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After a stream of six weeks of continuous cultural events, Festival Mediterranea is heading towards its end. Reaching its peak with the much lauded production of Donizetti's masterpiece 'Lucia di Lammermoor', the festival will be ending with some of the most popular concert pieces from a wide range of...

Love knocks unbidden: the result is La Traviata! Gabriele D'Annunzio's telegraphic phrase about Verdi, "colui che pianse ed amò per tutti" (he wept and loved for all), sums up in a nutshell the Maestro's genius and flair. D'Annunzio's telling phrase, himself no newcomer to love and tears, says...

We caught up with mezzo-soprano Marvic Monreal, to give us an insight into her career and her participation in Teatru Astra's Lucia di Lamermoor. Welcome to the Astra. We're absolutely delighted to have you here. It is always our pleasure and our mission to promote young local talent and rising stars.Thank...

The very last preparations are underway for the curtain to rise on Festival Mediterranea 2017 - the sixteenth edition of this annual celebration of high culture that again turns all eyes on our island's artistic bonanza. The Festival kicks off on Thursday, the 26th of October, with the first of two renditions...

Teatru Astra has just announced its latest educational initiative, 'Behind the Opera Curtain', a free workshop featuring the artistic and music directors from Teatru Astra's forthcoming production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Aimed at opera lovers and patrons of the Astra residing in Malta, singers and students,...

This October, Teatru Astra will be organizing the 16th edition of Festival Mediterranea. The highlight will be the tragic opera in three acts Lucia di Lammermoor that returns to the Astra after an absence of 29 years. This was announced during a press conference held at BOV Centre in Santa Venera and...

Teatru Astra is proud to announce a top tier cast for the upcoming Donizetti's all-time favourite Lucia di Lamermoor. Lucia will be interpreted by Serenad Uyar whose outstanding rich-timbered voice, commanding impressive reserves of strength and a nobility of emission, and an impeccable intonation have...

Teatru Astra is proud to announce the musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar' for March 2018 – a highlight in the 50th anniversary celebrations of Teatru Astra. The theatre opened up its doors to the public in January 1968. Jesus Christ Superstar is the third consecutive musical being staged by Teatru Astra,...

In preparation for the production of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor on the 26 and 28 October 2017, Teatru Astra is extending an invitation to all those who may be interested in participating in the opera. Teatru Astra will be considering applications for interested persons to form part of the chorus for...

Lucia di Lamermoor is making a very welcome and much awaited for return to the Teatru Astra boards after almost 30 years. One of the flagships of the bel canto golden age, Lucia has enthralled and enraptured audiences since its premiere at Naples' Teatro San Carlo in 1835. Enjoying almost cult status,...