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Teatru Astra has teamed up with Action in an effort to consolidate it’s ticketing selling and distribution system ahead of the forthcoming Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma scheduled on the 27 and 29 October and Festival Mediterranea which runs until the 19 of November. Action is a Maltese internet-based repository...

Teatru Astra has recently published an information booklet which is a comprehensive guide to the Festival. The tenth edition of the festival kicks off on Thursday 29 October with the premier of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma and ends in style with the Annual Grand concert of the La Stella Band on the 19th...

The Art and Entertainment section in today’s Times of Malta reports extensively on Teatru Astra’s engagement of Dimitra Theodossiou for Norma. The feature is carried also on the online portal of the news paper. Ms Theodossiou is a world-class soprano who will be singing for the first time in Malta....

(includes photos published in the magazine) The Sunday Times of Malta magazine, Sunday Circle, distributed with the 4th September edition includes a feature on the forthcoming opera season in Gozo. The introductory paragraph to the article correctly states that ‘‘as autumn sets in and the temperature...

Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono on Tuesday 30 August visited Teatru Astra where she was briefed on the works which are currently being carried out on the main stage and other facilities of the theatre. The programme of works is being financed through an Eco-Gozo project launched by the Ministry for Gozo....

Teatru Astra has this year entrusted the artistic production of Norma in the hands of Italian director Enrico Stinchelli, considered an authority in Italy in the world of opera. Stinchelli is known especially for his popular daily RAI Radio 3 programme "La Barcaccia". He has directed opera productions...

Teatru Astra's forthcoming Norma is again being featured in another reputable magazine, this time in Opera. Following the recent inclusion in the another journal Opera Now, the September edition of Opera includes an advert of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma which will be staged in Gozo on Thursday 27 and Saturday...

Teatru Astra in Gozo has managed to engage Greek soprano Dimitra Theodossiou for the title role in this year’s highly demanding opera production Norma, held on two evenings as part of the 10th edition of Festival Mediterranea. Theodossiou is regarded as the next great Norma after the legendary Maria...

The August-September edition of the renowned magazine Opera Now features prominently, on its first pages, a full-colour page advert of Teatru Astra's forthcoming opera: Norma, which will be staged on 27 and 29 October 2011. The advert includes reference to the 10th edition of Festival Mediterranea which...

Teatru Astra has recently lauched the programme for the tenth edition of the festival which can be viewed on the Events section of this website. Festival Mediterranea uncovers the island of Gozo in all its aspects and offers all that Gozo boasts of in the cultural and artistic arena. Opera. Classical...