The Palau de les Arts is holding a competition to celebrate International Opera Day
03.05.2012
•To participate in this initiative, aimed at young people between 12 and 18 years old, those interested must complete the questionnaire available at www.lesarts.com
Valencia (3-5-2012).- The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía has announced a competition to mark International Opera Day, which is celebrated on May 13.
The winners and their companions will have the opportunity to attend one of the performances of the opera Dido and Aeneas , by Henry Purcell, as well as learn firsthand about the intricacies of an operatic production.
The initiative is aimed at young people between the ages of 12 and 18, who, to participate, must complete the questionnaire available on the cultural center's website: www.lesarts.com and send it, before May 7th, to the email address: educacio@www.lesarts.com. Only one questionnaire per person will be allowed.
A jury composed of the Head of Education, the Coordinator of the Plácido Domingo Centre for Advanced Studies, and a member of the Legal Department of the Palau de les Arts will select six of the correctly completed questionnaires. The decision will be announced on May 7th on the website of the Valencian arts center.
Each of the six winners will be able to attend, accompanied by two adults, both the performance of Dido and Aeneas and the preceding tour.
The Centre de Perfeccionamet Plácido Domingo makes its first foray into the Baroque repertoire with Dido and Aeneas. The entire cast of this in-house production, with musical direction by Juan Luis Martínez and stage direction by Philipp Himmelmann, is comprised of singers from this center of advanced training, located in the Santiago Calatrava building.
