99 result(s) for opera house director in Community & Culture
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Mozart Operas In Budapest, Palace Of Arts Until 12 March
- 7 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Any opera house worth its salt must perform the works of Mozart, and any self-respecting company will keep at least the five “great” operas of the Mozart canon more or less in their regular repertoire.
Pastoral Opera In Two Acts, Opera House Budapest, 12 December
- 3 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
“Ascanio in Alba is a really unknown one even among Mozart’s unknown operas, but I do believe in this piece. This is a rarity which is only performed here in Europe. A young “lion” shows its nails in it, who wanted to succeed as an opera composer. And what happened? He was commissioned to compose an opera. And he immediately exercised some irony on this form of art. In my view this piece is like ...
New Photos: Brad Pitt On Moterbike In Budapest
- 13 Oct 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt (who played Achilles in the Hollywood bock-buster Troy, and his twins have allegedly joined Angelina Jolie Voight and their other children in Budapest, reports said. The Troy star had reportedly flown all the way from the walking city to the Hungarian capital in their private jet.
Gala Concert Of The 19th Budapest International Wine And Champagne Festival
- 15 Sep 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"Ferenc Erkel was born in 1810. He began his career as a pianist and teacher in Kolozsvár (now Cluj in Romania). He wrote his first opera in 1840, Mária Báthori and then won the competition to set Kölcey’s Hymn to music and it remains Hungary’s national anthem.
Hungarian National Ballet Summer International Audition & Competition, Until 30 July
- 15 Jul 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Hungarian National Ballet Company’s Summer International program will take place from July 10-July30, 2010 at The Hungarian State Opera House for the pre-professional or professional dancer who would like to train, prepare and be coached for three weeks prior to the final audition for the Hungarian National Ballet Company as well as other European Companies.
'Mahler's Cities' Palace Of Arts, 2 July
- 1 Jul 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"One of the nicest delicacies of classical music can be tasted on 2 July 2010 at 7.30 pm in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall of the Palace of Arts that is organized on the occasion of Mahler’s 150th birthday. MAHLER’S CITIES will be performed by the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and conducted by Christoph Eschenbach in three cities, in Hamburg, Prague and Budapest.
Gábor Keveházi Will Be Director Of The Hungarian National Ballet For Another 5 Years
- 26 May 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Director General of the Hungarian State Opera House Lajos Vass – with the consent of Minister of Education and Culture István Hiller – has appointed Gábor Keveházi to the position of Director of the Hungarian National Ballet with effect from 1 August 2010.
The (Great)Power Of Children - Parents Spend The Most On Only Children
- 13 May 2010 1:10 AM
- community & culture
"There are fewer and fewer children born nowadays, but those born will most probably have a lot higher standard of living than their parents. This is certainly due to the decade-long increase in purchasing power, and as a result, parents spend more on their children – this is what GfK Hungária’s research results show.
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Mozart Operas In Budapest, Palace Of Arts Until 12 March
- 7 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Any opera house worth its salt must perform the works of Mozart, and any self-respecting company will keep at least the five “great” operas of the Mozart canon more or less in their regular repertoire.
Pastoral Opera In Two Acts, Opera House Budapest, 12 December
- 3 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
“Ascanio in Alba is a really unknown one even among Mozart’s unknown operas, but I do believe in this piece. This is a rarity which is only performed here in Europe. A young “lion” shows its nails in it, who wanted to succeed as an opera composer. And what happened? He was commissioned to compose an opera. And he immediately exercised some irony on this form of art. In my view this piece is like ...
New Photos: Brad Pitt On Moterbike In Budapest
- 13 Oct 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt (who played Achilles in the Hollywood bock-buster Troy, and his twins have allegedly joined Angelina Jolie Voight and their other children in Budapest, reports said. The Troy star had reportedly flown all the way from the walking city to the Hungarian capital in their private jet.
Gala Concert Of The 19th Budapest International Wine And Champagne Festival
- 15 Sep 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"Ferenc Erkel was born in 1810. He began his career as a pianist and teacher in Kolozsvár (now Cluj in Romania). He wrote his first opera in 1840, Mária Báthori and then won the competition to set Kölcey’s Hymn to music and it remains Hungary’s national anthem.
Hungarian National Ballet Summer International Audition & Competition, Until 30 July
- 15 Jul 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Hungarian National Ballet Company’s Summer International program will take place from July 10-July30, 2010 at The Hungarian State Opera House for the pre-professional or professional dancer who would like to train, prepare and be coached for three weeks prior to the final audition for the Hungarian National Ballet Company as well as other European Companies.
'Mahler's Cities' Palace Of Arts, 2 July
- 1 Jul 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"One of the nicest delicacies of classical music can be tasted on 2 July 2010 at 7.30 pm in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall of the Palace of Arts that is organized on the occasion of Mahler’s 150th birthday. MAHLER’S CITIES will be performed by the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and conducted by Christoph Eschenbach in three cities, in Hamburg, Prague and Budapest.
Gábor Keveházi Will Be Director Of The Hungarian National Ballet For Another 5 Years
- 26 May 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Director General of the Hungarian State Opera House Lajos Vass – with the consent of Minister of Education and Culture István Hiller – has appointed Gábor Keveházi to the position of Director of the Hungarian National Ballet with effect from 1 August 2010.
The (Great)Power Of Children - Parents Spend The Most On Only Children
- 13 May 2010 1:10 AM
- community & culture
"There are fewer and fewer children born nowadays, but those born will most probably have a lot higher standard of living than their parents. This is certainly due to the decade-long increase in purchasing power, and as a result, parents spend more on their children – this is what GfK Hungária’s research results show.