Until 26th August 2012.
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria (Hungarian National Gallery)
Budapest I. Szent György tér 2. (In the Buda Castle)
The exhibition Heroes, Kings, Saints at the Hungarian National Gallery presents pictures of the Hungarian history in a special grouping.
The selection of the mainly historical paintings and portraits based on Himnusz and Szózat.The art exhibition which was created by the Hungarian National Museum, National Archives of Hungary, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the National Széchenyi Library in collaboration with the Office of the National Assembly also presents objects and documents of the Hungarian statehood.
The tematic unit “By You was won a beautiful homeland…” displays the Conquest and the fateful events of the centuries, when Hungary was a major power in Europe.
In the center of the room is Munkacsy’s Conquest and in this room housed Gyula Benczúr’s award-winning composition the Baptism of Vajk.
The exhibition displays positive and tragic events of the nation’s history with paintings as Bertalan Székely’s Zrínyi,emblematic compositions as Titus Dugovics Self-sacrifice, The Women of Eger, or Founding the Body of II.Lajos.
Separated unit describes the glory and tragedy of the Hunyadis, through representations King Matthias and Hunyadi Laszló.
Rare opportunity will be to see the Friedrich Amerling’s Széchenyi István life-size painting wich ornates the Presidential room of the Academy.
We can meet the original manuscripts of the National Anthem and the Szózat,and the first Hungarian colored map from 1528.
Miss Saigon
1-3rd February 2012.
19.00.
Fővárosi Operett Szinház
Budapest VI. Nagymező utca 17.
Nearest metro stop: Opera
Telephone: +36-1312-4866
The legend has revived!
Michel Schönberg’s work Miss Saigon will be seen with brilliant cast again.
Only a few weeks after the premiere wich was held in 1989 the critics of the Newsweek told “This musical is already a legend.”Miss Saigon is one of the most played musicals of the world.
It was played more then ten thousand times worldwide.
In Hungary Miss Saigon premiered on the stages of the Szeged Open-air Festival,than at the Operetta Theatre directed by Gábor Miklós Kerényi.
On this occasion the copyright owner Cameron Mackintosh presented the director as the author of the best directed Miss Saigon performance.
Two musical stars will step together on the stages in the new performace.
Attila Dolhai in the role of Chris the American soldier and Pál Feke as his friend John.
Next to them the best musical actors will play in multiple cast.
The creators of the show will be the same of the 1994 performance directed by KERO again.