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In the recent days, Teatru Astra and the Parliamentary Secretary for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Active Ageing Dr. Justyne Caruana, have announced a joint initiative whereby free tickets will be made available to eldery people. The secretariat has infact purchased a number of opera tickets...

Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco, an opera in four acts composed in 1841 to Temistocle Solera’s Italian libretto, is considered to be the work which permanently established Verdi's reputation as a composer. In his own words, it is the opera “with which my artistic career really begins and, though I had many...

Teatru Astra, together with the support of BOV are proud to announce the 13th edition of Festival Mediterranea, with a series of concerts and events to be held between 23 October and 24 November 2014. Festival Mediterranea is a unique endeavour and the only festival of its kind on the Maltese islands,...

Teatru Astra proudly announces the cast for the two performances of Verdi's Nabucco on Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 October 2014. It will be exactly 20 years after it was performed at the same theatre that a new and exciting production will be put on at the Astra with a formidable cast leading the way. As...

The Sunday Times of Malta of 17 November 2013 publishes a letter from Denise Gallandat-Di Grazia from Arcondiel in Switzerland. The letter which is full of praise for Teatru Astra's recent Otello is being reproduced in full below. I have been organising trips aimed at opera lovers for more than 10 years,...

Festival Mediterranea's Mattia Preti tour which took place last Saturday 9 November received an excellent review on the Malta Independent on Sunday of the 10 November. The article was penned by Editor Noel Grima who attend the tour which was led by Mark Sagona. The full piece is being reproduced below. Mattia...

The Opera Productions page of this website has been updated with the photo gallery of the Otello, the latest opera held at Teatru Astra on the 24 and 26 October - during the twelfth edition of Festival Mediterranea. Otello which was conducted by Prof Joseph Vella and directed by Italian director Enrico...

The twelfth edition of Festival Mediterranea comes to a close on Saturday 16 November with the Annual Grand Symphonic Concert by La Stella Philharmonic. The concert, which starts at 7.30pm, will be held at Teatru Astra. Entrance to the event is free of charge. The symphonic concert brings together a...

To mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the great Calabrian artist Mattia Preti (1613-99), the organizers of the Mediterranea Festival, now in its 12th edition, have invited artist and art historian Mark Sagona, who is also a Ph.D. candidate and visiting lecturer in the Department of History of...

Teatru Astra has just launched the Friends of the Teatru Astra. For an annual subscription of €20 the members of the group will receive a copy of the DVD of the opera amongst other benefits. Being part and parcel of a voluntary organization, the Socjeta' Filarmonika La Stella, the Teatru Astra depends...