The Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires presentes its program for the 2011 Season.

OPERA

March 30, April 3, 6, 8
EL GRAN MACABRO (Le Grand Macabre)
Music: György Ligeti
Libretto: György Ligeti and Michael Meschke inspired in La ballade du grand macabre, by Michel de Ghelderode (premiere in Argentina)
Musical direction: Baldur Brönnimann
Production: La Fura dels Baus
Main characters: Chris Merrit, Roderick Earle, Wilbur Pauley, Brian Asawa, Ning Liang, Gustavo De Gennaro, Javier Galan, Susanna Andersonn, Ilse Eerens / Cecilia Layseca, Frances Bourne.
Free tickets (up to 2 per person, subject to availability) have to be picked in advance up according to the following schedule:
For the performance on March 30: From March 28
For April 3: From April 1
For April 6: From April 4
For April 8: From April 6
Ticket office: Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm, Libertad 621

May 15, 18, 20, 21, 22
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Music: Wollfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto: Emanuel Schikaneder
Musical Direction: Frédéric Chaslin
Stage Direction: Sergio Renán
Main characters: Patrick Henckens / Darío Schmunck, Lyuba Petrova / Laura Belli, Markus Werba / Luciano Garay, Aline Kutan / Fabiola Masino, Reinhard Hagen / Lucas Debevec, Osvaldo Peroni / Gabriel Centeno

June 10, 11, 12, 15, 17
IL TRITTICO
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Inspired in The divine comedy, by Dante Alighieri
Musical direction: Richard Buckley
Stage Direction and lighting: Stefano Poda
Il tabarro
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami, based on La Houppelande, by Didier Gold
Main characters: Juan Pons / Luis Gaeta, Carl Tanner, Amarilli Nizza / Haydée Dabusti, Agnes Zwierko / Alicia Cecotti
Gianni Schicchi
Libretto: Giovacchino Forzano
Main characters: Juan Pons / Luis Gaeta, Darío Schmunck, Beatriz Díaz / Eliana Bayón, Agnes Zwierko / Alicia Cecotti
Suor Angelica
Libretto: Giovacchino Forzano
Main characters: Amarilli Nizza / Virginia Wagner, Agnes Zwierko / Alejandra Malvino, Lucila Ramos Mañé, María Luján
Mirabelli, Eliana Bayón / Marina Silva

July 19, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave and Giuseppe Montanelli, revised by Arrigo Boito,
based on the same play by Antonio García Gutiérrez
Musical direction: Stefano Ranzani / Carlos Vieu
Stage Direction: José María Condemi
Main characters: Roberto Frontali / Omar Carrión, Svetla Vassileva / Virginia Wagner, Konstantin Gorny / Ernesto Morillo, Andrew Richards, Fabián Veloz / Gustavo Feulién

August 9, 12, 14, 17, 19
PELLEAS ET MESISANDE
Music: Claude Debussy
Libretto: Maurice Maeterlinck and Claude Debussy, based on the same play by Maurice Maeterlinck
Musical direction: Emmanuell Villaume
Stage Direction: Olivia Fuchs
Main characters: Markus Werba, Anne Sophie Duprels, Marc Barrard, Kurt Rydl, Fabiola Masino, Vera Cirkovic

September 20, 23, 25, 28, 30
LOHENGRIN
Music: Richard Wagner
Libretto: Richard Wagner
Musical direction: Ira Levin
Stage Direction, Set design and lighting: Roberto Oswald
Main characters: Michael Hendrick, Ann Petersen, James Johnson, Janina Beachle

October 18, 21, 26, 30
FEDRA
(World Premiere - Work commissioned by Teatro Colón)
Music: Mario Perusso (Resident composer of Teatro Colón)
Libretto: Marcelo Perusso
Musical direction: Mario Perusso
Stage Direction, Set design and wordrobe: Marcelo Perusso
Main characters: Alejandra Malvino, Marcelo Puente, Leonardo Estévez, Haydée Dabusti, Daniela Tabernig

November 29, December 2, 4, 7, 10, 11
THE MERRY WIDOW
Music: Franz Lehár
Libretto: Víctor Leon and Leo Stein, based on L´attaché d´ambassade, by Henri Meilhac
Musical direction: Gregor Bühl
Main characters: Solveig Kringelborn, Mathias Hausmann / Luciano Garay, Ditte Andersen / Laura Belli

