Lincoln Center Festival Set To Open; Panels And Screenings Added

By: May. 24, 2011
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As previously announced, Lincoln Center Festival 2011, which runs from July 5-August 14, will offer 116 performances by ensembles and artists from some 20 countries, and will include 6 World, North American, U.S., and New York premieres unfolding in seven venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus.

In addition to the performances (which are highlighted below on and in a chronological listing which follows) a film screening and a number of talks and panel discussions have been added to the schedule.

SUMMARY OF LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2011 PERFORMANCES:

Lincoln Center, in a co-presentation with Park Avenue Armory and in association with The Ohio State University, will present the Royal Shakespeare Company performing five Shakespeare plays-As You Like It, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet and The Winter's Tale-in a six-week residency at Park Avenue Armory July 6-August 14

U.S. premiere of A Magic Flute, Director Peter Brook's adaptation of Mozart's opera, his final creation as Artistic Director of Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord July 5-17

David Michalek's large-scale, outdoor video installation, Portraits in Dramatic Time, will have free showings each evening from 8:45 p.m.-11:45 p.m. on Josie Robertson Plaza. July 5-31

In a co-presentation with the Metropolitan Opera, the renowned Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet dances eight performances at the Met Opera House, with three programs: the U.S. premieres of Anna Karenina and The Little Humpbacked Horse choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky to music by Rodion Shchedrin; and a double-bill of Alberto Alonso's Carmen Suite, to Shchedrin's arrangement of Bizet's score, and George Balanchine's Symphony in C, also with music by Bizet. Featuring the Mariinsky Orchestra. July 11-16

The Cleveland Orchestra and its music director Franz Welser-Möst make their first appearance at the Festival with a focus on the music of Anton Bruckner. Bruckner: (R)evolution brings his Symphonies Nos. 5, 7, 8 (the original 1887 version), and No. 9, juxtaposed with works by John Adams, including his Violin Concerto played by Leila Josefowicz, to Avery Fisher Hall. July 13, 14, 16, 17,

Merce Fair, a day-long immersion in performances, workshops, video and art installations, celebrates the artistry of choreographer Merce Cunningham July 16

Influential Brazilian singer-songwriter Tom Zé makes a rare U.S. concert appearance July 19

Amon Miyamoto directs the U.S. Premiere of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion based on Yukio Mishima's novel of the same name July 21-24

The Druid Theatre Company performs Seán O'Casey's classic anti-war drama The Silver Tassie, directed by Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes July 24-31

Royal Danish Opera offers the U.S. Premiere of Poul Ruders' opera Selma Jezková based on Lars von Trier's original screenplay for the film Dancer in the Dark; and Royal Danish Orchestra performs an orchestral concert and an evening of chamber music July 28-30

TICKETS

Tickets for all Festival performances are on sale online at LCFestival.org, by calling CenterCharge, 212-721-6500, and at the Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall Box Offices. Tickets for the Mariinsky Ballet may also be purchased at the Metropolitan Opera Box Office, 64th Street and Broadway, on the Metropolitan Opera website (www.metoperafamily.org) or by calling 212-362-6000. For tickets and reservations for talks and discussions, please refer to each host organization's information in the Chronological listing that follows.

FILM SCREENING, TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

An Evening with Director Amon Miyamoto at Japan Society

On June 23 at 6:30 p.m., The Japan Society hosts a talk between acclaimed Japanese director Amon Miyamoto, director of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and Nigel Redden, Director of Lincoln Center Festival. The two will discuss the Yukio Mishima book of the same name which inspired the play, and illuminate various aspects of the creation of this powerful theatrical work. Tickets are priced at $16 and $12. For more information visit: www.JapanSociety.org

Panel Discussions on Royal Shakespeare Company at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR will present The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare, a conversation series exploring various aspects of the RSC's unprecedented residency in New York co-presented by Lincoln Center Festival and Park Avenue Armory in association with The Ohio State University. All are Free; on-line reservation required; for more information and a reservation go to: TheGreeneSpace.org. The panel discussions will also be available via live video webcast on the following websites: www.thegreenespace.org; LincolnCenterFestival.org; www.rsc.org/uk; www.armoryonpark.org; and www.new-york-magazine.com.

