32 result(s) for ballet in Events
Classical Bravura, Opera House Budapest, 21 April
- 21 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Four one-act ballet in three parts.
The Hungarian National Ballet invites you to its perhaps most elegant quadruple bill at the magnificent auditorium of the Budapest Opera House.
Accompanied by a symphony orchestra, the one-act choreographies based on classical technique are true gems of the genre. The virtuoso solos, duets and ensembles of Paquita Suite provide perfect opportunity for ...
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
Pure Source - Works by Bartók, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 April
- 9 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Béla Bartók is the most important figure in Hungarian music literature. His folk music collections were indispensable for the following generations' efforts to preserve the values of Hungarian culture: the melodies he recorded continue to define traditional folk and classical music to this day, and keep inspiring the world of jazz and world music.
Bartók was keenly interested in the music of ...
Noémi Kulcsar Tellabor: Romeo and Juliet, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 6 April
- 6 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Two Veronese families, two pure young people, and one love of a lifetime. In Shakespeare's masterpiece, two lovers, determined to stop at nothing in order to be together, and therefore willing to challenge fate itself, find themselves caught in a web of old grievances and disregarded emotions.
The new performance, based on Harangozó Prize-winning choreographer Noémi Kulcsár's 2013 work with ...
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Ballet Pécs: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 13 December
- 3 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Carmina Burana is an unavoidable subject, a great task that is nevertheless a wonderful challenge in the career of a choreographer and one that sooner or later draws the creative artist to it. Orff's composition elevates the medieval student songs to a loftier region.
The majesty of the music inspires the choreographer to bear testimony to this self-destructive and mechanised world with an ...
Ballet Company of Győr: Anna Karenina, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 June
- 5 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The performance by the Ballet Company of Győr is the dance theatre adaptation of one of the most famous romances in world literature, Anna Karenina, adapted to stage by Seregi and Harangozó Award winning,
Artist of Merit choreographer, László Velekei. Atthe centre of the choreography based on Tolstoy’s classic is Anna, the tragic woman, whose passionate love, struggles and anticipated ...
Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala, Opera House Budapest, 27 May
- 27 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera.
He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ...
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 ...
Classical Bravura, Opera House Budapest, 21 April
- 21 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Four one-act ballet in three parts.
The Hungarian National Ballet invites you to its perhaps most elegant quadruple bill at the magnificent auditorium of the Budapest Opera House.
Accompanied by a symphony orchestra, the one-act choreographies based on classical technique are true gems of the genre. The virtuoso solos, duets and ensembles of Paquita Suite provide perfect opportunity for ...
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
Pure Source - Works by Bartók, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 April
- 9 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Béla Bartók is the most important figure in Hungarian music literature. His folk music collections were indispensable for the following generations' efforts to preserve the values of Hungarian culture: the melodies he recorded continue to define traditional folk and classical music to this day, and keep inspiring the world of jazz and world music.
Bartók was keenly interested in the music of ...
Noémi Kulcsar Tellabor: Romeo and Juliet, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 6 April
- 6 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Two Veronese families, two pure young people, and one love of a lifetime. In Shakespeare's masterpiece, two lovers, determined to stop at nothing in order to be together, and therefore willing to challenge fate itself, find themselves caught in a web of old grievances and disregarded emotions.
The new performance, based on Harangozó Prize-winning choreographer Noémi Kulcsár's 2013 work with ...
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Ballet Pécs: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 13 December
- 3 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Carmina Burana is an unavoidable subject, a great task that is nevertheless a wonderful challenge in the career of a choreographer and one that sooner or later draws the creative artist to it. Orff's composition elevates the medieval student songs to a loftier region.
The majesty of the music inspires the choreographer to bear testimony to this self-destructive and mechanised world with an ...
Ballet Company of Győr: Anna Karenina, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 June
- 5 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The performance by the Ballet Company of Győr is the dance theatre adaptation of one of the most famous romances in world literature, Anna Karenina, adapted to stage by Seregi and Harangozó Award winning,
Artist of Merit choreographer, László Velekei. Atthe centre of the choreography based on Tolstoy’s classic is Anna, the tragic woman, whose passionate love, struggles and anticipated ...
Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala, Opera House Budapest, 27 May
- 27 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera.
He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ...
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 ...