BALLET

April 19, 20, 23, 24
NEOCLASSICAL TRILOGY 

Nuestros Valses
Choreography: Vicente Nebrada
Music: Teresa Carreño
Piano soloist: Leonardo Marconi 

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Maestro Enrique Arturo Diemecke, will offer a series of 20 concerts on Thursdays at 8:30 pm, starting on April 14, 2011 The invited directors will be: Guillermo Scarabino, Carlos Dourthe, Antoni Wit, Pavel Kogan, Maximiano Valdés, Carlos Vieu, Carlos Bertazza, José Miguel Rodilla, with the participation of the outstanding soloists: Omar Angel Frette, Cuarteto Petrus, Sasha Rozhdestvensky, Saúl Medina, Lucrecia Jancsa, Xavier Inchausti, Carla Filipcic Holm, Vadim Gluzman, Pascal Rogé, Cyprien Katsaris, Joshua Bell, Sergio Tiempo, Muza Rubackyte, Tatiana Vassilieva, Marouan Benabdallah, Horacio Lavandera, Vladimir Feltsman, Claudio Barile, Luis Ascot.
Click here to see the complete 2011 program.

The Teatro Colón Orchestra will offer concerts one Saturday of every month on May, June, July, October and December.
Click here to see the complete 2011 program. 

Domingos de Camara (Chamber Sundays): Series of FREE concerts one Sunday of every month, at 11am, by renowned Argentinian chamber groups at the main concert hall of Teatro Colon.
Free tickets must be picked up the previous Saturday and up to 2 hours before every performance. Only 2 tickets per person will be handed, limited to the theater's capacity.
Click here to see the complete 2011 program.

ABONO DEL BICENTENARIO (BICENTENARY CONCERTS): A total of 6 concerts that will get together some of the most resounding figures in the season:

The 2011 Season will come complete with a series of extraordinary concerts, the program by the CETC (Centro de Experimentacion del Teatro Colon), and ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colon).

Tickets:
Theater's box office: 
From Monday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm - (no show days).
From Monday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 8:30 pm - (show days).
Sundays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Or through:
https://www.tuentrada.com/colon/Online/

Camerata Bariloche, regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, will offer a free concert at Teatro Colon on June 6, 2010, 11 am. 

This will be the opening of a free concert series called "Domingos de Camara" (Chamber Sundays) by renowned Argentinian artists, that will take place throughout the year one Sunday of every month, at 11am, at the main concert hall of Teatro Colon.

Free tickets must be picked up 2 hours before every performance, at Libertad 621. Only 2 tickets per person will be handed, limited to the theater's capacity.

Program for 2010:

June 6

Camerata Bariloche

Fernando Hasaj, musical director

Andrés Spiller, oboe

Fernando Hasaj, violín

July 18

Cuarteto de Cuerdas Buenos Aires

Haydée Seibert, violín

Grace Medina, violín

Marcela Magin, viola

Edgardo Zollhofer, violoncello

August 15

Quinteto Filarmonico

Claudio Barile, flute

Néstor Garrote, oboe

Mariano Rey, clarinet

Fernando Chiappero, horn

Gabriel La Rocca, fagot

September 12

Nuevo Trio Argentino

Fernando Pérez, piano

Elías Gurevich, violin

Myriam Santucci, violoncello

October 17

Trio Luminar

Patricia Da Dalt, flute

Marcela Magin, viola

Lucrecia Jancsa, harp

November 7

Ensamble Instrumental de Buenos Aires

Pablo Saraví, violín

Kristine Bara, viola

Myriam Santucci, violoncello

Oscar Carnero, double bass

Claudio Barile, flute

Néstor Garrote, oboe

Mariano Rey, clarinet

Fernando Chiappero, horn

Gabriel La Rocca, fagot

Fernando Pérez, piano

December 5

Cuarteto Argentum

Oleg Pishenin, violín

Natalia Shishmonina, violín

Kristine Bara, viola

Carlos Nozzi, violoncello

For the complete programs of works that will be presented, visit Teatro Colon website.

A mega show will dazzle locals and visitors on May 24, 2010, for the Reopening of Teatro Colón, that will take place at 7 pm, before the Reopening Gala, and as part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial.

With a system never performed in Argentina, nine state-of-the-art projectors will create a film on the facade of the building with three-dimensional images and effects relating to the theater, its history and the cultural figures who performed on its stages. People will be able to watch an emotional audiovisual tribute by characters simulating interactions with ballet dancers, opera singers and musicians from the theater's companies.

