Teatro Colón 2010 Season

The Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires has presented its program for the 2010 Season. After three years of restoration works, the companies will return to the theater's concert hall, that will be inaugurated on May 25th, 2010, with a Reopening Gala in celebration of the May Revolution Bicentenary. The 2010 Season will feature great figures as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta Paloma Herrera, and Yo-Yo Ma.

The complete 2010 program is composed as follows:

REOPENING GALA

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

The Swan Lake (Act III, selection)

Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovski

Choreography: Marius Petipa

Musical direction: Javier Logioia Orbe

Ballet directed by Lidia Segni. Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra

La Boheme (Act II)

Music: Giacomo Puccini

Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Musical direction: Stefano Ranzani

Stage Direction, Scenography direction, lighting and wordrobe: Hugo de Ana

Invited Chorus Director: Antonio Domenighini

Children's Choir Director: Valdo Sciammarella

Main stars: Virginia Tola, Nicole Cabell, Marius Manea, Marco Caria, Denis Sedov

Teatro Colón Orchestra

Teatro Colón Choir

Teatro Colón Children's Choir

OPERA:

La Boheme

Music: Giacomo Puccini

Musical Direction: Stefano Ranzani

May 26, 28, and 30

June 1, 4, and 6

Don Giovanni

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Musical Direction: John Neschling

July 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, and 25

Manon

Music: Jules Massenet

Musical Direction: Philippe Auguin

August 10, 13, 15, and 17

Kátia Kabanová

Music: Leos Janacek

Musical Direction: György Rath

September 21, 24, 26, and 28

A Florentine Tragedy

Music: Alexander von Zemlinsky

Libretto: Oscar Wilde

Violanta

Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Libretto: Hans Müller-Einigen

Musical Direction: Stefan Lano

October 12, 15, 17, and 19

Falstaff

Music: Giuseppe Verdi

Musical Direction: Marco Guidarini

November 27 and 30. December 3 and 5

BALLET:

Manon

Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan

Music: Jules Massenet

June 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, and 27

Tema y Variaciones

Choreography: George Balanchine

Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovski

Variaciones Donizetti

Choreography: George Balanchine

Music: Gaetano Donizetti

Séptima sinfonía

Choreography: Vittorio Biagi

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven

September 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

El Corsario

Choreography: Anne Marie Holmes

Music: Riccardo Drigo, Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leon Minkus, Leo Delibes

With Paloma Herrera (ABT) and Marcelo Gomes (ABT)

October 29, 30, and 31 / November 3, 5, 6, and 7

La Bayadera

Choreography: Natalia Makarova

Music: Leon Minkus - John Lanchberry

With Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet) and David Hallberg (ABT)

December 17, 18, 19, 21, and 22

CONCERTS:

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Maestro Enrique Arturo Diemecke, will offer a series of 18 concerts every Thursday at 8 pm, starting on June 3, 2010. The invited directors will be Alejo Pérez, Rosen Milanov, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Eiji Oue, Ilan Volkov, Giancarlo Guerrero, Shi-Yeon Sung and Günther Neuhold. Click here to see the complete program.

ABONO DEL BICENTENARIO (BICENTENARY CONCERTS)

A total of 8 concerts that will get together some of the most resounding figures in the season: Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta and Yo-Yo Ma.

Friday, June 11, 8 pm:

Yo-Yo Ma, violonchelo

Kathryn Stott, piano

Tuesday, August 24, 8 pm:

András Schiff, piano

Wednesday, August 25, 8 pm:

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Director: Daniel Barenboim

Sunday, August 17 - Monday, August 30 - Tuesday, August 31, 8 pm:

Teatro Alla Scala de Milán Orchestra and Choir

Director: Daniel Barenboim

Tuesday, September 14, 8 pm:

Karin Lechner / Sergio Tiempo, Pianos

Friday, October 1, 8 pm:

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Director: Zubin Mehta

Friday, November 26, 8 pm:

Concert of the Bicentenaries

Director: Enrique Arturo Diemecke

Seasons tickets on sale through www.tuentrada.com. For more information, visit Teatro Colon official website.