Aspendos Festival

Antalya, one of he most beautiful tourism centers, is hosting the 19th Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival. In 2012, the festival will be held in June and September.

All events will be at Aspendos: A unique historical theater that has survived for more than 2000 years and has a 10000-person capacity and acoustic formation.

Performances starts at 21:00 in June and 20:30 in September.

Ticket sales are made at the offical web page of the institution.

Please note seats are unnumbered and all performances begin at 21:00, except the concert of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra which will begin at 21:30.

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Program
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Turandot (G. Puccini)
Three-act opera
Izmir State Opera and Ballet

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Rigoletto (G. Verdi)
Three-act opera
Estonia National Opera
 
Monday, June 25, 2012
Prince Igor (A. Borodin)
Four-act opera
Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
 
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Love and Death
Two-act ballet
Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

Saturday, June 30, 2012
La Traviata (G. Verdi)
Three-act opera
South Korea – Daegu Opera
Antalya State Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Chorus

Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Zorba (M. Theodorakis)
Two-act ballet
Mersin-Samsun State Opera and Ballet

Monday, September 3, 2012
Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini)
Three-act opera
China – Beijing Opera
Samsun State Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti)
Three-act pera
Antalya State Opera and Ballet

Monday, September 10, 2012
Swan Lake (P. Tchaikovsky)
Two-act ballet
Turkish State Opera and Ballet Companies

Saturday, September 15, 2012
Tannhauser (R. Wagner)
Three-act opera
Ankara State Opera and Ballet

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