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Ongoing: 280 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

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13th Conference of EspAcial Teachers

Pavilhão do Conhecimento Parque das Nações Lisbon

Workshops & talks

The 13th EspAcial Teachers' Conference brings teachers together for a gathering of training and sharing of experiences.

Live Music

Clube da Praia Praia das Maçãs Sintra

Live music

Live music at Clube da Praia, on Praia das Maçãs, every Friday and Saturday night.

Live music

Orixás Restaurante Bar Galeria Sintra

Live music

Live Brazilian music at the Orixás restaurant and gallery, every Friday and Saturday at dinner.

Live traditional music

Taverna dos Trovadores São Pedro de Sintra Sintra

Live music

Live traditional Portuguese music at Taverna dos Trovadores, every Friday and Saturday.

Afternoon 3 events
Lado BB | Le Repos Du Guerrier

15:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Lado BB series screening at the Cinemateca featuring the film Le Repos du Guerrier, with tickets at 3,20€ and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, students, over-65s and other audiences.

COURTS MÉTRAGES | 27th French Film Festival

16:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

The short film section of the 27th French Film Festival, featuring Dernier printemps by Mathilde Bédouet, Journal du futur by Agathe Bonitzer and Love Story by Laïs Decaster — three works revealing the vitality of new Francophone cinema.

SUNSET AT VU

17:00 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

DJ set

A sunset dj set session on Friday, 9 October, from 5pm to 11pm.

Evening 22 events
Sunset DJ

18:00 7 Seas Bistro Cascais

DJ set

Sunset DJ set at 7 Seas Bistro, every Friday from 6 PM to 9 PM.

BATACLAN: THOSE WHO LIVED | 27th French Film Festival

19:00 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

A series based on the true story of seven Bataclan hostages, following the group Les Potages from the night of 13 November 2015 and their difficult rebuilding of their lives; the first two episodes will be screened at the 27th French Film Festival.

Paulo Branco | L'Homme Qui a Perdu Son Ombre

19:00 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

The Cinemateca screens 'L'Homme Qui a Perdu Son Ombre' in its retrospective dedicated to producer Paulo Branco. Tickets are €3.20, with discounts available for several audiences.

Ájax

19:00 8 Marvila Marvila Lisbon

Theatre

A theatre piece based on Sophocles' tragedy Ajax that reflects on the limits of power and totalitarian threats, crossing the classical text with testimonies and artistic interventions.

The Mad Hatter's Band

19:30 7 Seas Bistro Cascais

Live music

The Mad Hatter's Band performs a concert blending funk, blues, fusion and rock.

OFICINA G3 LISBOA - SHOW EXTRA

20:00 Lisboa ao Vivo Campo Pequeno Lisbon

Live music

Brazilian Christian rock band Oficina G3 performs in Lisbon in an extra show, with doors at 7 PM and show at 8 PM.

Tonight We Shout - "New Golden Age" by Karen Hartman

21:00 Palácio Galveias Lisbon

5€ Party

Staged reading of 'New Golden Age' by Karen Hartman, a dystopian thriller about surveillance and technology, part of the 'Tonight We Shout' cycle by Companhia Cepa Torta.

SUPERSTAR

21:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

A theatrical performance titled 'Superstar'.

L'Objet du délit | 27th French Film Festival

21:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

As part of the 27th French Film Festival, a screening of Agnès Jaoui's dramatic comedy 'L'Objet du délit', set behind the scenes of an ambitious production of Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' that is shaken by an accusation of sexual assault.

Lado BB | Dear Brigitte

21:30 Cinemateca Portuguesa Santo António Lisbon

3,2€ Cinema

A Lado BB film screening of 'Dear Brigitte', with general admission at €3.20 and discounts for Friends of the Cinemateca, Youth Card holders, the unemployed, students, film students, juniors (up to 16) and over-65s.

MOTEUR... IMPROVISO! | 27th French Film Festival

21:30 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

8€ Cinema

A theatrical improvisation show about cinema, performed without a script by La Troupe Impro Lisboa, who create one-of-a-kind scenes live from ideas thrown out by the audience — 80 minutes of playful, unexpected tribute to the seventh art at the 27th French Film Festival.

LA FRAPPE | 27th French Film Festival

21:45 Cinema São Jorge Arroios Lisbon

6€ Cinema

Julien Gaspar-Oliveri's raw, unsettling family drama, premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, finds suspense in silence: instead of showing violence, it films its invisible marks as buried truths emerge, with Diego Murgia and Bastien Bouillon leading the cast.

6 Years of Eritage

22:00 Teja House Lisbon

DJ set

Eritage, the independent gallery and cultural space in Lisbon's Santos neighbourhood, marks six years with the opening of the new BREATH exhibition at the gallery, followed by a night at TEJÁ in Cais do Sodré from 10pm to 4am with DJ sets from Rafa Montserrat, Man From Rio and Nicolle Velcro.

Living Room x ZDB: mu tate ⟡ Violet

22:00 Galeria Zé dos Bois Bairro Alto Lisbon

12€ Live music

Ambient music session with producer mu tate, exploring temporal memory and sonic texture, at a Living Room x ZDB event.

Rene Wise, Andy Martin, Inês Duarte, Guy from 1990

23:00 Lux Frágil Santa Apolónia Lisbon

DJ set

A techno night headlined by Rene Wise, whose raw, groove-driven sound is rooted in his drums and percussion training, with sets also from Andy Martin, Inês Duarte and Guy from 1990; tickets via DICE.

BAILE: APUPU

23:59 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

10.82€ 18+ DJ set

From midnight, Casa Capitão turns into BAILE with a set from Apupu, on a single ticket that gives access to all rooms.

Cruz

23:59 5A Lisbon

18+ DJ set

A DJ set from Portuguese artist Cruz, performing his own material on the decks.

Ministerium Club // Raresh

23:59 Ministerium Club Lisbon

19+ Party

Ministerium Club hosts Romanian dj Raresh for a club night, with more names still to be announced.

NIINA’S LOVE CLUB

23:59 Village Underground Lisboa Alcântara Lisbon

Party

Niina’s Love Club party at Superlativo by Super Bock, on Friday, October 9, from midnight to 6am.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 280 events

Un ballo in maschera

Live music 45€

Wednesday 28 April · 20:00

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Centro Cultural de Belém Belém · Lisbon

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.

Full details

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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