Children
Christmas Ribbons
3 December Saturday, 11.00 NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Henry Selick (1993) Length: 1h 16m 4 December Sunday, 11.00 DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL Robert Zemeckis (2009) Length: 1h 36m 17 December Saturday, 11.00 THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL Brian Henson (1992) Length: 1h 26m 18 December Sunday, 11.00 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS Ron Howard (2000) […]
Dançar a Cidade
28 AUGUST Quinta das Conchas FLAMENCO AND SEVILLANAS João Lara instructor João Lara and Cheila Gomes dance performance Joaquín Moreno vocals Paulo Croft guitars Gonzalo Martinez percussion 4 SEPTEMBER Palácio Galveias Garden AFRICAN TRIBAL DANCES Free entry, subject to space availability Catarina Panguana and Nina Chambal dancers Mbalango Mbalango, Octávio Chamba and Simiy […]
Uma Noite no Vale
With conductor Diogo Costa, the Gulbenkian Orchestra and guest soloists will perform a programme that combines orchestral music with favourite arias from opera, operetta and musical theatre by composers such as Manuel de Falla, Jules Massenet, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein, writer of the famous musical West Side Story. Gulbenkian Orchestra Diogo Costa conductor […]
Mais de Cem Mil Dias
Inês Pupo text Ricardo Machado illustrations Gonçalo Pratas artistic director Filipe Raposo e Gonçalo Pratas music Carla Galvão, Filipe Raposo and Gonçalo Pratas performance Carla Galvão and Mafalda Estácio staging Mafalda Estácio scenography and costumes Sandra Simões executive producer Constroisons production
A Passarola
In the novel, this visionary priest believes that the “machine to walk on air” he imagined will allow men to fly. However, in order to build it and for it to be able to cross the skies, it will need the strength of Baltasar Sete-sóis, the music of Domenico Scarlatti and the powers of Blimunda […]
Festas in Benfica
4, 11 and 25 june TELL ME A STORY Ludoteca do Palácio Baldaya Margarida Carvalho 11.00 am Storytelling aimed at children and those accompanying them. These fun and educational sessions involve the telling of a traditional story and an activity related to it. A moment of leisure for everyone. 12 and 26 june IN-FINITA […]
Juana Azurduy
Juana Azurduy was a woman-mother-warrior of indigenous background who fought for a better country and Bolivian independence. On horseback, with sword and pistol in hand, this brave and kind woman faced up to all battles, pushing her life to its limits.
O Convidador de Pirilampos (The Inviter of Pirilampos)
António Jorge Gonçalves’ stage adaptation of Ondjaki’s O Convidador de Pirilampos, a book he himself illustrated. Narrated by Cláudia Semedo, with José Conde accompanying on clarinet, this play addresses the themes of fear of the dark, freedom and the importance of stories. With all the scenic magic of the dark.
Era uma vez um País assim: contar bem contadas a Ditadura e a Revolução
In a country known as Portugal there was, for 48 years, a Dictatorship (a difficult word). Hard and enduring, it was here to stay, and to command, and to control, and to place inside people’s hearts a frosty fear of the sort that runs through your blood. In the middle of that 48-year-long night, there […]
Conta-me uma Ópera
Museu de Lisboa – Santo António has got behind this awareness-raising project and will be hosting Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice set to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi. First performed in 1762 in Vienna, this was the first of three operas known as “Reform Operas”: Gluck wanted to change Opera Seria in order […]