The screening, known as Mapping Projection, will last for 45 minutes and will be performed on the facade on Cerrito Street (Avenida 9 de Julio), on which a large stage will be put up, and where different shows will be performed.

According to the project's technicians: "It will be an amazing show with the most innovative technology in the world. Each of the major protagonists from different disciplines will be honored and everything will be combined with poetry, great authors, stable companies, acrobats and other performers, as well as an evocation of the history of the Theater and how it has been recovered for the people".

They will travel to Europe to film personalities such as Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Maia Mikhailovna Plisétskaia and Daniel Barenboim, among others, to participate in the event.

After the show, people will be able to watch the Reopening Gala on large screens that will be placed on Libertad Steet.

Mozarteum Argentino, the private non-profit musical institution created in 1952, and one of the most important of its kind in Argentina, presents its program of concerts for the 2010 season. The concerts will be held at Teatro Coliseo until July, and at Teatro Colon from August 2010. The program of concerts includes the outstanding presentations of Johannes Moser, one of the greatest cellist of our time, and Maestro Daniel Barenboim conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
And as always, the Mozarteum continues with its series of free Midday Concerts, every Wednesday, 1 pm, at Teatro Gran Rex, Av. Corrientes 857. Click here for the complete program.

MAY, Thursday 6 and Friday 7, 8 PM
Teatro Coliseo
DRESDEN PHILLARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Soloist: Johannes Moser, cello

FIRST SERIES PROGRAMME:

W. Rihm: Brahmsliebewalzer 2

R. Schumann: Concert for cello and orchestra, A minor Op. 129

J. Brahms: Symphony nr. 1, C minor Op. 68

SECOND SERIES PROGRAMME:

R. Strauss: Don Quijote

J. Brahms: Symphony nr. 2 in D major, Op. 73

MAY, Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27, 8 PM
Teatro Coliseo
KAMMERORCHESTER BASEL

Soloist: Sol Gabetta, cello

PROGRAMME:

B. Bartók: Roumanian folk dances

L. Hoffman: Concert for cello and orchestra, D major

B. Bartók: Divertimento for string orchestra (1939)

L. Haydn: Concert for cello and orchestra, C major, Hob. VIIb

JUNE, Tuesday 15 and Wednesday, 8 PM
Teatro Coliseo
EGGNER TRIO

Christoph Eggner, piano

Georg Eggner, cello

Florian Eggner, violin

FIRST SERIES PROGRAMME:

L. v. Beethoven: "Geistertrio"

A. Dvorák: Trio Op. 21 nr. 1

J. Brahms: Trio In A major, Op. 8 nr. 1

SECOND SERIES PROGRAMME:

R. Schumann: Trio in F major, Op. 80 nr. 2

D. Shostakovich: Trio nr. 1 in C minor

M. Ravel: Trio in A minor

JULY, Thursday 1 and Friday 2, 8 PM
Teatro Coliseo
STOCKHOLM 59º NORTH BALLET

Soloists from the Royal Ballet, Sweden

PROGRAMME:

“Pulcinella and Pimpinella” Choreography: Birgit Cullberg / Music: Igor Stravinsky

“Pas de Danse” Choreography : Mats Ek / Music : Benny Andersson

“Apartment” Choreography Mats Ek / Music: Fläskkvartetten

“Cantus in memory of the dancing Queen” Choreography: Giovanni Bucchieri / Music: J.S.Bach

“Tactile Affinity” Choreography; Pontus Lidberg / Music: David Lang & Philip Glass

AUGUST, Monday 2 and Tuesday 3, 8 PM
TEATRO COLON
NELSON GOENER, piano

PROGRAMME:

Works by F. Chopin (celebrating the 200th. anniversary of the composer’s birth)

Polonaise, op 44 in F sharp minor

Nocturne, op 15 in F sharp major

Berceuse, op 57 in D flat

Sonata, nr. 2 op 35 in B flat minor

24 Preludes, op 28

AUGUST, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19, 8 PM
TEATRO COLON
WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

FIRST SERIES PROGRAMME:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphonies nr. 1 and 2

SECOND SERIES PROGRAMME:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphonies nr. 4 and 3

AUGUST, Saturday 21 of August, 8 PM and Sunday 22, 5 PM
TEATRO COLON

WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

FIRST SERIES PROGRAMME:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphonies nr. 6 and 5

