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Following the acclaimed success of last Saturday's spectacular concert at Teatru Astra, today's Sunday Times of Malta (20 February 2011) carries a note worthy piece and photo of the concert. Music from the movies A evening of popular film soundtracks and musicals released over the past 50 years was recently...

The influential Italian magazine "l'opera" in its first edition this year published a review of Teatru Astra's latest opera production, La Traviata, held on the 28 and 30 October 2010 as part of the ninth edition of Festival Mediterranea. Opera reviewer Andrea Merli marveled at the high level of the...

Several soundtracks from popular films will come to life during the concert ‘SoundtracksAlive: music from the movies!’ being held at Teatru Astra in Victoria, Gozo on Saturday 12February. The concert, entrance to which is free of charge, sees the involvement of mostmembers of the La Stella Philharmonic...

The committees of the La Stella Philharmonic Society AD1863 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. 24-12-2010

What a show!That’s why Festival Mediterranea is a breakthrough in the making of high culture, and not only on the local scene!It does not restrain itself just to opera or a band concert.The organisers’ decision to include a massive scale dance show as one of the Festival’s event has been more than just...

It can rightly be said that 40 years ago, when Joseph Vella was installed at the helm of the La Stella Band, he started at the top and worked his way up….taking the band with him, and the La Stella Society as well! On Saturday 20th November, the numerous patrons and admirers at the comfortable, client–friendly...

An evening of folklore with the participation of four groups from Gozo, Italy, Portugaland the Czech Republic will bring to a close the ninth edition of Festival Mediterranea,organised by volunteers at Teatru Astra to celebrate local culture. Saturday 27th November’s folklore evening, entitled L-Ghabex...

R Wagner Overture - Rienzi (1813-1883) Wagner’s life journeys from the heights of Romanticism to the movement’s supreme crisis that he himself orchestrates.His musical language overturns all the accepted concepts of harmony as it points to the beginnings of the post-Romantic period and beyond.His...

A new composition Ludus Tonalis by Prof. Mro. Joseph Vella will be premiered during the Annual Grand Concert by La Stella Philharmonic Band (established in 1863), on Saturday 20 November at Teatru Astra. The concert is another event being held as part of the ninth edition of Festival Mediterranea, and...

On Saturday, 6 November 2010, the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia must have been glad to welcome a very large audience, comprising visitors, expatriates and locals, who gathered to listen to the La Stella Brass Ensemble as well as a host of truly worthy soloists. The La Stella Brass Ensemble consists of...