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Details: The 64th annual Festival de Wiltz includes the Broadway musical Chicago, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Cinderalla and Swan Lake the headline acts to feature in the comprehensive programme.
From 1 to 23 July 2016, the outdoor festival is held in the north of the Grand Duchy, under cover of the large tent in the shadow of the chateau. Access is by car or by train, with Festival Special train service including discount parking at Luxembourg-gare and navettes shuttling passengers up to the chateau from Wiltz gare, and back again after the performances, with the train not leaving until the performance is over.
PROGRAMME
- Fri 1 July @ 20:45: Cinderella (Cendrillon), ballet in 3 acts, performed by The Moscow City Ballet: CAT 1: €60 (students €47); CAT 2: €51 (€40); CAT 3: €33 (€26); U12s free(prices excl. postage)
The Moscow City Ballet is back again for another night of classic entertainment. Founded by the former Bolshoi Ballet soloist and choreographer Victor Smirnov-Golovanov, The Moscow City Ballet is considered to be Russia's most successful touring company. An adaptation of Charles Perrault's fairy tale, putting Cinderella beneath the spotlight. A young woman is victimised by a morbid family, and her only wish is to escape the oppressive world in which she lives. Cinderella's Fairy Godmother and the Fairies of the Four Seasons help her overcome her mean-spirited step sisters and find her Prince. With an array of striking and detailed costumes and set designs with accompanying music composed by Serge Prokofiev, this show is sure to be a night to remember.
- Sat 2 July @ 20:45: Swan Lake (which replaces the previously-announced Giselle), ballet in 2 acts, performed by The Moscow City Ballet: €60 (€47); €51 (€40); €33 (€26); U12s free (prices excl. postage)
The Moscow City Ballet is at its outstanding artistic best. Brimming with some of Russia’s best young dancers, outstanding principals, stunning soloists and a sublime corps de ballet. Stand-out performances by the Moscow City Ballet dancers never fail to add that magical ingredient of Russian soul. Swan Lake is a long dream of Prince Siegfried. He refuses the reality of power and marriage imposed on him by his tutor and his mother. An idealised love is born in his head with the forbidden it represents. The white swan is the untouchable woman, the black swan is the mirror image. So when the dream fades, the prince can not survive. A psychoanalytic and introspective vision of the work as in the treatment of the story in the development of the characters. The work gains additional complexity in a subtle play of mirror identities.
- Wed 6 July @ 20:45: Jazz Prestige (La Nuit du Jazz), performed by (1) Reis / Demuth / Wiltgen Luxembourgish trio; (2) Sinne Eeg Quartet: €38 (€20); €29 (€22); €20 (€15); U12s free (prices excl. postage)
Pianist Michel Reis, bassist Marc Demuth and drummer Paul Wiltgen are three of Luxembourgʼs most up and coming jazz musicians. They formed the Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen Trio in 1998 while still in high school and performed on a regular basis in and around Luxembourg for a couple of years. The trio reunited in 2011 eager to share their experiences and new compositions. Their self-titled first album was released on Laborie Jazz to widespread critical acclaim. Since the release, the band has toured extensively throughout the world and has appeared at major international jazz festivals in Europe and Asia. The band has recorded its sophomore album in New York City, which is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2016.
Sinne Eeg (born in 1977) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer. She has received a number of highly positive reviews in the national and international press and is considered a major talent; amongst the best female jazz vocalists on the Scandinavian scene. She has composed many songs of her own. The clarity of her very natural tone, gives her that distinction; couple this to a near perfect intonation and the fact that she and the genre that is jazz are well met. Sinne Eeg has won the Danish Music Awards prize in the category Best Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, 2014 and 2015 her two last albums “Don’t Be So Blue” and “Face the Music”. She also received the acclaimed Ben Webster Prize on 28 March 2014, as the first vocalist ever. The Webster Foundation describes her as “a true jazz singer, who both shows sensitivity, improvisational skills, maturity, broad range and timing in her singing”.
- Fri 8 July @ 20:45: Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), opera in 3 acts, by Giuseppe Verdi (in Italian), performed by The National Opera of Lviv (Ukraine), featuring international soloists, choirs & orchestra: €69 (€54); €60 (€47); €42 (€33); U12s free (prices excl. postage)
Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. Sweden, 1792: Political intrigue is everywhere - be careful whom you trust. A King is conspired against, and is ultimately betrayed by his most trusted friend. This rich theatrical tapestry is woven of illicit love, a fortune-teller, a masked ball, and as many vows of vengeance as can be packed into three hours. Verdi's much-loved work is Italian opera at its very best, with thrilling arias, glorious choral music, and the dramatic intensity that only great opera can provide.
- Sat 9 July @ 20:45: AIDA (which replaces the previously-announced double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci), Opera by Giuseppe Verdi (in Italian), performed by the Opéra National de Lviv (Lemberg), Ukraine, with international soloists, choirs & orchestra: €77 (€54); €67 (€47); €47 (€33); U12s free (prices excl. postage).