SECOND SERIES PROGRAMME:

L. v. Beethoven: Symphonies nr. 8 and 7

OCTOBER, Monday 4 and Tuesday, 8 PM
TEATRO COLON
MUSICA ANGELICA, (USA)

Coductor: Martin Haselböck

Soloists:

Carolyn Sampson, soprano

Daniel Taylor, countertenor

PROGRAMME:

G. F. Händel: from RINALDO, HW 7, Oberture “Scherzano sul tuo volto”, duo

G. F. Handel: "Sweet Bird“ from “L'allegro, il penseroso“ for soprano

G. F. Telemann: Concerto in E minor for oboe and orchestra

C. W. Gluck: Duo “Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte!“ and Aria „Che farò senza Euridice“

W. A. Mozart: Aria “Nehmt meinen Dank“ for soprano and orchestra K. 383;

W. A. Mozart: Aria from Pamina “Ach ich fuhl‘s“, for soprano and orchestra - “The Magic Flute”

A. Vivaldi: Concerto “La Notte“ for flute and orchestra

G. F. Händel: Prelude and Aria „Cara sposa“

G. F. Händel: “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba“ from “Solomon“, HW 37

G. F. Händel: “Caro, Bella“, duo from "Giulio Cesare"G. F. Händel: „I'o t'abbraccio“ duo from "Rodelinda"

OCOTBER, Friday 22 and Saturday 23, 8 PM
TEATRO COLON
RADIO FRANCE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung

Soloist: Sergio Tiempo, piano

PROGRAMME:

Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon , oberture

Frédéric Chopin: Piano concerto n° 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony nr. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

NOVEMBER, Monday 1 and Tuesday 2, 8 PM
TEATRO COLON
THOMANERCHOR ST TOMAS LEIPZIG
BACH ORCHESTRA OF THE GEWANDHAUS, LEIPZIG

Conductor: Georg Christoph Biller

Soloists:

Gabrielle Hierdeis, soprano

Sibylle Kamphues, mezzo soprano

Hans Joerg Mammel, tenor

Markus Flaig, bass

PROGRAMME:

J. S. Bach: H-Moll Messe

Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires, the 30-year old non-profit organization with the aim of spreading music in its highest artistic expressions, presents the Festival 2010: "Bach and the Schumann Circle".
2010 is the year of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann (1810-1857) and Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). In 1850, the Bachgesellschaft (Bach Society) was created in Leipzig under Schumann's initiative, showing his predilection for Bach, shared by an exquisite circle of composers, like Chopin, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and the renowned pianist Clara Schumann.
This year's program includes a selection of works from the above mentioned composers, including great symphonic-choral works, concerts, symphonies and chamber music, performed by notable Argentinian and international musicians.

Festival 2010 "Bach and the Schumann Circle" Program:

APRIL 28
HORACIO LAVANDERA, piano
Homage to Frédéric Chopin
Teatro Coliseo. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125

MAY 10
LA BARROCA DEL SUQUÍA
Soloists: Jed Wenz, baroque flute (Holland) - Soledad de la Rosa, soprano
Director and soloist: Manfredo Kraemer, violin
Bach: Cantate e Concerti
Auditorio de Belgrano. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo

JUNE 15
NUEVO TRIO ARGENTINO
Clara and Robert Schumann, Mendelssohn Trios
Teatro Avenida. Av. De Mayo 1212

JULY 14
BUENOS AIRES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Director: Arturo Diemecke
Soloist: Natalie Clein, violoncello (London)
Schumann: Conciert for cello - Symphony Nº 3 "Renana"
Teatro Colon

JULY 28
BERNARDA FINK, mezzosoprano
Anthony Spiri, piano (Munich)
Schumann: Liederkreis, and Clara Schumann's and Carlos Guastavino's works
Tatro Avenida. Av. De Mayo 1212

AUGUST 11
ZHU XIAO-MEI, piano (Paris)
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Tatro Colon

SEPTEMBER 7
CARMEN PIAZZINI, piano (Darmstadt)
Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Händel, works by Bach and Schumann
Auditorio de Belgrano. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo

SEPTEMBER 13
MANDELRING QUARTETT (Neustadt)
Works by Brahms y Schumann
Auditorio de Belgrano. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo

