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Productions of Bizet's Carmen and flamenco have been closely associated with each other for over a Century. The gypsy protagonist is often depicted as a flamenco performer herself, and it has become commonplace to associate Bizet's score with aspects of flamenco. This however, only developed gradually,...

Georges Bizet's opera highlights two character types: the femme fatale, and the sentimental heroine. Carmen, the beautiful yet daring and elusive gypsy who seduces Don Jose is the former, opposed by Micaela, young, naive and trusting, while also emotionally involved with Don Jose. Carmen is the perfect...

By 1875, Georges Bizet's reputation was firmly established, and thus he opened his latest work, Carmen, at the Opera Comique with all due justifiable confidence. His subject: a rebellious tobacco factory worker in early 19 th -century Seville playing loose with lovers and the law, finally paying with...

FM Theatre Productions & Teatru Astra proudly present - Jack and The Beanstalk - A Rock 'n Roll Panto at Teatru Astra this Christmas! This is not only a Panto BUT a ROCK 'n ROLL Panto and Jack and The Beanstalk will be the first ever Rock 'n Roll panto in Malta and Gozo. The adventures of Jack and...

Teatru Astra is proud to announce its 6th thrilling musical: THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Set against the terrifying rise of the Third Reich and based on the true story of the Von Trapp family's escape from Austria across the Alps, this uplifting story of a young postulant who falls in love with stern but ultimately...

The La Stella Band will once again rock the city on June 4th 2022. Gozo's capital, La Stella's home, will proudly host its musicians in the former's main square for the 7th edition of the much-awaited RockAstra, under the fiery direction of the ever-dynamic Sigmund Mifsud. A solid setlist and an arresting...

The project Identity of an Island - Gozo: Art between Past and Present, currently reaching its final stages, aims to wed contemporary art and art history to the identity of Gozo. Selected artists around Malta and Gozo and beyond are currently completing their projects, which will be installed around...

Teatru Astra wishes to inform its esteemed patrons that the opera Carmen, which was last year rescheduled to October 2021 is yet again being postponed, now to the 27 and 29 October 2022. Such a decision matured after due consideration of the current restrictions applicable to theatres was given, which...

Teatru Astra, in Victoria, Gozo, is currently involved in the production of the scenography for Pietro Mascagani's Cavelleria Rusticana which will be produced by Coro Lirico Siciliano. In a few weeks' time, the scenography will be exported to Sicily where it will be used on four separate operatic productions....

Following a lengthy review of the unfolding situation driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, and after holding the necessary consultations with the authorities, Teatru Astra has reached the decision to postpone the Opera Carmen which was scheduled on the 29 and 31 October 2020. The same production is now...