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Preparations are running in full swing by the La Stella Band ahead of its annual musical highlight – the Grand Concert which will bring to an end the tenth edition of Festival Mediterranea on 19 November 2011.The band resumed its rehearsals at the Giuseppe Giardini Hall at the La Stella Band Club three...

Teatru Astra, in collaboration with Bank of Valletta, launched the tenth edition of the Festival Mediterranea, a month long celebration of Art and Culture in the heart of Gozo. This year’s festival, presenting a programme of varied cultural events, from opera to food and wine, will be held between the...

Major refurbishment works on the stage of Teatru Astra have been concluded in the past days. The works, which were partly sponsored by an Eco-Gozo project financed by the Ministry for Gozo, involved the re-alignment of the wooden stage, the upgrade of storage back stage facilities and further improvements...

The newly revampled Let's Gozo magazine, published by the Gozo Tourisim Association and which was circulated with the Sunday Times of Malta of 18 September 2011, carries out an extensive feature on Gozo's opera houses and the forthcoming opera at Teatru Astra, arguably, one of the most glamorous nights...

Teatru Astra has teamed up with Action in an effort to consolidate it’s ticketing selling and distribution system ahead of the forthcoming Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma scheduled on the 27 and 29 October and Festival Mediterranea which runs until the 19 of November. Action is a Maltese internet-based repository...

Teatru Astra has recently published an information booklet which is a comprehensive guide to the Festival. The tenth edition of the festival kicks off on Thursday 29 October with the premier of Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma and ends in style with the Annual Grand concert of the La Stella Band on the 19th...

The Art and Entertainment section in today’s Times of Malta reports extensively on Teatru Astra’s engagement of Dimitra Theodossiou for Norma. The feature is carried also on the online portal of the news paper. Ms Theodossiou is a world-class soprano who will be singing for the first time in Malta....

(includes photos published in the magazine) The Sunday Times of Malta magazine, Sunday Circle, distributed with the 4th September edition includes a feature on the forthcoming opera season in Gozo. The introductory paragraph to the article correctly states that ‘‘as autumn sets in and the temperature...

Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono on Tuesday 30 August visited Teatru Astra where she was briefed on the works which are currently being carried out on the main stage and other facilities of the theatre. The programme of works is being financed through an Eco-Gozo project launched by the Ministry for Gozo....

Teatru Astra has this year entrusted the artistic production of Norma in the hands of Italian director Enrico Stinchelli, considered an authority in Italy in the world of opera. Stinchelli is known especially for his popular daily RAI Radio 3 programme "La Barcaccia". He has directed opera productions...