156 result(s) for drama works
2017/18 Season Of Hungarian State Opera: "Around The Ring"
- 7 Mar 2017 6:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera’s 2017/18 season will get off to an unusual start, since the Opera House will not be opening its doors in September. The modernisation means that the season will start at the Erkel Theatre, and while there will be fewer programmes than usual, their diversity will match that of previous years: In this season inspired by Wagner’s Ring cycle, there will be 28 opera and ...
Áder Opens Poet János Arany Memorial Year
- 3 Mar 2017 6:02 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian President János Áder opened the memorial year marking the 200th birth anniversary of Hungarian poet and writer János Arany (1817- 1882) in his native town of Salonta (Nagyszalonta), today in western Romania. Arany’s statue in front of the National Museum in Budapest sends a message that “those can be part of a heroic fight” who serve “not by standing in the front line,” but by writing ...
Hungarian Love Story Wins Top Prize At Berlin Film Festival
- 28 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- entertainment
A Hungarian love story called "On Body and Soul" about two lonely hearts working in a slaughterhouse in Budapest won the Golden Bear for best film on Saturday at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Opinion: Hungary As A Blueprint For An Autocratic United States
- 3 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
I just read an article by David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. The title of the piece is “How to Build an Autocracy.” In it Frum argues that the preconditions for the establishment of an autocratic type of regime are present in the United States.
Compagnie Pál Frenák: Birdie, Festival Theatre, 1 February
- 31 Jan 2017 9:30 AM
- entertainment
Seclusion and isolation. Freedom and boundlessness. The new production of choreographer Pál Frenák concerns the walls within and without, our barriers and ways to cross them, be they psychological, historical, social or physical obstacles.
Grand Chinese New Year Concert, Mupa, 16 January
- 12 Jan 2017 12:38 AM
- community & culture
The idea for The Grand Chinese New Year Concert, which goes on tour every year, is to bring together the classical music traditions of East and West, as well as the cultures of Europe and Asia.
The British International School, Budapest Collaborates With The World Renowned Juilliard School
- 11 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- specials
We will become one of the first schools in the world to benefit from an innovative new collaboration between Nord Anglia Education and The Juilliard School in New York. Our students will follow an embedded performing arts curriculum developed by specialists from Juilliard, along with continued support from, and engagement with, Juilliard alumni and affiliated artists.
Dialogues Des Carmélites By Francis Poulenc, Opera House, 15 December
- 11 Dec 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
The final premiere at the Hungarian State Opera in the year 2016 is a piece that has never been performed at the Budapest Opera. Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc is put on stage by artistic director Ferenc Anger with musical direction by internationally renowned conductor Christian Badea.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - House of Tradition: Stag Song, Palace Of Arts, 3 November
- 2 Nov 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient and universal symbol in cultural history - and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. It stands at the entrance to the golden path, bidding us follow into our own spiritual world. The stag is at once a demon, a shaman, a wizard, a fairy or king of the dead, capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world.
2017/18 Season Of Hungarian State Opera: "Around The Ring"
- 7 Mar 2017 6:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera’s 2017/18 season will get off to an unusual start, since the Opera House will not be opening its doors in September. The modernisation means that the season will start at the Erkel Theatre, and while there will be fewer programmes than usual, their diversity will match that of previous years: In this season inspired by Wagner’s Ring cycle, there will be 28 opera and ...
Áder Opens Poet János Arany Memorial Year
- 3 Mar 2017 6:02 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian President János Áder opened the memorial year marking the 200th birth anniversary of Hungarian poet and writer János Arany (1817- 1882) in his native town of Salonta (Nagyszalonta), today in western Romania. Arany’s statue in front of the National Museum in Budapest sends a message that “those can be part of a heroic fight” who serve “not by standing in the front line,” but by writing ...
Hungarian Love Story Wins Top Prize At Berlin Film Festival
- 28 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- entertainment
A Hungarian love story called "On Body and Soul" about two lonely hearts working in a slaughterhouse in Budapest won the Golden Bear for best film on Saturday at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.
Opinion: Hungary As A Blueprint For An Autocratic United States
- 3 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
I just read an article by David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. The title of the piece is “How to Build an Autocracy.” In it Frum argues that the preconditions for the establishment of an autocratic type of regime are present in the United States.
Compagnie Pál Frenák: Birdie, Festival Theatre, 1 February
- 31 Jan 2017 9:30 AM
- entertainment
Seclusion and isolation. Freedom and boundlessness. The new production of choreographer Pál Frenák concerns the walls within and without, our barriers and ways to cross them, be they psychological, historical, social or physical obstacles.
Grand Chinese New Year Concert, Mupa, 16 January
- 12 Jan 2017 12:38 AM
- community & culture
The idea for The Grand Chinese New Year Concert, which goes on tour every year, is to bring together the classical music traditions of East and West, as well as the cultures of Europe and Asia.
The British International School, Budapest Collaborates With The World Renowned Juilliard School
- 11 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- specials
We will become one of the first schools in the world to benefit from an innovative new collaboration between Nord Anglia Education and The Juilliard School in New York. Our students will follow an embedded performing arts curriculum developed by specialists from Juilliard, along with continued support from, and engagement with, Juilliard alumni and affiliated artists.
Dialogues Des Carmélites By Francis Poulenc, Opera House, 15 December
- 11 Dec 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
The final premiere at the Hungarian State Opera in the year 2016 is a piece that has never been performed at the Budapest Opera. Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc is put on stage by artistic director Ferenc Anger with musical direction by internationally renowned conductor Christian Badea.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - House of Tradition: Stag Song, Palace Of Arts, 3 November
- 2 Nov 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient and universal symbol in cultural history - and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. It stands at the entrance to the golden path, bidding us follow into our own spiritual world. The stag is at once a demon, a shaman, a wizard, a fairy or king of the dead, capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world.