Free open air Opera, Ballet and Concerts next to Teatro Colon
The Association “Teatro Colón Historical Center” presents the first Music Festival at the Vatican Square, that will be held from Thursday January 15 to Saturday February 7, 2015, always at 8 PM.
The festival, the first of its kind in our country, will consist of 11 projections of high class concerts, operas and ballets, from the best productions worldwide, that will be projected on the large high definition LED outdoor screen that is located next to Teatro Colon. Chairs for free use of the public will be installed
The complete program consists of three operas, four ballets and four concerts, with performances by Marta Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, and Zubin Mehta, and productions from Teatro Colon, Arpeggio, the Paris Opera, the Festival of Aix au Provence, the Teatro di San Carlo and Goethe Institut.
The Festival is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires.
PROGRAM
JANUARY 2015
Thursday 15: Sleeping Beauty. Ballet. Piotr I. Tchaikovski. Teatro Colón. 02:27
Friday 16: Johannes Brahms. Concert for piano Nº 1 in D minor Op. 15 Daniel Barenboim (piano); Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta 00:51
Manuel de Falla. The Three-Cornered Hat (1st Part). Elisabete Matos. Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim. 00:40
Thursday 22: Don Quixote. Ballet. Ludwig Minkus. Choreography, Rudolf Nureyev. Opéra National de Paris Orchestra. 02:26
Friday 23: Rigoletto. Opera. G. Verdi. Festival Aix au Provence (2013) 02:06. Language Italian with French subtitles.
Saturday 24: Igor Stravinsky The Firebird. ParÃs Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (ARP) 00:46
JoaquÃn Rodrigo. Concierto de Aranjuez. Cañizares (guitar); BerlÃn Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle. 00:24
Thursday 29: Dido & Aeneas. Opera. Henry Purcell. 01:38
Friday 30: Mozart Requiem. Ballet. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Choreography Boris Eifman.
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Saturday 31: Héctor Berlioz. Symphony Fantastique Op. 14 “An Episode in the Life of an Artist” BerlÃn Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons. 00:52
Maurice Ravel. Concert for piano in C major. Martha Argerich (piano);
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov. 00:23
FEBRUARY 2015
Thursday 5: Zorba the Greek. Ballet. Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Friday 6: La Traviata. Giuseppe Verdi. Opera. Orchestra and Choir of the Ópera Nacional de Paris. 02:54
Saturday 7: Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony Nº 9 Op. 125. Berlin Opera Choir; West Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim. Soloists: Angela Denoke, Waltraud Meier, Burkhard Fritz, René Pape. 01:13
FREE ENTRANCE
Location: Vatican Square. Cerrito & Viamonte (Next to Teatro Colon)
THE PROJECTIONS WILL BE CANCELED IN CASE OF RAIN
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