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with
the support of L'Oréal and Libancell
The
Three First Performances of the Baalbeck
International Festival
On
April 25th, 2001 the Baalbeck International
Festival will start selling the tickets for the
first three performances of the year 2001:
"Abu Tayeb Al Mutanabbi" a musical by
Mansour Rahbani, the concert by Sting, and
"Clavigo" performed by the Paris Opera
Ballet.
All
performances start at 8:00 pm
Thursday
5, Friday 6 and Saturday July 7.
“Abu
Tayeb Al Mutanabbi”, a musical by Mansour
Rahbani .
It
is a super production inspired by the life of
the famous Arab poet Abu Tayeb Al Mutannabi, and
performed by great artists such as Ghassan
Saliba, Carole Samaha, Jamal Sleiman and Sabbah
Obeid. Joining them, more than 100 dancers and
participants. Elias Rahbani, Ghady Rahbani and
Oussama Rahbani participated on the composition
of the music, and Marwan Rahbani is directing
the play.
Friday
July 13 and Saturday July 14,
Sting
in concert (pop-rock)
Sting
is one of the greatest pop-rock.These two
concerts in Baalbeck are part of his wold tour
« Brand New Day », the title of his
last album with the participation of Cheb Mami,
Stevie Wonder and James Taylor. Sting will be
singing his classical hits : « Desert
Rose», « Englishman in New York »,
« Russians », as well as songs from
Police, such as « Roxane » and
« Message in a Bottle ».
Friday
July 20 and Saturday July 21
The
Paris Opera Ballet will perform « Clavigo »
a ballet by Roland Petit which is inspired by
Goethe’s play by the same name. In it, the
famous choreographer Roland Petit tells the
story of an unhappy love…Our compatriote
Gabriel Yared, awardee of an Oscar and numerous
international prizes, had composed the music for
the ballet, and the scenography is by
Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Nicolas Le Riche who is
the star dancer at the Paris Opera , will
wonderfully interpret the seductor who
mesmerises and seduces the sweet and passionate
Clairemarie Osta.
This ballet has been created in 1999 for the
Paris Opera Ballet and performed at the Palais
Garnier . It will be performed for the first
time at the Baalbeck International Festival, and
will be reproduced at the Palais Garnier in the
year 2002.
This important cultural event is part of the
Francophonie activities in Lebanon.
Other
events for the 2001 Festival will be announced
at a later date.
Beiteddine
Festivals 2001 Program
Saturday
7th of July
Elton John
One night only!
60,000L.L. / 100,000L.L. / 165,000L.L. /
225,000L.L. / 280,000L.L.
Friday 13th of July
Kudsi Erguner
Will Present a world Première
"La Banda Alla Turka"
30,000L.L. / 60,000L.L. / 100,000L.L.
Tuesday 17th
and Wednesday 18th of July
Jean-Claude
Casadesus
Conducting l'Orchestre national de Lille
and Le Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Verdi's Requiem
Berlioz "Nuits D'été", "Symphonie
Fantastique"
30,000L.L. / 60,000L.L. / 100,000L.L. /
150,000L.L.
Friday 20th and
Saturday 21st of July
Double Concert
Miriam Makeba, the South African Queen
Albita, The Cuban Diva
35,000L.L. / 75,000L.L. / 120,000L.L.
Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Tuesday 31st of
July
Fairouz
Accompanied by Ziad Rahbani in a new program.
30,000L.L. / 60,000L.L. / 90,000L.L. /
135,000L.L. / 225,000L.L.
Friday 3rd and
Saturday 4th of August
Kronos Quartet
With the participation of the Lebanese Composer
Dr. Ali Jihad Racy.
30,000L.L. / 60,000L.L. / 100,000L.L.
Friday 10th,
Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th, Monday 13th, and
Tuesday 14th of August
Notre Dame de Paris
Victor hugo's most popular tale in its Original
production.
30,000L.L. / 60,000L.L. / 90,000L.L. /
150,000L.L. / 200,000L.L.
July & August
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