IDOB Orchestra

Rossini's ‘Mehmet II’ opera to premiere at AKM

One of the most important operas about Turks, "Mehmet II (Maometto II)" by Gioachino Rossini, one of the most important composers of romantic-era opera, and librettist Cesare della Valle, will be premiered by the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) at the Atatürk Cultural Center - Türk Telekom Opera Hall on Feb. 24.

'Sylvia' at Süreyya Opera

The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) has chosen a mythological piece for this season?s first classic ballet premier.

?Syliva,? the mythological love story uniting the huntress Sylvia and a lovelorn shepherd with the divine intervention of the deity Eros was first choreographed by Louis Merante to music by Leo Delibes in Paris in 1786.