Shakespeare on the Air
June 22 at 7 p.m.
The Greene Space's innovative radio theater initiative, A New Theater of Sound, welcomes Rocco Sisto, actor and founding member of Shakespeare and Company theater group. Sisto will serve as both host and star of the evening, performing excerpts from the Shakespearean canon interwoven with lively conversation and rarely heard archival audio of Shakespeare on the radio. This evening is presented in collaboration with the Yorinks Theater Group.

The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: Collaborations
June 30 at 7 p.m.
From July 6 through August 14, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) will perform five of Shakespeare's plays in repertory co-presented by Lincoln Center Festival and Park Avenue Armory in association with The Ohio State University. The RSC's theater technicians are re-creating, in the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall, a full-scale replica of the newly transformed thrust stage auditorium at the Royal Shakespeare where the Company performs in Stratford-upon-Avon. Panelists Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company; Nigel Redden, Lincoln Center Festival Director; Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer of Park Avenue Armory; and David O. Frantz, Professor Emeritus of English, the Ohio State University will come together to speak with WNYC host Leonard Lopate about what it means to transport an entire company and theater across the Atlantic and what this partnership means for the City of New York and the Shakespeare theatrical canon. Additionally, The Greene Space at WNYC and WQXR will premiere a short video documentary that takes audience behind the scenes of this extraordinary theatrical undertaking.

The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: Design
July 6 at 7 p.m.
RSC resident designer Tom Piper, theater consultant, Andy Hayles, from Charcoalblue, architect Rab Bennetts, Bennetts Associates, and actor Noma Dumezweni (who plays Paulina in The Winter's Tale and Calphurnia in Julius Caesar) will talk to host Wendy Goodman about collaborating on the design for the RSC's newly transformed Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and how this provided the inspiration behind the specially constructed Scarlet & Gray Stage at the Armory. They'll also explore design on a thrust stage and how it feels to play in a one-room space, shared with the audience.

At 8 p.m. that night, WNYC 93.9 FM will broadcast a radio documentary, hosted by WQXR host Elliott Forrest, exploring the RSC and its historic visit to New York City.

The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: Stand Up For Shakespeare
July 13 at 7 p.m.
Lincoln Center Festival with Park Avenue Armory, in association with The Ohio State University, are presenting the RSC's 2011 Education Program, which provides opportunities for children ages 8+ to enjoy Shakespeare in performance, as well as providing teachers and teaching artists with the skills to get children and young people up on their feet and exploring the plays actively, as the actors do. Stand Up For Shakespeare is a conversation about Shakespeare and education with Michael LoMonico, among others, moderated by WQXR host Elliott Forrest. Other panelists include RSC Associate Director of Hamlet Michael Fentiman, ensemble actor David Rubins, RSC Director of Education Jacqui O'Hanlon, NYC elementary teacher Noelle Gentile from Robert Fulton Public School, accompanied by three of her pupils and Russell Granet, arts education consultant to Park Avenue Armory.

The Greene Space Talks Shakespeare: The Actors
July 21 at 7 p.m.
Forbes Masson, Katy Stephens, Jonjo O'Neill, Ansu Kabia, and other members of the ensemble will convene with host Scott Brown, Theater Critic of New York Magazine, for a dynamic and candid conversation about their involvement in the RSC's New York repertory residency. There are a total of 42 actors in the repertory ensemble.

Free Film Screening - Rodion Shchedrin's The Enchanted Wanderer

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

Complementing performances by the Mariinsky Ballet, on July 14 at 8:30 p.m. there will be a free, HD screening of the Mariinsky Opera's production of The Enchanted Wanderer, composed by one of today's leading Russian composers, Rodion Shchedrin. The powerful, dramatic work follows the story of a troubled man whose destiny, set with a violent act in his youth, plays out when he falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl who is also loved by a prince. Admission is FREE; no tickets required. The screening is presented as part of Target Free® Thursdays at the Atrium. Visit: www.LincolnCenter.org/atrium.

