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Opera season coming up! The 13th edition of Your Gozo Guide published by Arkadia Marketing Ltd naturally gives prominence to what is arguably one of Malta's most glamourous nights, the opera in Gozo. The main editorial feature in this publication entitled Andiamo all' Opera! gives due prominence to...

Teatru Astra has just released three new posters in the run up to the ninth edition of Festival Mediterranea. A second version of the opera La Traviata poster, a poster detailing the heritage events happening in this year’s edition of the festival and another which includes the full programme of event...

Teatru Astra is currently hosting Marco Gandini’s assistants; Mauro Tinti and Luca Canfora, ahead of the opera La Traviata of the next 28 and 30 October. Marco Gandini, whose much acclaimed CV includes many years of assistance to world-renowned Franco Zeffirelli has been entrusted by Teatru Astra with...

ACT 1 In their tiny abysmal one-room attic apartment in Paris' Latin Quarter, the painter Marcello and his poet friend Rodolfo tear pages from Rodolfo's latest literary work and throw them into the small stove, hoping to keep the fire burning long enough to make it through the cold Christmas Eve night.Their...

Whilst preparations for the 2010 festival and opera are in full swing, Teatru Astra’s corporate festival website is geared to keep the regular visitors posted with all the developments and media releases on La Traviata and all the other festival events. Very recently, the gallery in Opera Productions...

Centre Stage Dance Academy’s forthcoming 'scheduled on13th of November 2010 is set to be yet another great attraction in the next edition of following the resounding success of ‘Unforgettable’ in the last edition of the festival. The image and poster of the 2010 show has just been released and a promotional...

Festival Mediterranea and Teatru Astra’s 2010 opera, La Traviata, feature prominently in the The Maltese Islands Events Calendar Highlights 2010 a publication by the Malta Tourism Authority intended to serve as a guide to the main events happening during 2010 in Malta and Gozo.This glossy and attractive...

Teatru Astra just published an information booklet which is a comprehensive guide to all the events of the forthcoming Festival Mediterranea.The ninth edition of the festival which will kicks off on Thursday 28 October will run until Saturday 27 November. The attractive handy publication includes the...

Kenneth Zammit Tabona speaks to opera director Marco Gandini whose CV reads like an operatic Almanach de Gotha and whom the Astra Theatre in Victoria have entrusted with their October production of Verdi's La Traviata. I simply love speaking with artists who are passionate about their work. When the...

Centre Stage Dance Academy is back!! This time with a new dance show entitled 'Truly Unforgettable' which will celebrate both the timeless songs of the past as well as the great renowned songs of the present. 'Truly Unforgettable' which will yet again be under the artistic direction of Natalie Sciortino...