Tuesday 10th January
Well-known Maltese Paris-based jazz musician and composer Sandro Zerafa presents music from his latest album entitled "Urban Poetics".

Friday 13th January
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Peter Stark presents Antonin Dvorák's Concerto No. 1 in F Sharp Minor Symphony No. 8 in G Major and popular Maltese violinist Carmine Lauri in Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No 1.

Friday 20th, Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd January
Maleth presents "Alice in Wonderland", a musical based on the evergreen classic by Lewis Caroll.

Tuesday 24th January
"An Evening Of Chamber Music" consisting of a double bass and piano recital featuring contrabassist Gjorgji Cincievski and pianist Rosetta De Battista performing works by Bottesini, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Gliere, Schumann, Massenet and Paganini.

Saturday 28th January
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra presents its "Music Education Programmes" for children, youths and their families with a number of morning performances for students and an evening performance for the general public; presented by Sarah Spiteri with special effects and 3D projections by Nicholas Critien illustrating works by Beethoven, Smetana, Stravinsky, Williams and young Maltese composer Steve Psaila.

Friday 3rd February
Teatru Manoel and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra present a concert conducted by the theatre's Music Director Brian Schembri and featuring violinist Alexandre da Costa performing Beethoven's only concerto for the instrument. Beethoven's rumbustuous Symphony No. 7 will also be performed.

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th February
On the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens,Teatru Manoel and American Drama Group Europe (ADGE) proudly present TNT Theatre-Britain in an adaptation of Dickens' best loved hero, "Oliver Twist" - The play is directed by Paul Stebbings, whose production for the Manoel last year of "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", was a hit with audiences, presents the facts through Fagin's eyes.

Friday 10th, Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th, Friday 17th, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 
Mellow Drama presents a stage production of popular sitcom "Yes, Prime Minister!" Great institutions have a way of riding punches and bouncing back unscathed. Will it prove to be so for Jim Hackett and his team of close advisers?

Tuesday 14th February
Beatrice Martin performs on the theatre's new Jacques Braux 1998 harpsichord in a programme of baroque solo favourites.

*Thursday 23rd February
Pianist Gabi Sultana performs contemporary music featuring works by, Huber, Moore, Ligeti and Crumb. 

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February
The Beltango Quinteto from Belgrade - Serbia, is the first authentic tango orchestra from the Balkans and one of the most popular tango orchestras in Europe."Colores del Tango" is full of passion, emotion and artistic beauty. The performance fuses the passionate steps of the Argentinean tango with the sounds of an authentic 5-piece tango ensemble consisting of accordion, piano/vocal, violin, electric guitar, and double bass.

Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th March
Teatru Manoel in collaboration with local theatre company Talenti presents Eduardo De Filippo's masterpiece "Filumena Marturano" with Jane Marshall and Mario Micallef in the title roles. The play which was written in 1946 remains an all time favourite with Maltese theatre lovers.

Tuesday 6th March
Teatru Manoel presents "An Evening of Chamber Music" featuring Gerard Caussé on the viola and Felipe Ribeiro Pinto at the piano in works by Hindemith, Beethoven and Franck.

*Thursday 8th March
A vocal recital by participants from Maltese soprano Juliette Bisazza's master classes.

Saturday 10th March
A spectacular evening of Iberian dance by Puerto Flamenco, an eclectic flamenco company from the heart of Seville, employing current trends in authentic flamenco full of unrestrained energy, raw emotion and commanding virtuosity promises an overwhelming response from international audiences and reviewers alike.

Thursday 15th, Friday 16th, Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th March
"Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi. Following the success of last year's production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor", the opera will once again be conducted by Damiano Binetti with the participation of Kim Kisun and Antonino Interisano alternating as Manrico, Katarina Vovkova and Liana Sass alternating as Eleonora and Svatopluk Sem as the Conte di Luna. Maltese bass Albert Buttigieg will be taking on the role of Ferrando.

Wednesday 21st March
The Carlo Rizzo Trio plays in "A Night of Ethnic Music". Three virtuoso, performers and composers, namely Carlo Rizzo (percussions and voice), Michel Mandel (clarinets and taragot) and Norbert Pignol (accordion), play original pieces by Carlo Rizzo (the internationally reputed Tambourine virtuoso) in music influenced by ethnic jazz with an international flavour.

Friday 23rd March
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra world premiere of MPO composer-in-residence Joseph Vella's Concerto for Piccolo & Orchestra (soloist Nicola Mazzanti). Concert also features Natascha Chircop & Marco Rivoltini performing 2 concertos for two pianos by Harl McDonald and Malcolm Arnold.

Saturday 24th March
On the occasion of their 150th anniversary Peace Band Club of Naxxar will hold a band concert a cantata entitled "L-Ghanja tal-Paci" with lyrics by Fr Richard Borg and music by Karl Fiorini. The band will be directed by Lino Pirotta.

Tuesday 10th to Sunday 15th April
"The International Spring Festival" has become an annual event in the calendar and is produced by Maltese composer Karl Fiorini with the participation of the Rotterdam Ensemble under the baton of Roberto Beltran.

Friday 20th, Saturday 21st, Sunday 22nd, Friday 27th, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th April
MADC presents the classic play "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring directed by Josette Ciappara. The play is a black comedy classic revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and not to mention the local police in Brooklyn, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry his ‘girl-next-door' fiancée.

*Thursday 26th April
The ProMu ika Ensemble and pianist Caroline Calleja perform works by Vella, Muscat, Messiaen and Bartok.

Friday 4th May
Teatru Manoel and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra perform under the baton of Gintaras Rinckevicius. The programme will feature pianist Yozef Ormeny performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 and
Rimsky Korsakov's colourful narrative Scheherazade.

Sunday 12th May
Fiesole Artistic Productions with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute presents La Scala opera singers in a concert entitled "I Grandi Operisti Italiani". Soprano Roberta Canzian and baritone Mario Cassi supported by pianist Ulla Casalini, will perform selections from "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", "Don Pasquale", "La Traviata", "Boheme" and "Rigoletto".

*Thursday 17th May
A Piano Recital by Alexei Galea.

Friday 18th, Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th May
Teatru Manoel in collaboration with the Malta Drama Centre and the U.S. Embassy present "Desire under the Elms" a play by Eugene O'Neill.

Friday 25th May
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra concludes its four concert series in style with an all-British programme featuring soprano Gillian Zammit singing Britten's "Les Illuminations" under the direction of Michael Laus. Leader Marcelline Agius will perform the solo in Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending and the evening concludes with Elgar's magnificent Enigma Variations.

Dates indicated by an * denote that the performance will take place in Sala Isouard as part of the theatre's Spotlight Series.

Teatru Manoel reserves the right to cancel, amend or implement any changes to this calendar of events without prior notice.

TEATRU MANOEL
115, Old Theatre Street, Valletta VLT1426, Malta
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Contact : Manoel Theatre Booking Office
Email : bookings@teatrumanoel.com.mt

Contact : Ms Vanille Simeon
Email : vanille@xarapalace.com.mt