Gaulitanus Choir has announced the 11th edition of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music. Running from the 25th of February until the 2nd of April, 2017, "Gozo's main classical festival" will feature a multifarious programme of events in various genres and styles.

The highlight will be Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, being held at the Teatru tal-Opra Aurora on the 1st of April. The full-scale production will present Malta's internationally acclaimed soprano Miriam Gauci in the lead role. Colin Attard will direct the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gaulitanus Choir.

Booking for Madama Butterfly is open, directly online on www.teatruaurora.com or via the ticket helpline 79045779. An 10% discount early-bird offer for Madama Butterfly applies to tickets purchased by the end of 2016.

The opera night will be part of the OPERA+ Weekend – an intensive programme of events concluding the festival.

The upcoming edition will present a number of innovative features. Alexander Frey, a top international versatile musician defined by Leonard Berstein as "a wonderful spirit" will be Artist-In-Residence. Lunchtime concerts intended particularly for civil servants and a number of talks will be incorporated in the festival schedule.

Gaulitana will also commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, defined by Puccini as the "greatest hope of German music" and regarded as one of the founders of film music.

Following on last year's successful venture, the festival will offer once again an Educational Programme including #Opera4me.

Gaulitana is supported by the Gozo Cultural Support Programme of Arts Council Malta in collaboration with the Ministry for Gozo.

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