The 2011-2012 opera and ballet season screened at the Eden cinemas will feature famous acts such as Faust, Tosca and Sleeping Beauty performed at well-known theatre houses like the Bolshoi Theatre and the Royal Opera House.

Tickets are priced at €23 including parking, and children under 16 pay €10.

The first screening is the grand opera Faust. Divided into five acts, the opera was written by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite.

Esmeralda is a ballet in three acts, five scenes, inspired by Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot; with music by Cesare Pugni.

This full-length ballet by the Bolshoi is one of the few presentations of the ballet in its entirety. It is only presented in its full-length form in certain parts of the world; Russia; parts of Eastern Europe; and New Jersey, the US.

The season’s programme is as follows: Faust (opera) – live from Royal Opera House on September 28; Esmeralda (ballet) – live from Bolshoi Theatre – October 9; Tosca (opera) – pre-recorded from Royal Opera House –November 17; Sleeping Beauty (ballet) – live from Royal Opera House –December 15; The Nutcracker (ballet) – pre-recorded at Bolshoi Theatre –December 20; Le Corsaire (ballet) – Live from Bolshoi Theatre March 11; Romeo and Juliet (ballet) – live from Royal Opera House – March 22; Rigoletto (opera) – live from Royal Opera House –April 17; La Fille Mal Gardee (ballet) – live from Royal Opera House –May 16; Raymonda (ballet) – live from Bolshoi Theatre – June 24.

For more information, a detailed schedule and to buy tickets, log on to www.edenculture.com.mt.

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