RSC Events at the Park Avenue Armory

Peter Brook and Michael Boyd in Conversation, moderated by James Shapiro

A fascinating and insightful discussion between two powerhouse directors represented at this summer's Lincoln Center Festival, moderated by renowned author James Shapiro, will take place on Friday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m.

Directing Shakespeare
A panel of eminent directors from both the UK and the USA, including David Farr, RSC Associate Director and director of King Lear and The Winter's Tale in the RSC's New York repertoire, discuss the challenges of directing Shakespeare today. In partnership with the Shakespeare Society. Friday, July 15 at 6 p.m.

Faith in Shakespeare: Michael Boyd, Richard McCoy and James Shapiro in conversation
Focusing on As You Like It and The Winter's Tale in particular, RSC Artistic Director Michael Boyd and authors James Shapiro and Richard McCoy discuss faith in Shakespeare's text and what it asks of audiences today. Tuesday, August 2 at 6 p.m.

Speaking Shakespeare: A Panel Discussion
Five masters of the spoken word gather for a fascinating discussion of the challenges and glories of giving Shakespeare's language life. Cicely Berry (Voice Director of the RSC) will be joined onstage by Deborah Hecht (Professor of Voice and Speech at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts); Ralph Zito (Chair of the Department of Drama at Syracuse University and longtime Chair of Juilliard's Voice and Speech department); Louis Scheeder (Director of NYU's Classical Studio and member of The Factory UK); and the evening's moderator, Barry Edelstein (Director of the Public Theater's Shakespeare Initiative and author of Thinking Shakespeare).In partnership with the Shakespeare Society. Thursday, August 4 at 6 p.m.

Tickets for each of the Armory RSC events are $15; $12, seniors, students, Park Avenue Armory members and Friends of Lincoln Center.

INFORMATION AND UPDATES
Visit www.LincolnCenter.org and register for "My Lincoln Center" to receive a Festival brochure, program updates, and information on other Lincoln Center programs and events.

PHONE NUMBERS/CONTACT INFORMATION
CenterCharge: 212-721-6500
Lincoln Center general website: www.LincolnCenter.org
Lincoln Center Festival page: www.LincolnCenterFestival.org
Lincoln Center Customer Service: 212-875-5456
Lincoln Center Information Line: 212-875-5766

VENUE LOCATIONS

Alice Tully Hall, 65th Street and Broadway
Avery Fisher Hall, 65th Street and Broadway
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, 165 West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 10th floor
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College, Amsterdam Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets
Metropolitan Opera, 64th Street and Broadway
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, between 66th and 67th Streets
Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, 60th Street and Broadway
Josie Robertson Plaza, 64th Street and Broadway

FILM SCREENING, TALKS AND DISCUSSION LOCATIONS
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, WNYC, 44 Charlton Street (at Varick Street)


LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2011
CHRONOLOGY OF PERFORMANCES, TALKS AND EVENTS

Thursday, June 22 at 7 p.m.
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR
SHAKESPEARE ON THE AIR
The Greene Space's innovative radio theater initiative, A New Theater of Sound, welcomes Rocco Sisto, actor and founding member of Shakespeare and Company theater group. Sisto will serve as both host and star of the evening, performing excerpts from the Shakespearean canon interwoven with lively conversation and rarely heard archival audio of Shakespeare on the radio. This evening is presented in collaboration with the Yorinks Theater Group.
Free event; on-line reservation required; go to: TheGreeneSpace.org

Thursday, June 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Japan Society
AN EVENING WITH AMON MIYAMOTO
Amon Miyamoto, Director, Temple of the Golden Pavilion and Nigel Redden, Director, Lincoln Center Festival talk about Yukio Mishima (whose book Kinkaku-ji inspired the play) and the creation of this powerful theatrical work.
Tickets: $16; $12 (Japan Society members, seniors & students)
For tickets and information visit: JapanSociety.org

