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The tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea, an annual festival of culture, featuring opera, music, dance, history and archaeology, local crafts, food and wine, and art, will be launched in the coming weeks. Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma takes pride of place in this year's programme of events, with a double...

Light designer Ismael Portelli and Nexos Lighting have been awarded the 2011 Excellence Award at the International Prolight and Sound Fair in Germany, an international competition for the best lighting design in concerts held throughout the world during 2010. An Italian company, leader in the provision...

The Opera Productions section of this website has recently been updated to include the gallery of the latest La Traviata, produced at Teatru Astra on 29 and 31 October 2010. This gallery is effectively an online showcase of the recent operas held at Teatru Astra. The administration of this website will...

Following the acclaimed success of last Saturday's spectacular concert at Teatru Astra, today's Sunday Times of Malta (20 February 2011) carries a note worthy piece and photo of the concert. Music from the movies A evening of popular film soundtracks and musicals released over the past 50 years was recently...

The influential Italian magazine "l'opera" in its first edition this year published a review of Teatru Astra's latest opera production, La Traviata, held on the 28 and 30 October 2010 as part of the ninth edition of Festival Mediterranea. Opera reviewer Andrea Merli marveled at the high level of the...

Several soundtracks from popular films will come to life during the concert ‘SoundtracksAlive: music from the movies!’ being held at Teatru Astra in Victoria, Gozo on Saturday 12February. The concert, entrance to which is free of charge, sees the involvement of mostmembers of the La Stella Philharmonic...

The committees of the La Stella Philharmonic Society AD1863 and Festival Mediterranea wish to extend the best wishes for a blessed Christmas and prosperous new year to all friends, patrons, sponsors and volunteers of Teatru Astra. 24-12-2010

What a show!That’s why Festival Mediterranea is a breakthrough in the making of high culture, and not only on the local scene!It does not restrain itself just to opera or a band concert.The organisers’ decision to include a massive scale dance show as one of the Festival’s event has been more than just...

It can rightly be said that 40 years ago, when Joseph Vella was installed at the helm of the La Stella Band, he started at the top and worked his way up….taking the band with him, and the La Stella Society as well! On Saturday 20th November, the numerous patrons and admirers at the comfortable, client–friendly...

An evening of folklore with the participation of four groups from Gozo, Italy, Portugaland the Czech Republic will bring to a close the ninth edition of Festival Mediterranea,organised by volunteers at Teatru Astra to celebrate local culture. Saturday 27th November’s folklore evening, entitled L-Ghabex...