The great Argentine dancer Iñaki Urlezaga, together with his company Ballet Concierto, presents a series of free admission performances at Teatro Nacional Cervantes.

On June 29th and July 6th, 2011, at 9:00 pm, Iñaki and his Ballet will be joined by Orquesta Nacional de Musica Argentina Juan de Dios Filiberto, conducted by Maestro Oscar D'Elia, to present the special show "Tango".
Tango opened at the World Expo Shanghai 2010 where Iñaki Urlezaga was invited as a cultural representative of Argentina.
The same show has been presented in Mexico, at the National Auditorium to more than 8,000 people, and at the Tribeca Theatre in New York, acclaimed with a standing ovation.
Tango is a show created as part of the Bicentennial of Argentina exclusively for Iñaki Urlezaga, with music by Astor Piazzolla and Gustavo Santaolalla (winner of two Oscar Awards).

On July 20th and July 27th, also at 9:00 pm, accompanied by the National Folkloric Ballet (Ballet Folclorico Nacional) Iñaki Urlezaga presents his great interpretation of Carmina Burana.

Teatro Nacional Cervantes: Av. Cordoba & Libertad
Free tickets must be picked up one hour before each performance.

During the month of August 2011 and for the first time on stage in the city of Buenos Aires, the top figures from the American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Paris National Opera, New York City Ballet, Bejart Ballet Loussane, Staatts Ballet Berlin, the National Contemporary Dance Company and Ballet of Teatro Colon will gather on stage at the Teatro Coliseo of Buenos Aires.
This First International Ballet Gala will feature some of the best dancers of classical, neoclassical and contemporary ballet from the most prominent and prestigious companies in the world: Mathilde Froustey and Mathias Heymann - who at age 22 (2009) reached the rank of "danseur etoile", the highest title of the Ballet of the Opera National de Paris; Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancers of the legendary Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow; Daniil Simkin and Joseph Phillips of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT); Ana Sophia Scheller, only Argentine member of the New York City Ballet (NYCB); Yana Salenko, prima ballerina of Staatts Berlin Ballet; Pablo Fermani, outstanding talent, member of the National Contemporary Dance Company of Argentina (CNDC); Kateryna Shalkina and Oscar Chacon, Loussane Béjart Ballet soloists; and the couple of dancers from the Ballet del Teatro Colón, Natalia Pelayo and Federico Fernandez.
The program will include four choreographic premieres in Argentina, two from the French genius Maurice Béjart and two from Ben van Cauwenbergh and Jose Martinez, respectively; two neo-classical choreographies by George Balanchine, and a selection of classics like "Le Corsaire", "Don Quixote" "Flames of Paris", "Sleeping Beauty" and "La Esmeralda", among others. 

Dates: August 11 and 12, 2011

Location: Teatro Coliseo de Buenos Aires, Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125

Tickets on sale at the theater or through www.ticketek.com.ar

The fixture of football (soccer) matches in Buenos Aires for the Copa America 2011, the most important football event in Latin America, has been announced.
Copa América is the oldest competition of soccer teams in the world. This year the tournament will take place in different cities in Argentina from July 1st to July 24th, 2011, with the presence of twelve teams, seven of which were in the 2010 World Cup's last eight: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, and Japan. The competition is equivalent to the UEFA European Football Championship, and is disputed in the same ways as the World Cup. Japan and Mexico are the only two non-South American teams invited to take part in this tournament as invitees. 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: 

May 17th, 2011: Japan has announced that its team will not be able to participate in the Copa America 2011.
According to the official website of Copa America 2011: "The Costa Rica Federation accepted on Tuesday an invitation from the Conmebol for national team join the Copa America to be held in July, in Argentina. Costa Rica will replace Japan, who was forced to renounce the Copa America because of the problems faced by the Japan Football Association (AJF) arising from the tsunami that devastated the north of the country in last March."

Schedule Copa America, July 2011

Friday 1: Argentina vs Bolivia (La Plata)
Saturday 2: Colombia vs Costa Rica (Jujuy)
Sunday 3: Brazil vs Venezuela (La Plata)
Sunday 3: Paraguay vs Ecuador (Santa Fe)
Monday 4: Chile vs Mexico (San Juan)
Monday 4: Uruguay vs Peru (San Juan)
Wednesday 6: Argentina vs Colombia (Santa Fe)
Thursday 7: Bolivia vs Costa Rica (Jujuy)
Friday 8: Peru vs Mexico (Mendoza)
Friday 8: Uruguay vs Chile (Mendoza)
Saturday 9: Brazil vs Paraguay (Cordoba)
Saturday 9: Venezuela vs Ecuador (Salta)
Sunday 10: Colombia vs Bolivia (Santa Fe)
Monday 11: Argentina vs Costa Rica (Cordoba)
Tuesday 12: Chile vs Peru (Mendoza)
Tuesday 12: Uruguay vs Mexico (La Plata)
Wednesday 13: Brazil vs Ecuador (Cordoba)
Wednesday 13: Paraguay vs Venezuela (Salta)
Saturday 16: Quarterfinals: Colombia vs Peru (Cordoba)
Saturday 16: Quarterfinals: Argentina vs Uruguay (Santa Fe)
Sunday 17: Quarterfinals: Brazil vs Paraguay (La Plata)
Sunday 17: Quarterfinals: Chile vs Venezuela (San Juan)
Tuesday 19: Semifinal: Peru vs Uruguay (La Plata)
Wednesday 20: Semifinal: Paraguay vs Venezuela (Mendoza)
Saturday 23: 3rd Place: Venezuela vs Peru (La Plata)
Sunday 24: Final: URUGUAY vs PARAGUAY (Buenos Aires)

The 26 matches of the Copa America will be transmitted live on a giant screen located at Plaza San Martin (Av. Santa Fe and Maipu) for the public to watch all the matches for free.

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/