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Otello, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s latest masterpieces, is Teatru Astra’s choice this year to kick off the next theatre season in October as it opens the twelfth edition of Festival Mediterranea, the programme of which is currently being finalised. This year being the two hundredth anniversary of the birth...

On Thursday 9th May, Teatru Astra is hosting an international opera studio production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte.Mozart is a favourite for many opera lovers and so Cosi fan tutte promises to be a pleasant night out for many of our patrons. Cosi fan tutte starts at 7.30pm. This production is being put...

Dear bandsmen, members of La Stella Society and supporters, For the past eighty years, 1863 has been recognised as the founding year of the La Stella Philharmonic Society. Throughout the years, numerous writings and claims have been made about the origins of the La Stella Society. These were proffered...

Last year's RIO at Teatru Astra by the YADA Dance Academies, Gozo and Tarxien together with the College of Dance was a phenomenal success with a sell out. The same three schools are this year collaborating again and building on last year's show with a new performance at Teatru Astra on Saturday the 6...

Pianist Nicholas McCarthy dazzled his audience with a series of works for the piano arranged for the left hand only, in a concert held on the 3 of November 2012, during the eleventh edition of Festival Mediterranea. The Sunday Times of Malta of 30 December2012 carries an extensive review by Albert Storace...

The committees of the La Stella Philharmonic Society 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. The committeed support and collaboration of all will make 2013, yet another eventful...

The Għaqda Armar Festa San Ġorġ, a branch within the La Stella Philharmonic Society, in collaboration with the management of the Teatru Astra, will be the proud host of Miliedfest - The La Stella Grand Christmas Show, to be staged at the Teatru Astra on Saturday, December 22 at 8.00pm. The show features...

M. Rózsa (1907 – 1995) Quo Vadis? (Sound Track)Film music is a genre that is attractive as it is elusive to articulate and describe verbally. Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa is well-known for his wonderful music that he composed as sound tracks for such epics as Ben Hur, Julius Caesar and many many...

New composition to be premièred during the concert The eleventh edition of Festival Mediterranea comes to a close on Saturday 17 November with the Annual Grand Symphonic Concert by La Stella Philharmonic Band (AD 1863), during which a local composition will be premièred. The concert, which starts at...

The eleventh edition of Festival Mediterranea is on again this Saturday (10 November) with an onsite lecture will focus on the art of Malta's greatest artist at the turn of the 20th century, through a selection of works in the churches of Gozo. The lecture will discuss the nature of Calì's art and the...