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Ljubljana’s opera and ballet announces diverse 2021/2022 season

Ljubljana – The SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, a leading national opera and ballet theatre, has produced a diverse 2021/2022 season headlined Long Live Opera and Ballet, the opera’s artistic director Marko Hribernik says. It brings music by Russian greats Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, Italian composers Donizetti and Bellini and France’s Gounod.

Arnold Newman Retrospective in Bulgaria will Expose 55 Original Works

The first Arnold Newman retrospective in Bulgaria will expose 55 original works. Arnold Newman (1918-2006) is widely renowned for pioneering and popularizing the environmental portrait. With his method of portraiture, he placed his sitters in surroundings representative of their professions, aiming to capture the essence of an individual's life and work.

Prince Ivan and the Firebird | Athens | To January 3

Thodoris Abazis has composed a new piece for the Greek National Opera's program for children that is based on the Russian fairy tale that inspired Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Firebird." Aimed at 5- to 12-year-olds, "Prince Ivan and the Firebird" (in Greek) tells the story of a young prince trying to prove his worth to his father the tsar, while also learning a few valuable life lessons along

Christmas shows for the whole family at the Greek National Opera!

The Greek National Opera promises to make this festive season even more magical for parents and their kids traveling to Athens with two amazing children’s shows that are certain to entertain and delight the whole family.

These are the performances the Greek National Opera (GNO) will be bringing to young audiences before, during and right after the Christmas holidays and the New Year:

Bolshoi Live | Athens | March 19

The Athens Concert Hall will be live-streaming the Bolshoi Ballet's new production, "A Contemporary Evening," on Sunday, March 19, starting at 5 p.m. The show comprises a triptych of works by three masters of modern and contemporary choreography, Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander and Alexei Ratmansky, to music by Igor Stravinsky, Carl Czerny and Leonid Desyatnikov.

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