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Ongoing: 213 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

No time published 4 events
HOEHN presents MISTRAL at Cossoul with two guitars between classical and jazz

Cossoul R. Nova da Piedade 66 Lisbon

13€ Live music

Brothers Samuel and Silvan Kuntz of the instrumental duo HOEHN present their debut album MISTRAL in a two-guitar concert at Cossoul, blending classical guitar, jazz and sonic experimentation. The show takes place on 30 September 2026 at 21h00, with tickets at 13€.

When You Least Expect It

Teatro Tivoli BBVA Santo António Lisbon

M/14 Theatre

A theatre play about life's unexpected moments.

Rádio Macau

Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

18–45€ 6+ Live music

Rádio Macau return to the stage with two concerts in Lisbon on September 30 and October 2, after more than a decade of hiatus. Tickets range from €18 to €45.

Morning 1 event
Workshop: Sleep Hygiene

09:30 Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa Lisbon

Workshops & talks

A workshop on sleep hygiene taking place at the Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa on 30 September 2026.

Afternoon 6 events
COLLECT RADIO w/ VIL

12:00 Collect LX Factory Lisbon

18+ DJ set

The COLLECT RADIO series welcomes Portuguese DJ VIL for a session.

Scorsese | Silence

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

Screening of Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' at Cinemateca. General ticket €3.20, with discounts for various audiences.

You had to be there - Breath Fair

17:00 Arroz Estúdios Beato Lisbon

Other

Breath Fair presents 'You had to be there', an experience made to be lived in the moment rather than recounted afterwards.

Evening 14 events
Joshua Decter - Can Art be Transgressive?

18:00 Pavilhão Julião Sarmento Lisbon

Free Exhibition

A lecture by Joshua Decter on transgression in art, based on Sarmento's exhibition, exploring the concept in the 21st century.

Curse of Strahd Campaign

19:00 Casa do Fauno Sintra

Other

Bring your character's backstory to life on 30 September in this 13-session horror campaign set in the realm of Strahd.

Conversations at No. 100: Inhabiting the World, Caring

19:00 Luiza Andaluz Centro de Conhecimento - 100 Lisbon

Other

A new session of the 'Conversations at No. 100' talks at the Luiza Andaluz Centro de Conhecimento on 30 September 2026, dedicated to the theme 'Inhabiting the World, Caring'.

Scorsese | Killers of the Flower Moon

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

Screening of Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' at Cinemateca. General ticket €3.20, with discounts for various audiences.

Blood Red Shoes

20:00 República da Música Alvalade Lisbon

Live music

Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes return to Lisbon on 30 September at Républica da Musica on their 2026 European tour — the first time audiences anywhere in the world will hear their new material live, including 'Screams', their first new song in four years.

TRANSVISION VAMP | LISBON

20:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

27,50€ M/6 Live music

British band Transvision Vamp, fronted by the charismatic Wendy James, returns to the world stage with a Lisbon date at LAV, promising a setlist that blends pop, punk and alternative rock, with iconic hits like 'I Want Your Love' and 'Revolution Baby' guaranteed to appear.

Paulo Branco | Snow White

21:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A cinema session associated with Paulo Branco featuring 'Snow White', with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for young people, students, seniors and other audiences.

The Pedros Quiz

21:00 Garagem da Vizinha Lisbon

Other

A quiz night hosted by the Pedros at Garagem da Vizinha on 30 September 2026.

Pub Crawl

22:00 Local a anunciar Lisbon

10€ 18+ DJ set

A night out on a pub crawl through one of Lisbon's best nightlife neighbourhoods, with welcome shots, an hour of unlimited sangria and beer and VIP entry to a club to round off the night.