The Opera takes places in Egypt at the times of the Pharaohs. The main character is Aida, an Ethiopian princess abducted as hostage into Egypt. The Egyptian military leader has to choose between his love for Aida and his loyalty towards the Pharaoh, respectively the wedding with Amneris, the Pharaoh’s daughter. The famous "Grand March" with its resounding fanfares and its marvelous choruses is one of the highlights of the “Grand Italian Opera”.
- Fri 15 July @ 20:45: Pink Floyd's The Wall, performed by Atom Heart Mother Rockestra and the children's choir of the Conservatoire de Musique du Nord and 170 artists from Eastern Bavaria: €53 (€41); €44 (€34); €35 (€27); U12s free (prices excl. postage)
The Songs of the legendary album - Princely, crazy, brilliant. Bombastic show performed by the Atom Heart Mother Rockestra. 26 years have passed since Pink Floyd with "The Wall" at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin wrote music history. More than 300,000 people celebrated the British band - and the fall of the wall. With the concept of Pink Floyd show, the heroes of the East Bavarian music scene put out an impressive ensemble performance. Keyboardist and arranger Bernd Meyer with 170 players - including solo singers, the band, 4 classical percussionists, 12 strings over 120 singers, children - and Chamber Choir are the contributors.
- Mon 18 July @ 20:45: Peau de Vache (French theatre), a comedy by Barillet & Grédy, performed by the Theatre Royal des Galeries de Bruxelles: €25 (€25); U12s free (prices excl. postage)
Tout au long de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, Pierre Barillet et Jean-Pierre Grédy ont signé ensemble une trentaine de comédies qui ont fait les beaux soirs du théâtre parisien pendant des centaines, voire des milliers de représentations. Plus qu’une signature, Barillet et Grédy sont un label : la comédie dans ce qu’elle a de meilleure, des répliques acérées, une énergie et une gaieté communicatives. Des pièces raffinées, spirituelles, dans laquelle la légitime ambition de provoquer rires et sourires n’exclut ni le regard aimablement critique sur les comportements de l’époque ni, à l’occasion, une certaine gravité.
- Fri 22 & Sat 23 July @ 20:45: Chicago (the Broadway Musical), a production by the Brno City Theatre of the Czech Republic (performed in English): €69 (€54); €60 (€47); €42 (€33); U12s free (prices excl. postage)
"Chicago" is the longest-running American Musical in Broadway history. No wonder, the musical has been honoured with six Tony Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations. A true new York City institution, "Chicago" has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping song after another, and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. It’s also no surprise that "Chicago" has wowed audiences all around the world, from Mexico City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa. Set in the legendary city during the roaring “jazz hot” 20s, Chicago tells the story of two rival vaudevillian murderesses locked up in Cook County Jail. Nightclub star Velma’s serving time for killing her husband and sister after finding the two in bed together. Driven chorus girl Roxie’s been tossed in the joint for bumping off the lover with whom she’s been cheating on her husband. Not one to rest on her laurels, Velma enlists the help of prison matron Mama Morton and slickster lawyer Billy Flynn, who turn Velma’s incarceration into a murder-of-the-week media frenzy, thus preparing the world for a splashy showbiz comeback. But Roxie’s got some of her own tricks up her sleeve…
In addition, another concert is being organised outside the official festival, as follows:
- Fri 29 & Sat 30 July @ 20:45: The Very Best of Queen, featuring Mercury - The Show Must Go On, a Freddie Mercury 25th Anniversary Homage: €62; €52; €32 (prices excl. postage)
Over 15 years on tour, Mercury is now established as one of the world's most authentic tributes to Freddie Mercury and Queen. With a dynamic stage show that fully emulates the true charismatic appeal of rock's most flamboyant front man backed up by superbly crafted harmonies and intricate guitar work, Mercury faithfully and accurately recreate the distinctive Queen experience. Mercury was formed in 1998 and since then has gone on to play theatres, festivals and high profile shows across the UK and Europe – from Holland to Hungary and from Majorca through to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Other prestigious shows include headlining a New Years Eve festival in Dubai which was broadcast live to millions via MTV Asia as well as an exclusive concert for Queen's own Roger Taylor. And most recently being asked to perform at the unveiling of the 1st memorial to Freddie Mercury in the UK in front of Queen's Brian May and Freddie Mercury's family in Feltham.
Venue: Wiltz Chateau
Organiser: Festival de Wiltz
Price: see above
Reservations: Tickets are on sale, with a 10% reduction applicable until 30 April 2016, as well as some bundle offers, via the festival box office, tel: 958145, or by email: festival.wiltz@internet.lu.
URL: See www.festivalwiltz.lu for further details.
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