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The three main singers in this year’s Teatru Astra opera production, Madama Butterfly, make an excellent cast and one which opera patrons in Malta have never seen locally together before. Soprano Daniela Dessì, tenor Fabio Armiliato and baritone Carlo Guelfi have together graced many important opera...

Bank of Valletta is supporting the 11th edition of Festival Mediterranea, a celebration of art and culture in the heart of Gozo, organised by Teatru Astra, the highlight of which will be the opera “Madama Butterfly”. This year’s festival will be held between the 25th October and the 17th November and...

Teatru Astra has recently published an information booklet which is a comprehensive guide to the Festival. The eleventh edition of the festival kicks off on Thursday 25 October with the premier of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. This handy publication includes the full programme of events, the respective...

Tango is a peculiar phenomenon, fascinating, enticing, and full of passion. For many, the very way of living, being ritually transported into their very reason of existing... That creed of intense burning of the entire inward nature has deeply impressed the author, Romanianmezzo-soprano Oana Andra, who...

Dear Patrons as you might have read earlier this year, we have managed to secure none other than soprano Daniela Dessì for the title role in this year's Madama Butterfly, to be held on the 25th and 27th October at 7.30pm. Dessì will be leading a cast of international repute including, amongst others,...

The forthcoming eleventh edition of Festival Mediterranea, an annual festival of culture, featuring opera, music, dance, history and archaeology, local crafts, food and wine, and art, has been launched by Teatru Astra. Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly takes pride of place in this year's programme of...

World class singer Daniela Dessì will be taking on the leading role in this October’s Teatru Astra production of Madama Butterfly, held on the 25th and 27th October as part of the 11th edition of Festival Mediterranea. Ms Dessì, who has graced the stages of top theatres including La Scala in Milan, Teatro...

Today's Sunday Times of Malta carries out extensive coverage on Teatru Astra's latest opera star engagement. The piece, which also features a photo of Daniela Dessi is titled Iron Lady of Opera. We are reproducing the full interview below. Welcomed by a “sono contentissima di venire a Gozo”, I could...

Teatru Astra has lauched the preliminary programme of events for the forthcoming edition of Festival Mediterranea. The annual festival of culture, featuring opera, music, dance, history and archaeology, local food and wine, and art, this year runs from 25 October to 17 November. The 2012 edition marks...

Internationally-acclaimed tenor and Grammy Award nominee Joseph Calleja has been appointed Malta’s first cultural ambassador. Joseph Calleja's debut happened in 1997 at Teatru Astra where he sang the role of Macduff in Guiseppe Verdi’s opera Macbeth. Besides exposing patrons to word-class singers Teatru...