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Athens-Epidaurus Festival |
 Website: http://www.greekfestival.gr Date: May 12 to September 12, 2010 Country: Greece The Festival is held annually at ancient theatres, halls and museums, in the historic cities of Athens and Epidaurus. It has a diverse programme across various artistic disciplines, including classical music. In the 2010 edition, young conductor Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, to present works by Beethoven and Stravinsky. Under the baton of Daniele Gatti, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will play Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor. Turkish pianist Fazil Say will team up with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, to deliver his own composition, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 “The Silk Road”, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor. Trumpeter Alison Balsom will join the Greek-Turkish Youth Orchestra, to interpret Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat major by Haydn. L'isola disabitata, an opera by the Austrian composer, will be brought to the audience by the Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra. The spotlight will also be on Dora Bakopoulou, Vassilis Varvaresos, Les Arts Florissants, Orchestra of Colours, and others.  |
Glyndebourne Opera Festival |
 Website: http://www.glyndebourne.com Date: May 20 to August 29, 2010 Country: United Kingdom Established in 1934 and supervised by the Christie family, the Glyndebourne Festival Opera is held annually at the Glyndebourne House in East Sussex. It is renowned for producing the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as the major resident orchestra. Since the 1990s, operatic works of other composers have also been included, and the repertoire has been expanding. In the 76th edition of the Festival to be held this year, six operas will be presented. There will be two novel productions, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten. The remaining four are revivals of previous acclaimed performances, including Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Verdi’s Macbeth. Study events are available for the two newly launched productions, coming along with a series of pre-performance talks, and a family event for discovering the operatic components of the fairy tale opera Hänsel und Gretel, one of the works that will be staged. |
Opera Holland Park |
 Website: http://www.operahollandpark.com Date: June 1 to August 14, 2010 Country: United Kingdom Opera Holland Park is an annual festival established in 1996, with performances staged under a temporary canopy in Holland Park, west central London. Since 2004, the City of London Sinfonia is the resident orchestra. The Festival aims to raise the artistic standard of operas, and introduces both renowned classics and works from the verismo repertoire. A Free Ticket Scheme is offering 1,200 public performance tickets to youngsters aged 9 to 18 years old, for their initiation to opera. A series of new productions will be presented this year, including Don Giovanni by Mozart with Nicholas Garrett in the title role; Bizet’s famous opéra comique Carmen; Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande; and La forza del destino by Verdi. The spotlight will also be on Fantastic Mr. Fox, a magical opera for children and families. |
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