Mothership

23:59 Lisboa Rio Lisbon

10€ DJ set

Every Wednesday from midnight to 6am at Temple Club, the Visionaries x Freaky Fiction alliance invites you aboard the Mothership for galactic explorations with ritualistic aesthetics, with an open beer bar until 01:00 and free entry on your birthday.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 213 events

Un ballo in maschera

Live music

Sunday 2 May · 17:00

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Centro Cultural de Belém Belém · Lisbon
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Verdi's opera about a king in love with his best friend's wife, a political conspiracy and a masked ball where all the threads of the plot converge; this new São Carlos production adds another chapter to Lisbon's long relationship with the work.

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A king in love with his best friend's wife; a conspirator who discovers the betrayal too late to act honourably; a fortune-teller whose prophecy no one wants to believe; and a masked ball where all the threads of the plot converge. Premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on 17 February 1859, Un ballo in maschera is one of Verdi's most singular works. The story of its creation is as dramatic as the plot itself: commissioned by the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, it was blocked by the censors in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Napoleon III of France. Verdi refused the censors' corrections and eventually broke his contract with the Neapolitan institution. When it finally reached the stage, with the original Swedish setting transformed under Roman censorship into colonial Boston, the opera had survived a lawsuit and two years of obstacles. The libretto by Antonio Somma, inspired by Eugène Scribe, is based on a historical event: the murder of King Gustav III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792. In Verdi's hands, a political conspiracy and a secret love become inextricable, as the friendship between the King and Renato, his adviser, collapses under the weight of a passion neither can control. The score moves between tragedy and lightness with remarkable ease, especially in the pages entrusted to Oscar, the King's page, whose music radiates the distinctly French lightness that Verdi absorbed from his experience on Parisian stages. Lisbon holds a special place in the history of this opera: on 15 April 1860, just over a year after the Rome premiere, the then Royal Theatre of São Carlos was the first opera house to stage Un ballo in maschera outside Italy, with Gaetano Fraschini, the tenor who had created the title role, repeating it in the Portuguese capital. Since then, the opera has returned to São Carlos several times. This new production adds another chapter to that long relationship.

Show original (Portuguese)

Um rei apaixonado pela mulher do seu melhor amigo; um conspirador que descobre a traição demasiado tarde para agir honradamente; uma vidente em cuja profecia ninguém quer acreditar; e um baile de máscaras onde convergem todos os fios da trama. Estreado no Teatro Apollo de Roma em 17 de fevereiro de 1859, Un ballo in maschera é uma das obras mais singulares de Verdi. A história da sua criação é tão dramática quanto o próprio enredo: encomendada pelo Teatro di San Carlo de Nápoles, acabou barrada pelo crivo da censura no rescaldo da tentativa de assassinato de Napoleão III de França. Verdi recusou as correções dos censores, acabando por romper o contrato com a instituição napolitana. Quando, finalmente, chegou ao palco , com o cenário original sueco transformado, sob censura romana, na Boston colonial , , a ópera sobrevivera a um processo judicial e a dois anos de obstáculos. O libreto de Antonio Somma, inspirado em Eugène Scribe, baseia-se num acontecimento histórico: o assassínio do rei Gustavo III da Suécia, num baile de máscaras, em 1792. Nas mãos de Verdi, uma conspiração política e um amor secreto tornam-se inextricáveis, quando a amizade entre o Rei e Renato, seu conselheiro, se desmorona sob o peso de uma paixão que nenhum dos dois consegue controlar. A partitura move-se entre a tragédia e a leveza com notável facilidade, sobretudo nas páginas confiadas a Oscar, o pajem do Rei, cuja música irradia a ligeireza distintivamente francesa que Verdi incorporou da sua experiência nos palcos parisienses. Lisboa ocupa um lugar especial na história desta ópera: a 15 de abril de 1860, pouco mais de um ano após a estreia em Roma, o então Real Teatro de São Carlos foi a primeira casa de ópera a levar Un ballo in maschera à cena fora de Itália, com Gaetano. Fraschini, o tenor que havia criado o papel do protagonista, a repeti-lo na capital portuguesa. De então para cá, a ópera regressou várias vezes ao São Carlos. Esta nova produção acrescenta outro capítulo a essa longa relação.

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