OCTOBER 12
NORDDEUTSCHER FIGURALCHOR (Hannover)
Director: Jörg Straube
Bach: Motete "Jesu meine Freude", Brahms: Marienlieder, and works from Clara and Robert Schumann and Mendelssohn
Auditorio de Belgrano. Virrey Loreto 2348 & Av. Cabildo

OCTOBER 27
END OF TOUR CONCERT BY THE WINNERS OF THE X JUVENILE BIENNIAL CONTEST
SHELL ARGENTINA-FESTIVALES MUSICALES

NOVEMBER 12
CAMERATA BARILOCHE
ORFEON DE BUENOS AIRES
Director: Mario Videla
Bach: St. Matthew's Passion
Evangelist: Christoph Einhorn, tenor (Strasbourg)
Teatro Colon

Dates, theaters and programs subject to confirmation.
Tickets on sale at the respective venues.

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 24th, 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 24th, 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 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
NOTE: ALL BALLET PERFORMANCES CANCELED DUE TO CONFLICTS WITH THE BALLET COMPANY

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
NOTE: ALL BALLET PERFORMANCES CANCELED DUE TO CONFLICTS WITH THE BALLET COMPANY

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.

Domingos de Camara (Chamber Sundays)
Free series of concerts one Sunday of every month by renowned Argentinian chamber groups.

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 29 - 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

Tickets for all the performances on sale from May 21st, 2010.
The Opening Gala on May 24 is not open to the public, but by Invitation by the Government of Buenos Aires only.
For more information, visit Teatro Colon official website.

As of Friday 5th March 2010, the Ballet of Teatro Colon, under the direction of Lidia Segni, will offer a series of performances with free admission as part of the summer season, to be held in the Amphitheater of Parque Centenario. There will be four mixed programs for all ages.

The program will start with Don Quixote (acts one and two), the picturesque choreography by Marius Petipa based on Cervantes' immortal novel, and music by Leon Minkus. The two main characters will alternately played by Silvina Perillo-Alejandro Parente, and Maricel Mitri-Juan Pablo Ledo.
Friday 5th, 8 pm

Saturday 6th, 8 pm
Sunday 7th, 7 pm.

The second presentation will include the following program: "Vivaldi in concert", choreographed by Lidia Segni on music by Antonio Vivaldi, with the couples Maricel De Mitri / Adrian Lopez and Maria Clara Da Silva / Vagram Ambartsoumian; Diana and Actaeon pas de deux by Agrippina Vaganova, choreographed by Lidia Segni, with music by Cesare Pugni, which will be played by Carla Vincelli and Dalmiro Astesiano; Kicho, another pas de deux signed by Julio Lopez, on the tango of the same name by Astor Piazzolla, by Gabriela Alberti and Alejandro Parente; and as closing: Pulsaciones, choreography by Vittorio Biagi, with percussionists Daniel Bugallo and the author himself.
Saturday 13th, 8 pm
Sunday 14th, 7 pm

The third mixed program will include "Vivaldi in concert" and "Kicho" again, along with two other fragments: Pas d’esclaves, choreography by Marius Petipa on the production by Piotr Gusev, with music by Ricardo Drigo, that will be danced by Silvina Perillo and Gerardo Wyss; and the third Act of Don Quixote, played by Nadia Muzyka and Federico Fernández.
Saturday 20th, 8 pm
Sunday 21st, 7 pm

The fourth program will feature Ludwig Van Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and Opus 125 "Choral".
Saturday 27, 8 pm
Sunday 28, 7 pm

All performances will take place in the Eva Perón Auditorium of Parque Centenario, located at Passaje Lillo and Leopoldo Marechal. The performances will be suspended in case of rain.
Free entry tickets must be picked up at Casa de la Cultura, Avenida de Mayo 575,  Monday to Thursday 11 am to 3 pm, and Fridays 11 am to 3 pm.  Up to two tickets per person. Remainder tickets can be picked up at the venue two hours before the shows begin. Limited Capacity.

The ballet company of Teatro Colon, directed by Lidia Segni, will offer two open air performances of "El Colon de Primavera" (The Colon in Spring), on Sundays, September 27 and October 4, 7.00 pm, at the Amphitheater Eva Peron in Parque Centenario. (Leopoldo Marechal y Lillo, Parque Centenario. Behind Museo de Ciencias Naturales).

