro, the treacherous serpent, the domineering, vengeful witch known as the Queen of the Night, and the noble prince Tamino, who sets off to free his imprisoned lover Pamina.
Puglia Sounds Mambo Stage Returns To Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 6 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
For the second year consecutively the Italian music stage is going to be hosted by the Festival on the Danube in order to promote the contemporary music of Puglia, region of southern Italy
'Magic Circus' - For Children, Festival Theatre Budapest, 17 January
- 15 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The performance was inspired by Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute and by the experiences gained when staging a dance performance of the same work in autumn 2006, also at the Palace of Arts.
Invitation: Edvin Marton & Vienna Strauss Orchestra, Budapest Congress Centre, 25 December
- 21 Dec 2012 10:50 AM
- community & culture
The original Vienna Strauss Orchestra was formed by none other than Mr. Johann Strauss himself in 1825 to perform his compositions. Masterpieces like “The Blue Danube” Waltz, “The Vienna Blood” Waltz, “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka, The Radetzky March and many many more were created by the magnificent Strauss Dynasty Foundation.
Xpat Interview Two: Ari S Kupsus, Gallery Owner
- 29 May 2012 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Mozart Operas In Budapest, Palace Of Arts Until 12 March
- 7 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Any opera house worth its salt must perform the works of Mozart, and any self-respecting company will keep at least the five “great” operas of the Mozart canon more or less in their regular repertoire.
'The Magic Flute', Palace Of Arts Budapest, 15 January
- 12 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"There are always several layers to any masterpiece and this certainly applies to The Magic Flute, one of the most popular and frequently performed operas ever written. Littered with a plethora of masonic symbols, its plot can be interpreted as an allegorical and vibrant fantasy story – so it is no coincidence that it has been performed for children for decades.
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Receives Award For Lifetime Achievement
- 9 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Following in the footsteps of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel and Quincy Jones, this year Ivan Fischer has been granted the Abu Dhabi Festival Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts. Iván Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, has been presented with the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival Award, which is bestowed each year on artists who have made an exceptional contribution ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Possibly The Best Orchestra In The World
- 5 Feb 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
“After Symphony No. 1 by Brahms, the audience broke into rapturous applause as if they were at a rock concert. I’ve already played in front of an enthusiastic audience, but I haven’t experienced anything like that before. Is this when you hear people say that it was good to be Hungarian? Good to be a musician? Yes.” (Balázs Bujtor, violinist of the Festival Orchestra)
The Magic Flute For Children, Erkel Theatre Budapest
- 29 Dec 2014 8:08 AM
- entertainment
Based on a fairytale, the opera is a kaleidoscope of colour, its protagonists are starkly good or evil, while their characteristics are contrasting: The friendly, simple-minded Papageno, the wise old Sarastro, the treacherous serpent, the domineering, vengeful witch known as the Queen of the Night, and the noble prince Tamino, who sets off to free his imprisoned lover Pamina.
Puglia Sounds Mambo Stage Returns To Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 6 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
For the second year consecutively the Italian music stage is going to be hosted by the Festival on the Danube in order to promote the contemporary music of Puglia, region of southern Italy
'Magic Circus' - For Children, Festival Theatre Budapest, 17 January
- 15 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The performance was inspired by Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute and by the experiences gained when staging a dance performance of the same work in autumn 2006, also at the Palace of Arts.
Invitation: Edvin Marton & Vienna Strauss Orchestra, Budapest Congress Centre, 25 December
- 21 Dec 2012 10:50 AM
- community & culture
The original Vienna Strauss Orchestra was formed by none other than Mr. Johann Strauss himself in 1825 to perform his compositions. Masterpieces like “The Blue Danube” Waltz, “The Vienna Blood” Waltz, “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka, The Radetzky March and many many more were created by the magnificent Strauss Dynasty Foundation.
Xpat Interview Two: Ari S Kupsus, Gallery Owner
- 29 May 2012 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Mozart Operas In Budapest, Palace Of Arts Until 12 March
- 7 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Any opera house worth its salt must perform the works of Mozart, and any self-respecting company will keep at least the five “great” operas of the Mozart canon more or less in their regular repertoire.
'The Magic Flute', Palace Of Arts Budapest, 15 January
- 12 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"There are always several layers to any masterpiece and this certainly applies to The Magic Flute, one of the most popular and frequently performed operas ever written. Littered with a plethora of masonic symbols, its plot can be interpreted as an allegorical and vibrant fantasy story – so it is no coincidence that it has been performed for children for decades.