Highlights of the 60th summer festival

Dear Ljubljana Festival fans, we are happy to give you a sneak peek at the programme we have prepared to pamper you with for the 60th anniversary of the summer festival. It will open on 20 June in Cankarjev dom, with a grand concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the renowned Sir Simon Rattle. Other highlights include the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra with Yuri Temirkanov, opera arias with Inva Mula, soprano, Leo Nucci, baritone, and Ivan Repušić, conductor, the concert of the Chamber Music Orchestra of the Vienna Concerto Society and the Chamber Orchestra of Perugia, the concert of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev, the concert by Vinko Globokar and three concerts by the Maribor International Orchestra 2012, which will also organize master courses. The audience's favourite – Béjart Ballet of Lausanne – are also returning to the stage of Festival Ljubljana, this time with Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) by Igor Stravinsky. And after their hit of the past season – Hair, Bronowski Production has prepared another cult musical for Ljubljana: Jesus Christ Superstar. Theatre lovers will enjoy Gospoda Glembajevi (The Glembays) by Miroslav Krleža, with Boris Cavazza in the role of Naci Glembaj. Tomaž Pandur worked on the classical Greek tragedy – Medea, and the Ulysses Theatre by Rade Šerbedžija will stage Odysseus. You will also be able to enjoy the traditional concert by Vlado Kreslin, and we will let RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the best vocalists of Slovenia to siege Kongresni trg on a summer night. Moreover, this year's Festival Ljubljana will host Music masters on air (MUSMA) and numerous activities.

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