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Teatru Astra has announced further details about its forthcoming musical Evita, including an added third show on Sunday 2 April - following unprecedented demand for tickets - underlining the local audience's keen interest in Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical, which has topped box-offices since...

Teatru Astra has announced the principal cast for the upcoming musical Evita scheduled for this March. Evita follows the tour-de-force experience in Grease last April - the first ever-live musical produced at Teatru Astra. Cathy Lawlor will star in the iconic role of Eva Peron opposite the local tenor...

The Teatru Astra is pleased to announce that during this festive season it is offering its esteemed patrons a 15% discount on a selected number of tickets for the forthcoming production of EVITA, due to be staged on the 25th and the 31st of March. Just like last April's Grease, EVITA promises to be another...

Less than a fortnight after having enjoyed Carmen at the Aurora Opera House, I was back just up the road for the first of two performances of Astra Opera House's production of Aida. Considered as Verdi's only really grand opera, it is full of spectacle and colour, both vocal and instrumental. It is rich...

The Annual Grand Symphonic Concert by La Stella Philharmonic, scheduled for Saturday 19th November, will bring to a fitting end the fifteenth successful edition of Festival Mediterranea. The concert, which starts at 8.00pm, will be held at Teatru Astra. Entrance to the event is free of charge. The symphonic...

The signs were all there. It was more than obvious that with such a gilt-edged cast, a choral mass of singular distinction, an artistic director with a flair for innovation, a seasoned conductor second to none and a superb scenic artist with his fine honed team, this Aida was going places. It just did! The...

A premise: As everyone knows, Verdi never set foot in Egypt. The handsome commission to the tune of 150.000 francs, a considerable sum in those days, by the Regent Ismail Pascia', could not lure him to Egypt! Verdi composed Aida in the safety of his home, wryly justifying his decision to stay away from...

This weekend, Teatru Astra showcases the highlight of its artistic calendar, with two performances of Verdi's grand opera Aida on Thursday 27th and Saturday 29th October. This will be the third time that Astra will be producing this opera, the first time being in 1988. A luxury cast has been selected...

It is common knowledge that the production of opera at Gozo's Teatru Astra enjoys a well-established tradition of excellence, with the engagement of an internationally renowned cast, a fantastic opera chorus, imposing sets and scenery, outstanding costumes and spectacular lights. There is a strong educational...

Teatru Astra proudly announces the opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor, a tragic opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti on the 26 and 28 October 2017. The opera was produced at the same Teatru Astra way back in February 1988. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts...