Lorin Maazel conducts Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Nutcracker at the Palau de les Arts

Soprano Olga Peretiatko will sing fragments of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
Valencia (18-12-09).- Lorin Maazel, musical director of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, will offer this coming Sunday, December 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditori, the first of the two concerts that he will star in this season at the Valencian arts center.

Maazel, who is currently conducting Madama Butterfly with great success, will lead the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in a program that includes classic pieces from the Christmas repertoire, such as Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Nutcracker suites, as well as two fragments from another essential work at this time of year, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss, in which the Russian soprano Olga Peretiatko will participate, who already sang the role of Wood Bird in Siegfried with great success at the I Festival del Mediterrani.

The musical director of the Valencian arts center will also delight the public with another composition by Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, 'Winter Dreams', one of the favorite works in his extensive repertoire.

The second concert under the direction of the American this season will take place on March 13th with a program consisting of Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3 and Sibelius's Second Symphony.

Those interested can purchase tickets through the website www.lesarts.com; by phone at 961 975 900, Monday to Friday, from 12:30 to 18:00; at the Palau de les Arts box office, Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 20:00; or through Servientrada and Servicam.