Opera Ballet 2017 Summer Festivals in Turkey

Opera ballet programs come to end at the end of May. Then the summer festivities begin in Turkey. We have compiled festivals of Istanbul Izmir bodrum antalya where opera ballet companies perform in summer. We gave internet addresses for details. You can visit the internet pages for more information as well as to purchase tickets.

Foreign tour companies are taking these festivals to their programs, giving their guests the chance to participate to opera ballet nights at summer resorts. It is a very pleasant feeling to watch opera or ballet in warm evening outdoors with your loved ones.

Istanbul 8th International Opera festival, 13-23 June 2017

The abduction from Seraglio, opera by Mozart, Archeology Museum

Opera stars, by Mersin Opera, Zorlu Performance Arts Center (PSM)

Macbeth, by Verdi, Mersin Opera company, Zorlu PSM

Faust, by Gounod, Istanbul Opera, Zorlu PSM

Www.istanbuloperafestival.gov.tr

Bodrum 15th International Ballet Festival, 18th July - 12th August,

Sleeping beauty, by Tchaikovsky, Istanbul state opera and ballet

Cuba vira !, modern dance, Cuba

Harem, Ankara opera and ballet

Zorba, Theodorakis, Ankara opera and ballet house

Romeo Juliet, Tchaikovsky, Izmir

Gaia- a fuego lento, Kazakhstan Astana ballet group

Amore, Svetlana Zakharova Moscow ballet company

Dance of color, by Mozart, Mersin opera and ballet company

Born to dance, Flamenco, Los Vivancos

Www.bodrumballetfestival.gov.tr

Antalya 24. International Aspendos 23 August- 7 September

Aida, by Verdi, Antalya Opera,

Macbeth, by Verdi, Izmir Opera

Sleeping Beauty, Istanbul Ballet

Samson and Dalila, Saint-Sans, İzmir Opera

Scheherazade-Chopina- Polonaise dances by Moscow State Opera

Tosca, by Puccini, Estonia National opera

Www.aspendosfestival.gov.tr

Here are opera and ballet days you can also follow,

Eskişehir opera ballet days, 3-12 May

Mardin opera ballet days 20-23-25 May

Trabzon opera ballet days 18-21-23 April

Gaziantep opera ballet days, 22-23-25 April

İzmir Ephesus opera ballet days, 16-19-22 September

Here are the performances in opera days.

Looking for a tenor, musical comedy, by Ankara opera and ballet

Harem, by Ankara opera and ballet

Nasreddin Hodja, children's opera

When "Looking for a Tenor" banners are announced on the local billboards, many people think that it is a business proclamation.
they say "I do not know what tenor is, but I can handle every job", so they apply to opera ballet administration. this is not a joke.

Istanbul 5th International Ballet Competition is to be held on 8-13 July. All details and ticket informations are available at www.dobgm.gov.tr.

We also need to follow the D-marine Turgutreis Classical Music Festival and the Bodrum Gümüşlük Piano Days.

We wish you warm peaceful beautiful days, warm and happy summer season,

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Haluk Direskeneli, is a graduate of METU Mechanical Engineering department (1973). He worked in public, private enterprises, USA Turkish JV companies (B&W, CSWI, AEP), in fabrication, basic and detail design, marketing, sales and project management of thermal power plants. He is currently working as freelance consultant/ energy analyst with thermal power plants basic/ detail design software expertise for private engineering companies, investors, universities and research institutions. He is a member of ODTÜ Alumni and Chamber of Turkish Mechanical Engineers Energy Working Group.

This article is written for the "EurasiaReview" news web site.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/author/haluk-direskeneli/

Ankara, 12th May 2017