1st İstanbul International Opera Festival
The 1st International İstanbul Opera Festival, organized by the Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet from 2 to 23 July 2010, is being realized by the contribution of Denizbank, as an İstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture project
Festival will be realized at the Yıldız Palace, Topkapı Palace, Rumelian Castle and Cemil Topuzlu Open-air Theatre during July 2010 under the Art Directorate of Yekta Kara, Head Director of State Opera and Ballet General Directorate. Operas about Turkish culture and life that are included in the repertoire of 1st International Istanbul Opera Festival such as The Abduction from the Seraglio, Fatih the Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) and Zaide, will meet with the audience at brilliant İstanbul nights and at original historical decors.
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The “Duvara Karşı” (Against the Wall), the movie of Fatih Akın’s cinema movie adopted to theatre with the musisc of Ludger Vollmer, is in Turkey for the first time after Germany…
Rossini’s “Fatih Sultan Mehmed” (Fatih the Conqueror) opera, will meet with art lovers within the festival with the different directing of Yekta Kara…
Deutsche Oper Berlin is coming to the “1st International Istanbul Opera Festival” with its surprises.
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