The Aurora continues with its 40th anniversary celebrations with a grand symphonic concert featuring the Leone Band, for the 25th year running with Colin Attard at its helm, on Saturday, the 26th of November, starting at 8pm, doors are open at 7:30pm.

A 40th anniversary does not come every year and the Aurora Theatre said that it will be "walking that extra mile to come up with a night to be remembered for this year's concert."

Reminiscing the various productions and purposes it has served, the Aurora will see its resident musical body – the Leone Band – perform excerpts from Mikado, the first operetta performed at the Aurora, as well as from Bizet's Carmen – "the opera that only Aurora has produced in the last 40 years in Malta and Gozo." Other significant music in the line-up also includes film music – Mancini's theme from The Exodus, a film that was so popularly screened in the early days of the Aurora cinema.

Leone Band in concert – the grand symphonic concert, will come to a rousing finale with Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, just like when Joseph Sammut led the Leone Band on the opening gala night on the 9th of October 1976.

Entrance to the event is free of charge. Seats are generally available on a first-come-first-served basis. However, interested patrons are requested to reserve their preferred seats, with seating tokens being then collected from the door.

Bookings and requests may be effected via teatruaurora@leone.org.mt, www.teatruaurora.com or 79045779 (evenings only).

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