10 result(s) for wagner in Events
Liszt The Legend of St Elizabeth, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 October
- 9 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
From the autumn of 1861, Liszt spent more and more time in Rome, where his interest turned towards church music. In 1862 he completed his first oratorio, The Legend of St Elizabeth. Liszt had long been intrigued by the life of the Hungarian princess, and he even visited her former home, the castle of Wartburg, in the company of the Grand Duke of Weimar. ‘My relationship to St Elizabeth is ...
The Flying Dutchman, Opera House Budapest, 28 September
- 28 Sep 2024 5:00 PM
- classical
The hero of Wagner's immortal oeuvre is the cursed Dutchman, who may set foot on dry land only once every seven years, and who first among the long list of Wagner heroes yearns for the miracle of redemption through love...
Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Hungarian State Opera Budapest, 31 March
- 31 Mar 2024 4:00 PM
- classical
In Parsifal, his final music drama, Wagner embeds fear of the temptations of the world and sinful desires into a tale of redemption. The work is indeed a festival play for the stage rather than an opera.
Many viewers – perhaps out of their own fears – criticised Wagner, who wrote both the libretto and the music, for what could be called the piece’s virtue and remarkable complexity, which is ...
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
'Wagner Magic I', Palace of Arts Budapest, 13 June
- 13 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Any encounter with Wagner's artistic output is always a festive experience.
This is true regardless of whether one is watching one of these works of total art in an exciting production with sets and costumes or if it is memorable excerpts from the composer's great works that we are bringing to life, like on this occasion.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde: ...
István Várdai & Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 10 May
- 10 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The modern accepted principles for structuring concert programmes were developed in the second half of the 20th century.
Prior to that, a more liberal logic for planning concerts prevailed. It used to be common to play just one or two movements from longer works or to embellish a lengthy work by inserting excerpts from another piece in the middle and then resuming the original music as though ...
The Sacred Wagner, Opera House Budapest, 17 April
- 17 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Hungarian-born János Richter, known to the world as Hans Richter, was one of the most influential personalities in the world of music of his age.
He was the first to conduct the a most important pieces of the 19th century, the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth. The artist, who was a friend of Wagner and Liszt's, later often turned up at the Opera House, and was also linked to the ...
Chamber Music, Liszt Academy, 30 March
- 30 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In comparison with the most popular composers of the 19th century, for example, Beethoven, Schubert or Wagner, the music of Schumann has not been as avidly sought by the general public, but, according to the sketch writer of the art periodical Élet in 1910, on the centenary of Schumann’s birth, “perhaps to the true music lover he is more dear, more intimate and more receptive than all of them. ...
Liszt The Legend of St Elizabeth, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 October
- 9 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
From the autumn of 1861, Liszt spent more and more time in Rome, where his interest turned towards church music. In 1862 he completed his first oratorio, The Legend of St Elizabeth. Liszt had long been intrigued by the life of the Hungarian princess, and he even visited her former home, the castle of Wartburg, in the company of the Grand Duke of Weimar. ‘My relationship to St Elizabeth is ...
The Flying Dutchman, Opera House Budapest, 28 September
- 28 Sep 2024 5:00 PM
- classical
The hero of Wagner's immortal oeuvre is the cursed Dutchman, who may set foot on dry land only once every seven years, and who first among the long list of Wagner heroes yearns for the miracle of redemption through love...
Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Hungarian State Opera Budapest, 31 March
- 31 Mar 2024 4:00 PM
- classical
In Parsifal, his final music drama, Wagner embeds fear of the temptations of the world and sinful desires into a tale of redemption. The work is indeed a festival play for the stage rather than an opera.
Many viewers – perhaps out of their own fears – criticised Wagner, who wrote both the libretto and the music, for what could be called the piece’s virtue and remarkable complexity, which is ...
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
'Wagner Magic I', Palace of Arts Budapest, 13 June
- 13 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Any encounter with Wagner's artistic output is always a festive experience.
This is true regardless of whether one is watching one of these works of total art in an exciting production with sets and costumes or if it is memorable excerpts from the composer's great works that we are bringing to life, like on this occasion.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde: ...
István Várdai & Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 10 May
- 10 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The modern accepted principles for structuring concert programmes were developed in the second half of the 20th century.
Prior to that, a more liberal logic for planning concerts prevailed. It used to be common to play just one or two movements from longer works or to embellish a lengthy work by inserting excerpts from another piece in the middle and then resuming the original music as though ...
The Sacred Wagner, Opera House Budapest, 17 April
- 17 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Hungarian-born János Richter, known to the world as Hans Richter, was one of the most influential personalities in the world of music of his age.
He was the first to conduct the a most important pieces of the 19th century, the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth. The artist, who was a friend of Wagner and Liszt's, later often turned up at the Opera House, and was also linked to the ...
Chamber Music, Liszt Academy, 30 March
- 30 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In comparison with the most popular composers of the 19th century, for example, Beethoven, Schubert or Wagner, the music of Schumann has not been as avidly sought by the general public, but, according to the sketch writer of the art periodical Élet in 1910, on the centenary of Schumann’s birth, “perhaps to the true music lover he is more dear, more intimate and more receptive than all of them. ...