Not to be missed by opera and ballet fans is the International Aspendos Festival, with performances taking place in the stunning 10,000 seat Roman amphitheatre at Aspendos, near Antalya and Side.
Enjoy the atmospheric surroundings and excellent acoustics of this 2,000 year-old venue (they don’t build them like they used to!), with highlights from the 2004 program including Pucini’s Madam Butterfly performed by the Istanbul State Opera and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Milan’s La Scala Ballet.
Tickets are available in advance from the Aspendos ticket office, as well as the Antalya, Alanya and Side Archeology Museums.
Watch this space for the summer 2005 program!
2004 Festival Program
12 June 2004 CARMINA BURANA
The Presidential Symphony Orchestra/Polyphonic State Chorus/ Polyphonic State Children Chorus
17 June 2004 AIDA
Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet
19 June 2004 AIDA
Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet
23 June 2004 BALANCHINE NIGHT
Munich, Bavarian State Ballet
25 June 2004 YUNUS EMRE REQUIEM
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
29 June 2004 GALA PEFORMANCE
1 July 2004 THE BEST OF KIROV
Mariinsky Theatre, Kirov Ballet
3 July 2004 SWAN LAKE
Mariinsky Theatre, Kirov Ballet
6 July, 2004 RIGOLETTO
Mersin State Opera and Ballet
8 July 2004 MADAMA BUTTERFLY
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Istanbul State Opera and Ballet
10 July 2004 TOSCA
Izmir State Opera and Ballet
13 July 2004 LA BOHEME
Antalya State Opera and Ballet
16 July 2004 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Milan, La Scala Ballet
17 July 2004 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Milan, La Scala Ballet