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The Luxembourg Chronicle, in collaboration with Wiltz Festival, is offering FREE tickets to the performance of Swan Lake at the Wiltz Festival on Sunday 2 July 2015 at 20:45. For details on how to enter, see below.

The 64th annual Wiltz Festival is being held from 1 to 23 July 2016, with most performances being held in the outdoor (covered) amphitheatre in the shadow of the chateau. See www.festivalwiltz.lu  for further details including ticketing. Please remember there is a special Wiltz Festival train where ticket holders can get a discount when parking their cars at the Luxembourg-Gare (and other) train stations and taking the train to/from the venue. See www.cfl.lu.

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)

- 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)

- 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)

- 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)

- 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).

- 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)

- 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)

- 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)

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)

To apply for your FREE tickets to see Swan Lake at the Wiltz Festival on 2 July, please send an email to Geoff@Chronicle.lu with “Wiltz: Swan Lake” in the subject line (without the quotation marks), with your name and mobile number in the body of the email. The draw will be made at noon on Tuesday 28 June. Winners will be contacted directly. Winning tickets will be available at the venue on the day.

Winner: Christopher Kristiansen