466 result(s) for opera festival
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 29 April
- 29 Apr 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
"A three-course gourmet menu,” was how the critic from Bachtrack described the concert conducted by Paavo Järvi, which featured pieces by Sibelius, Tüür and Beethoven. The Grammy Award-winning Estonian-American conductor joins the BFO for a similarly exciting program.
The evening opens with a concert overture-like piece by Erkki-Sven Tüür. The tension of the modern sounding style will be ...
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
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 ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
David Helfgott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 17 March
- 12 Mar 2024 7:25 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are pleased to announce the return of the world-renowned Australian pianist, David Helfgott, to Budapest. With his unparalleled talent and captivating performance style, Helfgott has left unforgettable memories on numerous international stages.
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2023/24, Palace of Arts Budapest, Until 13 May
- 9 Mar 2024 6:05 AM
- community & culture
The 2023/24 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera promises to be even more diverse than usual, a fact that is faithfully reflected in this year’s programme of Met HD Live broadcasts.
Uber is Coming Back to Budapest
- 29 Feb 2024 5:17 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- getting around
On Tuesday, Uber announced that it would be coming back to Budapest in partnership with Főtaxi, reports Világgazdaság.
Internationally Renowned Don Giovanni Production at Opera House in Budapest
- 22 Feb 2024 5:20 AM
- community & culture
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth's critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is being presented at the National Opera House in Hungary. The title role of this provocative, youthful production is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.
'IL VOLO', MVM Dome Budapest, 10 October
- 14 Feb 2024 3:02 PM
- entertainment
The world-famous pop-opera trio returns to Budapest. Last year, the Budapest Arena proved to be too small, so – by popular demand – the world-famous Italian pop-opera trio IL VOLO will be performing at the MVM Dome in 2024.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 29 April
- 29 Apr 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
"A three-course gourmet menu,” was how the critic from Bachtrack described the concert conducted by Paavo Järvi, which featured pieces by Sibelius, Tüür and Beethoven. The Grammy Award-winning Estonian-American conductor joins the BFO for a similarly exciting program.
The evening opens with a concert overture-like piece by Erkki-Sven Tüür. The tension of the modern sounding style will be ...
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
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 ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
David Helfgott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 17 March
- 12 Mar 2024 7:25 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are pleased to announce the return of the world-renowned Australian pianist, David Helfgott, to Budapest. With his unparalleled talent and captivating performance style, Helfgott has left unforgettable memories on numerous international stages.
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2023/24, Palace of Arts Budapest, Until 13 May
- 9 Mar 2024 6:05 AM
- community & culture
The 2023/24 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera promises to be even more diverse than usual, a fact that is faithfully reflected in this year’s programme of Met HD Live broadcasts.
Uber is Coming Back to Budapest
- 29 Feb 2024 5:17 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- getting around
On Tuesday, Uber announced that it would be coming back to Budapest in partnership with Főtaxi, reports Világgazdaság.
Internationally Renowned Don Giovanni Production at Opera House in Budapest
- 22 Feb 2024 5:20 AM
- community & culture
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth's critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is being presented at the National Opera House in Hungary. The title role of this provocative, youthful production is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.
'IL VOLO', MVM Dome Budapest, 10 October
- 14 Feb 2024 3:02 PM
- entertainment
The world-famous pop-opera trio returns to Budapest. Last year, the Budapest Arena proved to be too small, so – by popular demand – the world-famous Italian pop-opera trio IL VOLO will be performing at the MVM Dome in 2024.