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An engaging, dramatic, and masterfully orchestrated masterpiece

30 August 2022

By 1875, Georges Bizet's reputation was firmly established, and thus he opened his latest work, Carmen, at the Opera Comique with all due justifiable confidence. His subject: a rebellious tobacco factory worker in early 19 th -century Seville playing loose with lovers and the law, finally paying with...

Pantomime at the Astra

12 August 2022

FM Theatre Productions & Teatru Astra proudly present - Jack and The Beanstalk - A Rock 'n Roll Panto at Teatru Astra this Christmas! This is not only a Panto BUT a ROCK 'n ROLL Panto and Jack and The Beanstalk will be the first ever Rock 'n Roll panto in Malta and Gozo. The adventures of Jack and...

BREAKING NEWS! Auditions announced for the next Teatru Astra Musical - the classic family show THE SOUND OF MUSIC

11 August 2022

Teatru Astra is proud to announce its 6th thrilling musical: THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Set against the terrifying rise of the Third Reich and based on the true story of the Von Trapp family's escape from Austria across the Alps, this uplifting story of a young postulant who falls in love with stern but ultimately...

Gozo's rock concert by the La Stella Band

29 May 2022

The La Stella Band will once again rock the city on June 4th 2022. Gozo's capital, La Stella's home, will proudly host its musicians in the former's main square for the 7th edition of the much-awaited RockAstra, under the fiery direction of the ever-dynamic Sigmund Mifsud. A solid setlist and an arresting...

Gozo's identity viewed in contemporary art project

3 May 2022

The project Identity of an Island - Gozo: Art between Past and Present, currently reaching its final stages, aims to wed contemporary art and art history to the identity of Gozo. Selected artists around Malta and Gozo and beyond are currently completing their projects, which will be installed around...

Opera Carmen being postponed again, to October 2022

18 September 2021

Teatru Astra wishes to inform its esteemed patrons that the opera Carmen, which was last year rescheduled to October 2021 is yet again being postponed, now to the 27 and 29 October 2022. Such a decision matured after due consideration of the current restrictions applicable to theatres was given, which...

Teatru Astra constructs new set for an opera in Sicily

4 August 2021

Teatru Astra, in Victoria, Gozo, is currently involved in the production of the scenography for Pietro Mascagani's Cavelleria Rusticana which will be produced by Coro Lirico Siciliano. In a few weeks' time, the scenography will be exported to Sicily where it will be used on four separate operatic productions....

Carmen postponed to October 2021

19 June 2020

Following a lengthy review of the unfolding situation driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, and after holding the necessary consultations with the authorities, Teatru Astra has reached the decision to postpone the Opera Carmen which was scheduled on the 29 and 31 October 2020. The same production is now...

The MPO premieres Sinfonia Domestica

20 January 2020

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra shall be performing Richard Strauss' masterpiece Sinfonia Domestica for the first time in Malta on Saturday 8 February at 7.30 pm at Teatru Astra in Gozo. Although the musical depiction of one's personal life was not uncommon, the work is a blatant realism of the family...

A family rock orchestral Christmas show with a difference

22 November 2019

Following a hugely successful night with the rock orchestral concerts of "QUEEN meets COLDPLAY" and "Not Just ... The WALL", The Gozo Youth Orchestra and 7SPP, with the support of Festivals Malta and Christmas in Gozo, now bring a totally new rock orchestral production to the Teatru Astra in Victoria,...