Thursday, June 30 at 7 p.m.
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR
THE GREENE SPACE TALKS SHAKESPEARE: COLLABORATIONS
Moderated by: WNYC host Leonard Lopate
Panelists: Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Michael Boyd; Lincoln Center Festival Director Nigel Redden; Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer of Park Avenue Armory; and David O. Frantz, Professor Emeritus of English, the Ohio State University. Discussion will also be available via live video webcast on the following websites: LincolnCenterFestival.org; www. thegreenespace.org; www.rsc.org/uk; www.armoryonpark.org; and www.new-york-magazine.com.
Free event; on-line reservation required; go to: TheGreeneSpace.org

Tuesday, July 5 at 8 p.m. (preview)
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85
Made possible in part by generous support from Jennie and Richard DeScherer, The Grand Marnier Foundation and Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust.

Tuesday, July 5 through Sunday, July 31 from 8:45 - 11: 45 p.m.
Josie Robertson Plaza
PORTRAITS IN DRAMATIC TIME (World premiere)
Conceived and Directed by David Michalek
Motion Portraits of Actors
Outdoor Video Installation
Free
Sponsored by Isolon Systems LLC, a division of EMC. Made possible in part by generous support from Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky with additional support from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Barry Friedberg and Charlotte Moss, and The Joelson Foundation.

Wednesday, July 6 at 7 p.m.
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR
THE GREENE SPACE TALKS SHAKESPEARE: DESIGN
Moderated by: Wendy Goodman, Design Editor, New York Magazine
Panelists: Tom Piper, Designer of As You Like It, and resident designer of the RSC; Andy Hayles from RSC theatre consultants, Charcoalblue; and Noma Dumezweni from the RSC acting ensemble.
Discussion will also be available via live video webcast on the following websites: LincolnCenterFestival.org; www. /thegreenespace.org; www.rsc.org/uk; www.armoryonpark.org; and www.new-york-magazine.com.
Free event; on-line reservation required; go to: TheGreeneSpace.org

This panel will be followed at 8 pm on WNYC 93.9 FM by a radio documentary exploring the RSC and its historic visit to New York City, hosted by WQXR host Elliott Forrest.

Wednesday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. (preview)
Park Avenue Armory
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Boyd
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 36 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (evenings) $81.50, 112.50, 156.25, 250
Lincoln Center, Park Avenue Armory, and the Royal Shakespeare Company gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the following individuals and foundation that have made possible the summer 2011 engagement:
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Suzie and Bruce Kovner and with additional generous support from F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc., The Pershing Square Foundation, The supporters of the Producers Circle, Susan and Elihu Rose, and The Bodman Foundation. Open captioning is being provided, in part, by a grant from Theatre Development Fund's TAP Plus program in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts.

Wednesday, July 6 at 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85

Thursday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m. (opening)
Park Avenue Armory
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Boyd
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 36 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (evenings) $81.50, 112.50, 156.25, 250

Thursday, July 7 at 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85

Friday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m.
Park Avenue Armory
PETER BROOK AND MICHAEL BOYD IN CONVERSATION MODERATED BY JAMES SHAPIRO
A fascinating and insightful discussion between two powerhouse directors represented at this summer's Lincoln Center Festival, moderated by renowned author James Shapiro.
Tickets: $15; $12, seniors, students, Park Avenue Armory members and Friends of Lincoln Center; go to: armoryonpark.org

Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Park Avenue Armory
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Boyd
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 36 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (evenings) $81.50, 112.50, 156.25, 250

Friday, July 8 at 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85

Saturday, July 9 at 1:30 p.m. AND 7:30 p.m.
Park Avenue Armory
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Boyd
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 36 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (evenings) $81.50, 112.50, 156.25, 250; (matinees) $68.75, 106.25, 156.25, 250

Saturday, July 9 at 2 p.m. AND 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85

