Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The General Directorate of State Opera and Ballet has started preparations for the 31st International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, scheduled to take place in the southern province of Antalya from Sept. 13 to 26.

The works to be staged in the festival, which has been held for 30 years at the historical Aspendos Theater in Serik district, have been launched.

The Polish National Ballet is bringing its production of "Sleeping Beauty," with music by by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa's mesmerizing choreography, to the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (tch.gr) on April 7. This timeless masterpiece is directed by Nina Abramanko, a former Bolshoi dancer, and features the company's principal dancer Chinara Alizade, among others.

A villa in the heart of Rome that features the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio is being put up for auction by court order after the home was restored by its last occupants: A Texas-born princess and her late husband, a member of one of Rome's aristocratic families.

Ljubljana – The SNG Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, a leading national opera and ballet theatre, has produced a diverse 2021/2022 season headlined Long Live Opera and Ballet, the opera’s artistic director Marko Hribernik says. It brings music by Russian greats Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, Italian composers Donizetti and Bellini and France’s Gounod.

The performances from the Opera of the Peaks festival this year were watched by over 3,000 spectators, despite the necessary restrictions on seats due to security measures. This was announced by the organizers of the Sofia Opera.

The sixth edition of the festival took place at Belogradchik Rocks from 6 to 15 August.

The Greek National Opera Orchestra and acclaimed pianists George-Emmanuel Lazaridis, Stephanos Thomopoulos and Karolos Zouganelis will take the stage of the Stavros Niarchos Hall on November 14 for an evening of Romantic concertos for piano and orchestra.

The Ankara State Opera and Ballet (ADOB) will greet art lovers with the "Swan Lake" ballet, which was composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875 and staged for the first time at the Bolshoi Stage in 1877.

Acclaimed Albanian cellist Renato Ripo and award-wining Russian pianist Philipp Kopachevsky join forces at the Athens Concert Hall on Wednesday, April 3, for a tribute to the great Russian romantic, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with a program that includes extracts from "The Nutcracker" in a unique transcription for solo piano by renowned contemporary pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev.

The Underground Youth Orchestra - a local act founded in 2010 by people meeting in a basement to play music which today comprises 45 music students and four professionals - presents "Almost New Year's," a celebratory concert at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex.

The Athens State Orchestra will be performing at the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, October 27, under the baton of Charles Olivieri-Munroe and with Konstantinos Destounis on piano. The orchestra will perform Alexander Glazunov's "Autumn" from the ballet "The Seasons," Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 in G minor, opus 13.