79 result(s) for drama festival in Community & Culture
LaChiusa-Lorca: 'Bernarda Alba', Mupa, 22 September
- 21 Sep 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The House of Bernarda Alba is Federico García Lorca's final work for the stage: completed in 1936, two months before his execution, it was not premièred until 1945. Subtitled a "drama of women in the villages of Spain”, it unfolds in the home of Bernarda Alba, a woman of 60 who, upon the death of her husband, declares that none of her daughters may do anything without her consent while she is ...
Legendary Hungarian Director Károly Makk Dies Aged 91
- 31 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- community & culture
Legendary Hungarian director Károly Makk has died at the age of 91, the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts told MTI.
Budapest As Pensioner’s Heaven? - Hungarian Capital Named Among World’s Best Places To Retire
- 9 Aug 2017 8:58 AM
- community & culture
Hungary’s capital is the world’s eighth best place to retire, according to a research shared by US news portal cnbc.com. In Budapest, you can “reinvent your life, chase adventure, have a great time and most likely reduce your cost of living dramatically”, says the publisher of the Overseas Retirement Index.
Verdi's 'Il Trovatore', Margaret Island Open-Air Stage, 28 & 30 July
- 27 Jul 2017 4:30 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Summer Festival presents one of Verdi's most popular romantic operas in this year's programme: Il trovatore. Director László Vámos sets the stage for a traditional performance while we step into a new powerful yet timely visual world created by Attila Csikós. The main leads will be played by international opera stars.
Pécs Ballet: Carmen, Mupa, 6 June
- 5 Jun 2017 12:00 PM
- community & culture
'The story of Carmen, the emotional extremes of the characters and Bizet's music are very powerful and inspirational. For me, the main inspiration comes from the abrupt shifts in the story and the music. I feel an affinity with the unpredictability and impulsiveness of the characters, which derives from their overwrought emotional condition.
Budapest Festival Orchestra To Play Heroes’ Square Again On 10 June
- 28 Apr 2017 7:32 AM
- community & culture
With over a thousand dancing feet, nearly a hundred musicians and one conductor, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will once again be giving a free concert on Heroes’ Square on 10 June. The heroes of the event will be the young people, Roma and non-Roma from privileged and less-privileged backgrounds, for whom the preparations have just started all over the country.
Pumeza Matshikiza's Debut In The Budapest Spring Festival, 1 April
- 29 Mar 2017 9:30 AM
- community & culture
“She is one of the most exciting opera singers of our era,” and “With her sensitive, lyric voice, magical stage presence and playfulness, she will soon be a bona fide international star!”
2017/18 At Hungarian Opera: 'Around The Ring'
- 29 Mar 2017 9:00 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 ...
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 ...
LaChiusa-Lorca: 'Bernarda Alba', Mupa, 22 September
- 21 Sep 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The House of Bernarda Alba is Federico García Lorca's final work for the stage: completed in 1936, two months before his execution, it was not premièred until 1945. Subtitled a "drama of women in the villages of Spain”, it unfolds in the home of Bernarda Alba, a woman of 60 who, upon the death of her husband, declares that none of her daughters may do anything without her consent while she is ...
Legendary Hungarian Director Károly Makk Dies Aged 91
- 31 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- community & culture
Legendary Hungarian director Károly Makk has died at the age of 91, the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts told MTI.
Budapest As Pensioner’s Heaven? - Hungarian Capital Named Among World’s Best Places To Retire
- 9 Aug 2017 8:58 AM
- community & culture
Hungary’s capital is the world’s eighth best place to retire, according to a research shared by US news portal cnbc.com. In Budapest, you can “reinvent your life, chase adventure, have a great time and most likely reduce your cost of living dramatically”, says the publisher of the Overseas Retirement Index.
Verdi's 'Il Trovatore', Margaret Island Open-Air Stage, 28 & 30 July
- 27 Jul 2017 4:30 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Summer Festival presents one of Verdi's most popular romantic operas in this year's programme: Il trovatore. Director László Vámos sets the stage for a traditional performance while we step into a new powerful yet timely visual world created by Attila Csikós. The main leads will be played by international opera stars.
Pécs Ballet: Carmen, Mupa, 6 June
- 5 Jun 2017 12:00 PM
- community & culture
'The story of Carmen, the emotional extremes of the characters and Bizet's music are very powerful and inspirational. For me, the main inspiration comes from the abrupt shifts in the story and the music. I feel an affinity with the unpredictability and impulsiveness of the characters, which derives from their overwrought emotional condition.
Budapest Festival Orchestra To Play Heroes’ Square Again On 10 June
- 28 Apr 2017 7:32 AM
- community & culture
With over a thousand dancing feet, nearly a hundred musicians and one conductor, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will once again be giving a free concert on Heroes’ Square on 10 June. The heroes of the event will be the young people, Roma and non-Roma from privileged and less-privileged backgrounds, for whom the preparations have just started all over the country.
Pumeza Matshikiza's Debut In The Budapest Spring Festival, 1 April
- 29 Mar 2017 9:30 AM
- community & culture
“She is one of the most exciting opera singers of our era,” and “With her sensitive, lyric voice, magical stage presence and playfulness, she will soon be a bona fide international star!”
2017/18 At Hungarian Opera: 'Around The Ring'
- 29 Mar 2017 9:00 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 ...
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 ...