The program will consist of:

Vivaldi in Concert (Lidia Segni / Antonio Vivaldi)

Pulsaciones (Vittorio Biagi - percussionist: Daniel Bugallo)

Symphony of Psalms (Mauricio Wainriot / Igor Stravinsky)

Featuring the first dancers: Silvina Perillo, Maricel De Mitri, Adian Lopez, Maria Clara Da Silva, Vagram Ambartsoumian, Nadia Muzyca, Alejandra Parente, Edgardo Trabalon, Natalia Saraceno.

The Teatro Colón Foundation, a non-profit organization that contributes with the development of artistic and cultural events to support the Teatro Colón since 1978, organizes the series of concerts “Domingos con la Camerata” (Sundays with the Camerata), at Hotel Panamericano Buenos Aires.
The Camerata Bariloche is the first Argentine chamber music group in achieving an international renown. Its first director was Alberto Lysy, followed by Rubén González, Elías Khayat, and, from 1993, maestro Fernando Hasaj.
The closing concert, dedicated to Astor Piazzolla, will feature the young and talented Russian pianist Anna Fedorova, playing “Estaciones Porteñas”.

Schedule and program of concerts “Domingos con la Camerata 2009”

Sunday, June 21, 6.00 pm
Bach: Conciert for two violins
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Suk: Choral San Wenceslao
Dvorak: Serenade

Sunday, July 26, 6.00 pm
Vivaldi: Conciert for 4 violins in B minor
Rossini: Sonata Nº 1
Bottesini: Gran Dúo
Puccini: Crisantemi
Respighi: Third Suite

Sunday, August 23, 6.00 pm
Händel: Concerto Grosso Nº 10
Corelli: Concerto Grosso Nº 8 from Christmas
Vivaldi: Concert for oboe in D minor
Purcell: Suite Abdelazar
Bach: Conciert for oboe and violin

Sunday, September 20
Festival Piazzolla
Soloist: Anna Fedorova, piano
Fuga y Misterio
Decarissimo
Oblivion
La Muerte del Ángel
Escualo
Calambre
Adiós Nonino
Las Estaciones Porteñas

Location: Gran Salón del Hotel Panamericano Buenos Aires, Carlos Pellegrini 551
Tickets: AR $ 150, can be purchased at the Teatro Colon Foundation stand, Patio Bullrich (Posadas 1245), firts level, 15 days prior to every concert (cash, credit or debit card), or Hotel Panamericano, 45 minutes before the start of the concert.

The Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires will remain closed for renovations during 2009. However, the program of activities of the theater's companies continues at an alternative venue, the Teatro Coliseo, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125. Tickets can only be purchased at the theater's box office, 9 am to 5 pm, two days prior to every performance.

I'm republishing this post since there have been some changes to the original schedule. The ballet Don Quixote has been replaced by Giselle.

This is the announced program for 2009:

Opera:

May 19, 22, 26
Jean D'Arc au Boucher (Juana de Arco en la Hoguera), by Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel.
Orchestra conductor: John Neschling
Stage director: Roberto Plate

NOTICE: The performances of "The Abduction from the Seraglio" originally programmed for July have been rescheduled and will take place in September.

August 25, 28, 30
Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo y Eurídice), by Christoph W. Gluck and Raniero da Calzabigi
Orchestra conductor: Arnold Östman
Stage director: Roberto Oswald

September 27, 29, 30
The Abduction from the Seraglio (El rapto en el Serrallo), by Wolfgang A. Mozart and Gottlieb Stephanie.
Orchestra conductor: Michael Güttler
Stage director: Willy Landin

November 29, December 1, 5
The Two Foscaris (I due Foscari), by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave.
Orchestra conductor: Carlos Vieu
Stage director: Mario Pontiggia

Ballet:

June 17, 18, 19Giselle
Music: Adolph Adam
Choreography: Lidia Segni after Marius Petipa

October 17, 27, 31. November 1
Don Quixote
Music: Ludwig Minkus
Choreography: Zarko Prebil, from the original by Marius Petipa

December 22, 23, 26
The Nutcracker (El Cascanueces)
Music: Piotr I. Tchaicovsky
Choreography: Rudolph Nureyev, from the original by Marius Petipa
Luna Park Stadium.

Concerts:

The Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, under musical direction by Maestro Arturo Diemecke, will offer a series of concerts throughout the year. On this season, the orchestra will pay homage to the following composers:
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) on 250 years of his death
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) on 200 years of his death
Félix Mendelssohn (1809-1977) on 200 years of his birth
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) on 100 years of his death
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on 50 years of his death

The concerts will all take place at Teatro Coliseo, on the following dates:
May 14, 21, 28
June 4, 25
July 2
August 6, 13
September 10
October 1, 8, 29
November 5, 12
December 3

Visit Teatro Colon official website to see the full programs.

