April 2008
Opera & Dance Festivals
The Verdi-Festwochen will celebrate masterworks by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi at the Bavarian State Opera this month. Through April 11, performances of Verdi’s popular operas Nabucco and Un Ballo in Maschera will be presented alongside the lesser known Luisa Miller—a musical adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s Kabale und Lie-be. During the fes-tival, a special ticket deal will be offered: If you buy tickets for at least three different performances, a 10 percent rebate will be granted.
Following the Verdi-Fest-
wochen the Bavarian State Ballet will present the annual Ballettfestwoche. It will open with a world premiere of three choreographies by Martin Schläpfer, Hans van Manen and Simone Sandroni on April 12. The following performances will include ballet classics from Swan Lake to Onegin, and on April 16 and 17 there will be a dance gala with international guest stars honoring choreographer John Cranko. <<<
