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Take a view of the programme of events of the forthcoming Festival Mediterranea which has several concerts lined up ranging from chamber to symphonic, drama, as well as lectures and on-site visits, covering the period of Knights’ of St John’s and celebrating masterpieces on the island.. The Annual Grand...

Shakespeare wrote his tragedy Othello in 1603 and it ranks among the Bard’s finest works in the genre. Although the play is more than five centuries old, its themes of love and hatred, trust and betrayal, life and death are ones that man is still struggling to cope with today; ones that elude understanding...

Now in its 12th edition, Festival Mediterranea, with the support of Bank of Valletta, will be presenting Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" as the highlight of this Gozitan cultural collaboration. This year’s festival was officially launched during a press conference which was addressed by Charles Borg,...

Otello's stage director interviewed on the Sunday Times The Sunday Times of Malta of 6 October carried an interview with Enrcio Stinchelli ahead of the forthcoming production of Otello at the Teatru Astra. We are reproducing in full the piece as published in paper. Enrico Stinchelli was speaking to Maria...

Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello, is Teatru Astra’s choice this year to kick off twelfth edition of Festival Mediterranea an annual festival of culture that seeks to expose that which the island of Gozo is well-known for in the cultural field: opera, music, history, archaeology, trades and traditions. The opera...

The twelfth edition of Festival Mediterranea will be characterized by Verdi's bi-centenary birth commemoration. A star-studded international cast, soon be announced, will grace the Teatru Astra stage in two performances of the maestro's Otello to be staged on Thursday 24 and Saturday 26 October 2013...

Teatru Astra has announced the first events ahead of the forthcoming Festival Meditrerranea which now in its 12th edition. Festival Mediterranea, produced by Teatru Astra, is the only autumn festival on the island, with a month-long programme of events that opens with a double-representation of opera....

Otello, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s latest masterpieces, is Teatru Astra’s choice this year to kick off the next theatre season in October as it opens the twelfth edition of Festival Mediterranea, the programme of which is currently being finalised. This year being the two hundredth anniversary of the birth...

On Thursday 9th May, Teatru Astra is hosting an international opera studio production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte.Mozart is a favourite for many opera lovers and so Cosi fan tutte promises to be a pleasant night out for many of our patrons. Cosi fan tutte starts at 7.30pm. This production is being put...

Dear bandsmen, members of La Stella Society and supporters, For the past eighty years, 1863 has been recognised as the founding year of the La Stella Philharmonic Society. Throughout the years, numerous writings and claims have been made about the origins of the La Stella Society. These were proffered...