The ballet company of Teatro Colón, with artistic direction by Olga Ferri, will offer a new program of performances at Teatro Coliseo.

The first part will be dedicated to "Les Sylphides", with choreography by Michael Fokin, on the original pieces for piano by Frederic Chopin. In this "romantic dream", conceived by Fokin in 1908, the poet is surrounded by the immaterial creatures, the "Sylphides". The main roles in this part will be performed by Karina Olmedo, Silvina Perillo, Natalia Saraceno, Analía Sosa Guerrero, Silvina Vaccarelli, Alejandro Parente y Juan Pablo Ledo.
The second part of the program will consist of "Momentos", with choreography by Jorge Amarante and music by Glover Gill, an American composer dedicated to Argentine Tango, with his group Glovertango. "Momentos" has been awarded as the best contemporary Theater-Dance play in 2003 by "Teatro XXI" magazine and selected to be presented at the IV Buenos Aires Tango World Championship.
The program will end with the Grand Pas of the third act of "Raymonda", with music by Alexander Glazunov and choreography by Marius Petipa. In the third act od this classical ballet, the wedding of the protagonist with Jean De Brienne takes place, performing Hungarian dances in their honor and the classic pas-de-deux by the protagonists. This brillant scene will be performed by Karina Olmedo (26-27) and Silvia Petrillo (28-29) as Raymonda, and Edgardo Trabalón (26-27) and Alejandro Parente (28-30) as Jean de Brienne.

Dates:
Friday, September 26, 2008. 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 27, 2008. 8:30 PM
Sunday, September 28, 2008. 5:00 PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2008. 8:30 PM
Location: Teatro Coliseo. Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125
Tickets: from AR$ 16 to AR$ 50, on sale at Teatro Colón ticket office, Tucumán 1171, from 9 am to 5 pm. On the day of the performances the remaining tickets will be on sale at Teatro Coliseo´s tickett office, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125, from 5 pm, except on Sunday, from 2 pm.

Teatro Colón presents the great Argentine first dancer of the American Ballet Theater, Paloma Herrera, in a Ballet Gala, accompanied by Guillaume Côté, First dancer of the Canada Ballet and invited artist of the American Ballet Theater, the Ballet of the Teatro Colón, and the National Symphonic Orchestra, in three exclusice performances at Luna Park Stadium, on August 29th, 30th and 31st, 2008.

PROGRAM

RAYMONDA
Grand Pas of Act III
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Alexander Glazunov
Raymonda: PALOMA HERRERA
Jean de Brienne: GUILLAUME CÔTÉ
Invited first dancers, Soloists and Ballet of Teatro Colon.
National Symphonic Orchestra

A LOS AMIGOS, from “Aire de Tango”
Choreography: Ana María Stekelman
Music: Francini, Pontier and Orchestra
Soloists and Ballet of Teatro Colon

Pas de Deux VERANO PORTEÑO from “Las Cuatro Estaciones”
Choreography: Mauricio Wainrot
Music: Astor Piazzolla
PALOMA HERRERA and Soloist from the Ballet of Teatro Colon

PAQUITA
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: León Minkus
PALOMA HERRERA, GUILLAUME CÔTÉ, Invited First Dancers, and Soloists and Ballet of the Teatro Colon
National Symphonic Orchestra

Dates: Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st, August 2008
Location: Luna Park Stadium. Corrientes & Bouchard
More information: www.palomaherrera.com

Among the events for the celebration of its 100 years of existence, Teatro Colón has inaugurated a historical and artistic exhibition, destined to showcasing the countless technical elements from props, scenography, scale models, costumes, wigs and shoes, used for the performances over the years.

The opening hours of the exhibition are Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. Entrance on Teatro Colon's Carriage Passage (Pasaje de los Carruajes), Tucumán 1171.
Entrance: AR $ 10

Another exhibition, "El Colón Fuera del Colón" (The Colon outside the Colon), featured 70 photographs of the centenary building, by Arnaldo Colombaroli, as well as historical costume elements.
This exhibition, with fee entrance, took place at the "Leopoldo Lugones" and "Juan L. Ortiz" rooms of the National Library, Agüero 2502, until Sunday, June 29th.

www.teatrocolon.org.ar