Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, based on the play Turandot by Carlo Gozzi. It was left unfinished by Puccini at his death, and completed by Franco Alfano. The first performance, at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, on 25 April 1926, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, included only Puccini's music and not Alfano's additions. Later performances were of the completed score.
Turandot is a Persian word and name meaning "the daughter of Turan", Turan being the region of Central Asia which used to be a part of Persian Empire.
It is an oriental fairytale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and of course powerful, triumphant love. Besides its great tenor aria Nessun dorma, the music ranges from the exotic and portentous as the moon rises at the start, through the grandeur and mysticism of Turandots riddles, to the tragic beauty of the servant girl Lis appeals to and final sacrifice for her beloved master, Prince Calaf.
Performance Info
26th June 2009 @ 9.15pm
10th, 17th & 29th July 2009 @ 9.15pm
4th August 2009 @ 9pm
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The Csardasfrstin ", 1915 in the First World War, is as peppy as involved love story between the Prince Edwin and celebrated chansonette Sylva varescu.
Because it is a operetta, despite everything patentanwlte differences a happy end to expect, and until it is the audience to immortal tunes like "without women, the chose not" and "make WIRs the petrels.
Budapest and Vienna shortly before the out break of the First World War. At a Budapest music hall the young Count Edwin falls in love with the famous cafe singer Syiva Varoscu but a relationship is unthinkable for reasons of social position until it is discovered that Edwin's own marriage and Edwins father must drop his objection to their Union. Arguably Kaimans most successful work. Sung in German with English surtitles.
Performance Info
22nd & 23rd November 2008 @ 7pm
2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th December @ 7pm
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Bajor - Oszvald - Verebes! What more could you ask for?! These three are the rock solid guarantee of marvellous theatrical entertainment for all.
Being one of the most successful Hungarian operettas, Mike the Magnate is time and again played both in music and drama theatres. Its popularity is partly due to the satirical and amusing story, and partly to the superb evergreen songs written by Albert Szirmai and Andor Gbor. Who knows a woman's heart", I wish to be happy" and What a nasty world" have certainly become operetta hits.
The operetta was originally written for Mrton Rtkai and Sri Fedk, a legendary Hungarian duo of stage artists. Therefore, theatres should only come out with a new production if the roles of Miska and Marcsa are played by absolute celebrities. It is perhaps the only operetta that has a comical character in the leading role. Miska, a quick-witted stable-boy with a heavy non-U accent, turns into a sophisticated aristocrat in a matter of minutes. His hefty partner, Marcsa becomes a Frenchy" dame, who is introduced to the upper-class world as Countess Mary.
All this happens because the standoffish family would not allow Baracs, a farm bailiff to marry their daughter Countess Rolla. Thank goodness that a kleptomaniac grandmother, not caring about such prejudices, takes side with the young couple, and the story unfolds into a merry finale.
Performance Info
10th & 11th January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 3 hours with 1 interval.
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What does one need for an operetta apart from great melodies, an exciting story and loads of love? If there is a piece of Franz Lehr's on the programme, all of the above are granted. Especially with The Merry Widow, many of whose world-famous songs frame this painfully beautiful love story.
Hanna Glavari, a wealthy widowmeets her old flame, Danilo Danilovich after many years. They both have changed and she is now suspicious and tough, while he has become cynical and a partygoer. Failures of the past and insults in the present stop these two people meant for each to find their way to each other. Theirs is a story which takes long to be born and re-born and in whose background a small Southern-European country's politicians are struggling for their own and their homeland's survival in the times of economical crisis.
The Merry Widow's music and story are filled with passion suppressed, then exploding. This might be the reason why it has such an elementary effect on players and spectators alike.
The operetta was first presented in Vienna in 1905 and in Budapest in 1906- both times with great success. Then it started to conquer the world and it continues to be played everywhere on operetta and opera stages alike. They say there is no evening without The Merry Widow somewhere on programme...
After a few years interval The Merry Widow is presented again in Budapest in a new production with a new cast and ever soyoung. Give her a hearty welcome.
Performance Info
25th January 2009 @ 7pm
26th January 2009 @ 5pm
Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes with 1 interval.
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Operetta in three acts by Johann Strauss (18251899)
Eisenstein, who should in fact report for a prison term, allows Dr. Falke to persuade him to go to a ball beforehand. His wife Rosalinde tearfully bids him farewell, but secretly looks forward to meeting her lover Alfred. And her maid Adele is also able to have the evening off, which she spends at the same ball as Eisenstein.
When the prison director comes to Rosalinde to collect her husband, she is forced to have Alfred arrested as her husband. Informed by Falke, she then goes to the ball, masked, at which her husband is amusing himself with Adele. Eisenstein immediately attempts to seduce the beautiful stranger, and Rosalinde succeeds in gaining possession of his watch. The next morning, there is a surprising encounter for all in prison.
