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Ongoing: 431 exhibitions, runs & attractions ↓

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1821 – The Return of the King

Museu do Tesouro Real Lisbon

Literature

In 1821, after more than a decade in Brazil, the Portuguese Court returns to Portugal, crossing the Atlantic along with people, stories and part of the Royal House's treasures — a journey that helps us understand one of the most striking moments in Portugal's history.

Dance Becomes Her

Espaço Parasita Lisbon

Free Dance

At the launch of issue #15 of the newspaper Coreia, edited and presented by João dos Santos Martins, the conference-performance Dance Becomes Her (2022) explores how dance and embodied knowledge are shared between bodies and archived within them over time. Free entry.

Lisbon's Secret Waters

Museu da Água Lisbon

12 € Other

A themed walk that starts by crossing the Aqueduto das Águas Livres, built to carry larger volumes of water to Lisbon, then follows the Galeria de Campo de Ourique to the Amoreiras monumental complex designed by Carlos Mardel, ending at the Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras reservoir. 120 minutes; tickets 12 € via ticketline.pt.

Morning 3 events
BEETHOVEN'S GHOST TRIO | TRIO ARKADIA

11:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

17,5€ Live music

A concert featuring Beethoven's Piano Trio Op. 11 'Gassenhauer' and Op. 70 No. 1 'Ghost Trio', performed by Trio Arkadia.

A Family Journey Through the World of the Arts

11:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Family friendly Exhibition

A family-friendly visit to the Xerazade exhibition: armed with a suitcase in hand and a special passport to fill in along the way, visitors embark on a journey through the world of the arts.

Afternoon 5 events
AFRODISE Lisboa

14:00 Pavilhão Carlos Lopes Lisbon

18+ DJ set

After a sold-out first release, AFRODISE Lisboa opens sign-ups for a second ticket release for its party with Aaron Sevilla.

Meditative Sound Bath

15:30 Albuquerque Foundation Sintra

20€ Other

A therapeutic sound meditation session that also includes access to the exhibitions. Held in English, with entry at 20€.

SUPERSTAR

17:00 Teatro Armando Cortez Tires Cascais

M/12 Theatre

The theatre show SUPERSTAR brings to the stage a reflection on fame and stardom.

Evening 4 events
Trio Amatis / Thomas Quasthoff

18:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Live music

The Trio Amatis and Thomas Quasthoff present Humanity in War, a concert that blends music and letters from World War I in a reflection on humanity and peace.

Steve n' Seagulls

20:00 República da Música Alvalade Lisbon

25€ Live music

Finnish bluegrass-rock outfit Steve 'n' Seagulls make their Portuguese debut at República da Música on 18 October 2026, turning rock and heavy metal anthems into banjo, mandolin and accordion-fuelled bluegrass versions.

JOE JACKSON + BAND | HOPE AND FURY TOUR 2026

21:00 Aula Magna Cidade Universitária Lisbon

35€ Live music

Joe Jackson returns with his new album 'Hope and Fury', fusing Latin rhythms, jazz, funk, and rock in a vibrant live performance.

Mundo Du Pop! Du Nothin | Debut Album Presentation

21:00 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

15€ 6+ Live music

DJ Nothin, the alter ego of Duarte Appleton, takes over the Coliseu Club to present the long-awaited debut album "Mundo do Pop", an immersive show blending nostalgia, irreverence and creative freedom.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 431 events

Un ballo in maschera

Live music

Friday 30 April · 20:00

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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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