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News on Stage

Chapitô Lisbon

12€ Theatre

A theatre show that weaves together memory, violence, identity, territory and contemporary social issues, challenging the audience to look at what fills the newspapers every day and ask: what stories lie beyond the news?

Morning 3 events
ACTIVITY: COOKIN'ART | 2–5 years

11:00 Centro Cultural de Belém Belém Lisbon

3€ Family friendly Exhibition

A performative activity for children aged 2 to 5, where author cuisine meets children's imagination. Inspired by the museum's artworks, the little helpers will cook recipes that carry the story of the artworks they discovered.

Fairy Tales

11:00 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Avenidas Novas Lisbon

Live music

This Sunday Concert celebrates music inspired by great narratives, with works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Humperdinck.

Afternoon 4 events
The Wizard of Oz | A Pop Musical

15:00 Casino Estoril Estoril Cascais

M/6 Family friendly Live music

A pop musical based on the story of The Wizard of Oz, with contemporary songs.

The Nutcracker | Imperial Heritage Ballet | Classic Stage

15:00 Coliseu dos Recreios Santa Maria Maior Lisbon

30€ 6+ Family friendly Dance

Imperial Heritage Ballet presents 'The Nutcracker', Tchaikovsky's classic that takes audiences to Clara's magical night, with toys coming to life, imaginary battles and enchanted kingdoms. A luminous, festive experience for the whole family, with Tchaikovsky's music and the beauty of great classical ballet.

"Lacuna" by Luz Ribeiro | Tonight We Shout

16:00 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

5€ Party

A show titled 'Lacuna' by Luz Ribeiro, part of the 'Tonight We Shout' program. A theater or performance event with tickets at €5.

LET US POUR LITTLE WATER ON MUCH FIRE

16:00 Auditório Carlos Avilez Cascais

22€ Theatre

A Barraca, directed by Maria do Céu Guerra with music by António Vitorino d'Almeida, dives into the lyric poetry of Luís de Camões — the Canções and above all the Sonnets — in a show about lived and invented love.

Evening 3 events
Josh Cohen | Radiohead for Solo Piano II | MISTY FEST

18:00 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

20€ Live music

Australian composer and pianist Josh Cohen, a master of improvisation known for blending jazz, contemporary classical and electronic influences, performs Radiohead's repertoire live on solo piano at Misty Fest, elevating these iconic songs to a whole new level.

Skinshape

20:00 Casa Capitão Beato Lisbon

32,50€ 12+ Live music

Skinshape, the project of London multi-instrumentalist William Dorey, comes to Lisbon for the first time with his fusion of psychedelic soul, smooth funk, dub and afrobeat. Live, he becomes an immersive ensemble recreating these textures with vintage instruments and expansive dub effects.

LEVI.SCT | MISTY FEST

21:30 São Luiz Teatro Municipal Lisbon

20€ Live music

German pianist Levi Schechtmann, who is redefining classical music by crossing it with modern rhythms and contemporary sounds, brings his innovative arrangements of Bach, Liszt and Chopin to Misty Fest.

Exhibitions, runs & attractions 340 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.

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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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