Sunday, July 10 at 2 p.m. AND 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85
Sunday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. (preview)
Park Avenue Armory
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
Directed by Rupert Goold
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 44 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (evenings) $81.50, 112.50, 156.25, 250

Monday, July 11, 7:30 p.m. (opening)
Park Avenue Armory
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
Directed by Rupert Goold
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 44 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (evenings) $81.50, 112.50, 156.25, 250

Monday, July 11, 8 p.m.
Metropolitan Opera House
THE MARIINSKY (KIROV) BALLET
Mariinsky Theater
Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director
Mariinsky Orchestra
ANNA KARENINA (U.S. premiere)
Ballet in Two Acts after the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Music by Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Principal casting July 11: Diana Vishneva - Anna Karenina; Konstantin Zverev - Count Vronsky
Running time (approx.): One hour, 45 minutes with one intermission
Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 50, 80, 95, 125, 225

Tuesday, July 12 at 1:30 p.m.
Park Avenue Armory
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
Directed by Rupert Goold
Running time (approx.): 2 hours, 44 minutes, with one intermission
Tickets: (matinees) $68.75, 106.25, 156.25, 250
Tuesday, July 12 at 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles;
Running time (approx.): One hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $45, 65, 85

Tuesday, July 12 at 8 p.m.
Metropolitan Opera House
THE MARIINSKY (KIROV) BALLET
Mariinsky Theater
Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director
Mariinsky Orchestra
THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE (U.S. premiere)
Music by Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Principal casting July 12: Viktoria Tereshkina - Tsar Maiden; Vladimir Shklyarov - Ivan the Fool; Yekaterina Kondaurova - Young Mare; Yuri Smekalov - Gentleman of the bedchamber
Running time (approx.): Two hours, 15 minutes with one intermission
Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 50, 80, 95, 125, 225

Wednesday, July 13 at 2 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera House
THE MARIINSKY (KIROV) BALLET
Mariinsky Theater
Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director
Mariinsky Orchestra
THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE (U.S. premiere)
Music by Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Principal casting July 13: Yevgenia Obraztsova - Tsar Maiden; Vladimir Shklyarov - Ivan the Fool; Anastasia Petushkova - Young Mare; Islom Baimuradov - Gentleman of the bedchamber
Running time (approx.): Two hours, 15 minutes with one intermission
Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 50, 80, 95, 125, 225

Wednesday, July 13 at 7 p.m.
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR
THE GREENE SPACE TALKS SHAKESPEARE: STAND UP FOR SHAKESPEARE
Moderated by: WQXR host Elliott Forrest
Lincoln Center Festival with Park Avenue Armory, in association with The Ohio State University, are presenting the RSC's 2011 Education Program, which provides opportunities for children ages 7+ to enjoy their first taste of Shakespeare in performance, as well as providing teachers and teaching artists with the skills to get children and young people up on their feet and exploring the plays actively, as the actors do. Stand Up For Shakespeare is a conversation about Shakespeare and education with National Education Director of the Folger Institute Michael LoMonico, among others. Discussion will also be available via live video webcast on the following websites: LincolnCenterFestival.org; www. thegreenespace.org; www.rsc.org/uk; www.armoryonpark.org; and www.new-york-magazine.com.
Free event; on-line reservation required; go to: TheGreeneSpace.org

Wednesday, July 13 at 8 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera House
THE MARIINSKY (KIROV) BALLET
Mariinsky Theater
Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director
Mariinsky Orchestra
ANNA KARENINA (U.S. premiere)
Ballet in Two Acts after the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Music by Rodion Shchedrin
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Principal casting July 13: Ulyana Lopatkina - Anna Karenina; Yuri Smekalov - Count Vronsky
Running time (approx.): One hour, 45 minutes with one intermission
Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 50, 80, 95, 125, 225

Wednesday, July 13 at 8 p.m.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College
A MAGIC FLUTE (U.S. Premiere)
Directed by Peter Brook
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Freely adapted by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk
Performed in German and French with English supertitles

 



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