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Often labelled as the ‘Hamlet’ of Italian opera with the title role bearing one of the most difficult soprano roles in the bel canto Italian opera repertoire, it is no wonder that Norma is not so regularly performed. Composed by Vincenzo Bellini when he was only 30 years of age, and first performed...

The Times of Malta today, 13 October 2011 carries a noteworthy feature on the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea. The piece which is also available on the popular online news portal timesofmalta.com features in the Life - Arts and Entertainment section of the news paper and is accompanied by a beautiful...

Young Maltese Tenor, Cliff Zammit Stevens will be singing his very first opera at Teatru Astra in the forthcoming Norma, where he will be interpreting the role of Flavio. Cliff Zammit Stevens described as having an ”absolutely ethereal voice and knows instinctively what to do with his voice” by the...

On Saturday morning Teatru Astra welcomed Prime Minster Dr Lawrence Gonzi who visited the theatre and met the committee and volunteers in the run-up to the double production of Norma which kick-starts the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea on 27 October 2011. The Prime Minister and his entourage...

Italian tenor Antonino Interisano will be making a welcome return to Teatru Astra to sing the part of Pollione in the Norma on Thursday 27 and Satruday 29 October 2011. Antonino who is no-new comer to the patrons of the Teatru Astra was the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto (Teatru Astra, 2009) and...

Following the offical launch of the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea at the Bank of Valletta operations centre in Malta earlier this last week, the local media reported extensivley the first of a series of media releases that Teatru Astra is planning in the run up to the festiva,l which kick starts...

Preparations are running in full swing by the La Stella Band ahead of its annual musical highlight – the Grand Concert which will bring to an end the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea on 19 November 2011.The band resumed its rehearsals at the Giuseppe Giardini Hall at the La Stella Band Club three...

Teatru Astra, in collaboration with Bank of Valletta, launched the tenth edition of the Festival Mediterranea, a month long celebration of Art and Culture in the heart of Gozo. This year’s festival, presenting a programme of varied cultural events, from opera to food and wine, will be held between the...

Major refurbishment works on the stage of Teatru Astra have been concluded in the past days. The works, which were partly sponsored by an Eco-Gozo project financed by the Ministry for Gozo, involved the re-alignment of the wooden stage, the upgrade of storage back stage facilities and further improvements...

The newly revampled Let's Gozo magazine, published by the Gozo Tourisim Association and which was circulated with the Sunday Times of Malta of 18 September 2011, carries out an extensive feature on Gozo's opera houses and the forthcoming opera at Teatru Astra, arguably, one of the most glamorous nights...