92 result(s) for wagner
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 ...
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 24 Mar 2024 7:12 AM
- 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.
'Budapest Wagner Days', Palace of Arts, 14 - 29 June
- 19 Mar 2024 7:28 AM
- community & culture
“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days.
Xploring Budapest: Tomb of Gül Baba
- 28 Feb 2024 6:27 AM
- getting around
Gül Baba was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier-monk, that is a dervish, who arrived to Buda in the middle of the 16th century and he was buried outside the city limits of then where his honorary monument is also situated.
Xploring Budapest: Pesti Vigadó
- 23 Jan 2024 12:10 PM
- getting around
Located on the Danube Embankment in the heart of the capital city of Hungary, the Pesti Vigadó functions as a centre of Gesamtkunstwerk, and is open seven days a week to welcome visitors and audiences of various events.
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.
Great Read: Xpat Community E-Magazin, 10 November
- 10 Nov 2023 1:45 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.
Insider’s Guide: Top Attractions in Budapest
- 21 Jul 2023 10:43 AM
- community & culture
Distinctive landmarks in Budapest are very familiar to all who live here – but not everyone knows everything about them, including why they’re so significant.
Hungary Continues Blocking EU Weapons Aid to Ukraine
- 27 Jun 2023 10:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary’s government will continue to deny its consent to the next instalment of 500 million euros in the European Peace Facility to Ukraine until it removes Hungarian commercial bank OTP from its list of war sponsors, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Luxembourg on Monday, insisting that OTP had not violated any international regulations.
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 ...
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 24 Mar 2024 7:12 AM
- 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.
'Budapest Wagner Days', Palace of Arts, 14 - 29 June
- 19 Mar 2024 7:28 AM
- community & culture
“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days.
Xploring Budapest: Tomb of Gül Baba
- 28 Feb 2024 6:27 AM
- getting around
Gül Baba was an Ottoman-Turkish soldier-monk, that is a dervish, who arrived to Buda in the middle of the 16th century and he was buried outside the city limits of then where his honorary monument is also situated.
Xploring Budapest: Pesti Vigadó
- 23 Jan 2024 12:10 PM
- getting around
Located on the Danube Embankment in the heart of the capital city of Hungary, the Pesti Vigadó functions as a centre of Gesamtkunstwerk, and is open seven days a week to welcome visitors and audiences of various events.
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.
Great Read: Xpat Community E-Magazin, 10 November
- 10 Nov 2023 1:45 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.
Insider’s Guide: Top Attractions in Budapest
- 21 Jul 2023 10:43 AM
- community & culture
Distinctive landmarks in Budapest are very familiar to all who live here – but not everyone knows everything about them, including why they’re so significant.
Hungary Continues Blocking EU Weapons Aid to Ukraine
- 27 Jun 2023 10:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary’s government will continue to deny its consent to the next instalment of 500 million euros in the European Peace Facility to Ukraine until it removes Hungarian commercial bank OTP from its list of war sponsors, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Luxembourg on Monday, insisting that OTP had not violated any international regulations.