Performance Info
6th, 7th & 9th January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 3 hours 30 minutes with 2 intervals
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Jen Huszka's romantic grand operetta begins in Vienna in 1848.
Mary feels strong ties to Hungary but her family has arranged a marriage for her with an Austrian aristocrat. Fortunately Mary's aunt Antonia arrives and with the help of a slightly eccentric tailor, Tobias Zwickli, helps the girl to escape in time. To reach Hungary which is already in the midst of revolution, she disguises herself in the uniform of a Hungarian revolutuionary guard.
In 1849 too, in the camp of the revolutionary army in Buda, she is serving in the army as a soldier under the name of her father, Kroly Lebstck. She has been promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant for her bravery. She has many conflicts with her commander, the strict Lieutenant Jancs who has reprimanded her several times for her recklessness. But when Mary appears once again as a woman at a ball the lieutenant falls in love with her and, naturally, the sub-lieutenant is not indifferent to the handsome man.
Of course, at the end of the adventurous story they come together and the eccentric Zwickli also wins the hand of his Panni.
Performance Info
18th & 19th December 2008 @ 7pm
28th & 29th January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes with 1 interval
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In 13 years, The Beauty and the Beast has captivated audiences across the world. On the Broadway in New York City it was running for 13 years after its world premiere in 1994. We are certain as well that the production will be on Budapest's Broadway for many, many years to come.
The Beauty and the Beast derives from the first full length animation production, one of Disney's biggest and most en-chanting smash hits. In fact, the picture was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Film category. The film music - identical to the stage music - has won two Oscars and five Grammys.
Kind-hearted Belle lives in a small French village with her father, who is unjustly imprisoned by the monstrous lord of the local chateau. In exchange for her father's freedom Belle undertakes to work as a servant in the beast's household, although to her greatest astonishment she becomes friends with objects magically brought to life in the enchanted mansion. With their help she gradually comes to see that all is not what it appears: the apparently heartless monster is in fact far more sensitive than her own suitor, the aggressive and conceited Gaston...
Performance Info
29th & 30th November 2008 @ 7pm
13th & 14th December 2008 @ 7pm
15th December 2008 @ 5pm
30th & 31st January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 2 hours 50 minutes with 1 interval
Customers must exchange their voucher at the box office at least 30 minutes prior to the performance.
Public tickets to the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2009.
The Royal Horticultural Society is delighted to invite members and non-members to the Floral Event of the Season in the North West in the grounds of Tatton Park.
Famous for its stunning gardens, Tatton Park provides a breathtakingly beautiful setting for the most recently established RHS Flower Show. The epitome of rural grace and charm, floral elegance is showcased in a relaxed and friendly environment, making it the perfect day out for one and all. Show and Back to Back gardens, Floral marquees, themed floral displays, talks, demonstrations, plus many opportunities to buy rare and unusual plants and accessories for your home and garden, makes this the floral event of the North West's season.
In the summer of 2004 the acclaimed Hungarian novelist's book Ball of Masks was turned into a real musical curiosity by the composer Jnos Szemenyei and the director of the production Szilrd Somogyi. The author attended the opening naturally and was very happy to see that her beloved book can live on in the form of a musical.
Many have asked her to let them write a musical from her novel Abigail. In the summer of 2004 it was the same young director who got this chance and now the moment has come to realise the dream. The director Mikls-Gbor Kernyi also supported the project wholeheartedly, so the stars and the whiz kids of the Operetta Theatre helped a legend come to life, thereby bringing this gem of Hungarian literature on stage to glitter in a new genre.
It is no secret that young people today do not read much. This show is going to be a bridge to awake the interest of these youths to read the book and see the film after they have enjoyed the musical.
The musical takes a new approach to this heart-warming story of laughter and cries. It is evoked and re-lived as a most crucial period of her life by Gina, the teenage secondary school student. The novel is full of twists and turns and is therefore ideal for a stage adaptation never seen before!
Performance Info
24th, 25th, 26th & 27th November 2008 @ 7pm
20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd December 2008 @ 7pm
16th & 17th January 2009 @ 7pm
Running Time: 3 hours 5 minutes with 1 interval
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Picasso, arguably the greatest artist of the 20th century, pitted himself against the Old Masters in a life-long artistic dialogue. ‘Picasso: Challenging the Past’ will explore the ways he took up the artistic concerns of the painters of the past and made audacious paintings of his own.
Featuring some 60 works by Picasso, the exhibition will display his responses to the grand tradition of European painting. Different sections of the exhibition will look at Picasso’s development of the self portrait, the Spanish tradition of the male portrait, the female nude, the still life, and the seated female figure.
These special breakfast viewings of Picasso: Challenging the Past include coffee and a pastry, as well as early access to the exhibition from 8.30am (public admission begins at 10.00am).
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