Hungarian State Opera House
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Short description:Neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest. It is home to the Budapest Opera Ball, a society event dating back to 1886 |
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Miklós Ybl constructed this ornate masterpiece in 1884. The pearl of Pest's Andrássy út features the marble Royal Stairway, and frescoes by Bertalan Székely. The Hungarian State Opera House offers great value ballet and opera performances to cultured Budapesters.
Among the treasures in the UNESCO World Heritage site that covers Budapest, the Danube's banks, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue is this impressive 19th-century neo-renaissance building. Its stunning Royal Stairway leads into one of the most elegant interiors in Europe. The Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian State Ballet share the stage.
Whether there to catch a performance or just for a guided tour, visitors can enjoy glitter, grandeur and grand frescoes galore by Károly Lotz. This imperial luxury is not suprising when you learn that Emperor Franz Josef funded most of the construction.
Once inside, walk around the grand marble stairways and find the first-floor museum, which is normally open during performance intervals. The exhibition of posters, scores, manuscripts and costumes gives you an idea of the history of the building.
The city’s puppet theatre, which usually doesn’t require fluency in Hungarian, presents shows designed for children at 10am or 10.30am and 3pm. Consult the theatre’s website for program schedules.
VI Andrássy út 69, Budapest
Phone: +36 1 342 2702, +36 1 342 8341, Email: bubab@hdsnet.hu
Theatre in Kaunas
Kestuchio Str. 74a, Kaunas
Phone: +370-37-228226, Email: info@kamerinisteatras.lt
The Comedy Theatre of Budapest. Starting in the turn of the 19th and 20th century as an opposition to the conservative National Theatre, it became a pioneer institution of Hungarian drama, and one of the oldest theatres still in operation.
Szent István körút 14, Budapest
Phone: +36 1 329-23-40
Theatre in Riga
Brivibas Str. 75, Riga
Phone: +371-67-270463, Email: pasts@dailesteatris.lv
Neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest. It is home to the Budapest Opera Ball, a society event dating back to 1886
22 Andrássy út, Budapest
Phone: +36 1 331 2550, Email: info@opera.hu
Theatre in Kaunas.
Laisves al. 71, Kaunas
Phone: +370-37-224064, +370-37-224198, Email: info@dramosteatras.lt
Kaunas State Musical Theatre is a national budgetary institution committed to organizing the creation of scenic works for musical theatre and assuring their public performance.
Laisves al. 91, Kaunas
Phone: +370-37-228784, Email: administratore@muzikinisteatras.lt
Place Colette, Paris
Phone: +33-1-44581515, Email: reservation.reponse@comedie-francaise.org
Theatre in Riga.
K.Barona Str. 16/18, Riga
Phone: +371-67-285418, +371-67-285355, Email: info@lelluteatris.lv
National Opera in Riga.
Aspazijas bulv. 3, Riga
Phone: +371-67-073777, +371-67-073715, Email: info@opera.lv
Theatre in Riga.
Kronvalda boulevard 2, Riga
Phone: +371-67-006338, Email: info@teatris.lv
Ballet, contemporary dance, folk dance, and eurhythmics are all to be found in the repertoire of the National Dance Theatre (Nemzeti Táncszínház). The most highly acclaimed Hungarian and foreign dancers perform here.
District I, Színház u. 1-3, Budapest
Phone: +36 1 201 4407, Email: info@nemzetitancszinhaz.hu
The main theatre of Budapest, and the largest such institution in Hungary, opening originally in 1837.
Bajor Gizi park 1, Budapest
Phone: +36 1 354 1777, Email: szervezes@nemzetiszinhaz.hu
The Opéra national de Paris
8 rue Scribe, Paris
Phone: +33-01-71252423
Theatre in Riga.
16 Kalku Str., Riga
Phone: +371-67-224660, Email: art@trd.lv
Thaetre in Kaunas.
M. Daukshos Str. 34, Kaunas
Phone: +370-37-226090, +370-37-408470, Email: kmf@kaunas.omnitel.net
Theatre in Riga.
Lacplesa Str. 25, Riga
Phone: +371-67-280765
Old Town Theatre in Vilnius
Naugarduko Str. 20, Vilnius
Phone: +370-5-2134064, Email: steatras@gmail.com
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