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Artist John L Grima (left) presents the original painting, commissioned by Teatru Astra for the poster of the upcoming opera production Norma, to Paul Zammit, President of Socjetà Filarmonika La Stella. In this painting, John Grima is inspired by the story revolving around the strong and determined Druid...

The organizing committee of Festival Meditarranea would like to announce that two good restaurants in Victoria Gozo will be open, both before and after the opera Norma on Thursday 27th October and on Saturday 29th October. These two restaurants are Patrick's Tmun in Europe Street (Tel:21566667 email:...

Dimitra Theodossiou, the soprano engaged by Teatru Astra for the upcoming Norma title-role, is one of only a handful worldwide who is already a legend in her own time. She is internationally hailed by critics and opera reviewers for the ravishing quality of her vocal timbre, her exquisite interpretative...

Students 25 years old or under may benefit from heavily specially discounted tickets offered by Teatru Astra of Gozo for the upcoming opera production Norma, held at the same theatre on Thursday 27th and Saturday 29th October 2011. The Teatru Astra is once again repeating this scheme to enable students...

Often labelled as the ‘Hamlet’ of Italian opera with the title role bearing one of the most difficult soprano roles in the bel canto Italian opera repertoire, it is no wonder that Norma is not so regularly performed. Composed by Vincenzo Bellini when he was only 30 years of age, and first performed...

The Times of Malta today, 13 October 2011 carries a noteworthy feature on the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea. The piece which is also available on the popular online news portal timesofmalta.com features in the Life - Arts and Entertainment section of the news paper and is accompanied by a beautiful...

Young Maltese Tenor, Cliff Zammit Stevens will be singing his very first opera at Teatru Astra in the forthcoming Norma, where he will be interpreting the role of Flavio. Cliff Zammit Stevens described as having an ”absolutely ethereal voice and knows instinctively what to do with his voice” by the...

On Saturday morning Teatru Astra welcomed Prime Minster Dr Lawrence Gonzi who visited the theatre and met the committee and volunteers in the run-up to the double production of Norma which kick-starts the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea on 27 October 2011. The Prime Minister and his entourage...

Italian tenor Antonino Interisano will be making a welcome return to Teatru Astra to sing the part of Pollione in the Norma on Thursday 27 and Satruday 29 October 2011. Antonino who is no-new comer to the patrons of the Teatru Astra was the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto (Teatru Astra, 2009) and...

Following the offical launch of the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea at the Bank of Valletta operations centre in Malta earlier this last week, the local media reported extensivley the first of a series of media releases that Teatru Astra is planning in the run up to the festiva,l which kick starts...