Lisbon welcomes the new opera and ballet season

Portugal’s two top performing arts institutions are completing the country’s cultural calendar for the 2009/2010 season with some of the year’s most important events. Lisbon’s main opera house, the famed Teatro Nacional de São Carlos is bringing nine opera productions onstage this year and 22 concerts performed by the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa –seven of which at the Centro Cultural de Belém and one at the Teatro Municipal São Luiz. At the same time, the country’s main ballet company, the Companhia Nacional de Bailado presents 8 ballet productions at the Teatro Camões.
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A jubilee year for the Hungarian Opera

With about fifty opera and ballet productions–eight in premiere and 5 revivals- included in the programme of the 2009/2010 season the Hungarian State Opera House celebrates the 125th anniversary of its inauguration and promises many more exciting years to come. Running until the end of June 2010 the new season offers a wide repertoire that satisfies the most diverse demands with stage productions which cater for the tastes of different generations.
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