Meaning of abonnementsaften | Babel Free

Definitions

a subscription evening (evening with a cultural event, especially theater performances, accessed only by a subscription)

masculine, rare

Examples

“enkedronningen havde anmodet [Ole] Bull om netop at spille paa en saadan aften, saa kongen, der af sparsommelighedsgrunde, som det hedte, kun besøgte theatret paa abonnementsaftener, kunde faae høre ham”

the widow queen had asked [Ole] Bull to play on just such an evening, so that the king, who, for reasons of thrift, as it was called, could only visit the theater on subscription evenings, could hear him

“[mor og far] går til abonnementsaftenen i teateret”

[mom and dad] go to the subscription evening in the theater

“en abonnementsaften i Christiania Theater i 1879 [hvor] Bjørnsons «Leonarda» ble oppført”

a subscription evening at the Christiania Theater in 1879 [where] Bjørnson's "Leonarda" was performed

“Impresarios 4. abonnementsaften var overfylt”

Impresario's 4th subscription evening was crowded