Turkey's state opera and ballet open their curtains

The stages of the State Opera and Ballet around Turkey will open their curtains this season with exclusive concerts and operas. Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (İDOB) has announced the opening concert of its 2013-2014 season. İDOB opens on October 6 at the Archaeology Museum. The opening concert will be directed by Naci Özgüç. The orchestra will be playing Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco opera concert version and this will be the first time the work will be played in Turkey. The orchestra will be conducted by Gianluca Bianchi and the choir will be managed by Emanuela Aymone. This season Istanbul opera and ballet will be staging Gioacchino Rossini's "La Cenerantola." The work will be staged by Yekta Kara and the orchestra will be conducted by Alessandro Cedrone. Another work by G.F. Handel, the opera Giulio Cesare, will be staged, conducted by Paolo Villa and staged by Mehmet Ergüven. This season İDOB will be staging "The Turn of the Screw," "The Ears of Midas", "Yusuf and Züleyha", "The Elixir of Love," "Hoffmann's Tales," "Ariadne On Naxos", "The Barber of Seville," "First words then music," and "Opera Director." In addition, Murat Göksu's opera "Opera, Opera" will make its premiere. "Giselle", "Sufferings of Young Werther", Turgay Erdener's "Afife," and Nevit Kodallı's "Hürrem Sultan" opera and ballet will continue this year. Shows will also be staged for children. "The Nutcracker" and "Mozart the little genius" are among the ballet shows to be performed for children. Samsun State and Opera Ballet opens its new season with Johannes Brahms and Sergei Rachmaninoff works. The opening will be on Sept. 21 with artistic director and conductor Lorenzo Castriota Skanderbeg. The orchestra will be playing Johannes Brahms' Third Symphony. The concert will host Malahat Ismayilova as piano soloist and the second part of the concert will belong to the works of Sergei Rachmaninoff, who belongs to the 20th century Russian romantic era, with his Second piano concerto. The first show in Samsun will be "Bach Alla Turca" on Sept. 26. The first premier of the season will be "West Side Story" on Oct. 12.