Stagione dell’Opera Teatre Principal
‘Rigoletto’ and ‘La Bohème’
Opera is back at Palma’s Teatre Principal, with Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini capturing the spotlight in the spring-summer line-up of this 24th opera season

PALMA (10.05.2010) The Opera Season of the...

Let the Palma Arena tremble!
This summer the stage of the Palma Area is turning into a veritable parade of artists who will stir up the island’s audiences of all tastes and ages. Alejandro Sanz, Jaime Urrutia and Joaquín Sabina are just a few of...

‘Mamma Mia!’ the musical
This musical has thrilled more than 40 million viewers and travelled around half the world. Now ‘Mamma Mia!’ is coming to the Palma Auditorium to offer unforgettable nights to the tunes of ABBA.

PALMA...

Chitarre del Mondo
Cañizares in concert
On the 12th of June, the Guitars of the World festival is offering an unforgettable night of great flamenco in the Auditorium of the Higher Music Conservatory

PALMA (10.05.2010) The Guitarras del Mundo (Guitars of...

Festival Internazionale di Deià
Jaap Schröder and Alfredo Oyagüez
The Dutch violinist Jaap Schröder accompanied on piano by Alfredo Oyagüez are the second event in the Festival Internacional de Música de Deià

PALMA (03.05.2010) Backed by the incomparable...

Festival di Música Classica d’Hivern
‘Les noces de Fígaro’ (The Marriage of Figaro)
Mozart’s famous opera is coming to the Auditorium as part of the 15è Festival de Música Clàssica d’Hivern (15th Winter Classical Music Festival)

PALMA (03.05.2010) Ever since it...

Luis Eduardo Aute
This Philippine musician presents his new album, Auterretratros 3, at the Auditòrium, closing the trilogy that surveys the greatest hits from his career

PALMA (03.05.2010) Musician, poet, composer,...

Alternatilla Festival Multidisciplinare
Simone Felice
Bluesville is welcoming this promising musician for a solo show, yet another event as part of the Festival Alternatilla

PALMA (03.05.2010) Having recently arrived from New York, Simone Felice is landing in Palma to...

‘De música i d’homes’
A play by the Tantarantana troupe directed by Julio Álvarez at the Teatre del Mar

PALMA (03.05.2010) The third show in the Women Onstage series brought to us already by Eileen Shakespeare, ‘De...

Festival Internazionale Minorca Jazz
Giulia Valle Group
A new event as part of the XII Festival Internacional Menorca Jazz on the 14th of May at Ciutadella’s Casino Nou

CIUTADELLA (29.04.2010) Jazz is still the main event this month at different venues around...

Joan Manuel Serrat
The Catalan singer-songwriter will unveil his latest album, ‘Hijo de la luz y de la sombra’, at the Palma Arena on the 5th of May

PALMA (29.04.2010) It is a well-known fact that Joan Manuel Serrat likes...

Alternatilla Festival Multidisciplinare
Juan Perro in concert
The Festival Alternatilla is once again featuring Juan Perro in an unforgettable concert at the Auditòrium de Palma on the 7th of May

PALMA (29.04.2010) Some time ago, Santiago Auserón donned the...

Alternatilla Festival Multidisciplinare
Franz Ferdinand in concert
This Scottish band is one of the most hotly awaited events in the Festival Alternatilla. They will be accompanied onstage by The Holloys and the Mallorcan band The Bankers.

PALMA (24.04.2010) Franz Ferdinand is...

Concha Velasco stars in ‘La vida por delante’
A tender story of the marginalized sectors of society based on the famous text by Romain Gary, in which the actress Concha Velasco incarnates a Jewish ex-prostitute.

MAÓ (24.04.2010) ‘La vida por...

Ismael Serrano, ‘Acuérdate de vivir’
The Palma Auditorium is welcoming this Madrid-based singer-songwriter, who will unveil his latest work on the island. Proceeds of the concert will go to La Sonrisa Médica

PALMA (24.04.2010) Ismael Serrano...

‘Las Gallegas’ (The Galician Women), an easy guide for becoming a professional ghost
The Teatre La Unió and the Auditori Municipal de Santa Mergalida welcomes this pair of female clowns in a performance that is spreading laughter around stages all over Spain.

PALMA (24.04.2010) What would...

Chitarre del Mondo
Andy McKee
This year’s edition of the Festival Guitarras del Mundo (Guitars of the World Festival) is bringing one of the top acoustic guitarists in the world.

PALMA (19.04.2010) The Guitarras del Mundo festival, which...

Palma amb la dansa 2010
Between the 23rd of April and the 2nd of May, the city is turning into a display of culture through a complex series of dance performances and educational activities

PALMA (19.04.2010) The 29th of April is...

‘El alma se serena’
A play by the L’Hongaresa troupe directed by Paco Zarzoso

PALMA (19.04.2010) An old estate located right by the sea in Valencia is about to be torn down. The owner has decided to kick out all the tenants in...

Festival Internazionale Minorca Jazz
XII Festival Internacional de Jazz Menorca (12th International Jazz Festival of Menorca)
Jazz is taking over the island of Menorca with a busy scheduled that won’t let up until the 5th of June. Performances on the streets and squares and concerts at locales make up the bulk of the schedule.

Sidonie in concert
The ‘El Incendio’ tour, which will take them around Spain soon, is making a stop in Palma

PALMA (12.04.2010) Ever since Sidonie became famous in the late 1990s in a young talent competition in the...

Daniel el Higiénico and La Banda de los 6.000 Millones
Breaking with his particular style, this musician will turn the Teatre Principal into a jazz club where he will unveil his latest record, ‘6.000 millones’

PALMA (12.04.2010) Daniel el Higiénico...

Festival Internazionale di Deià
Zuill Bailey and Alfredo Oyagüez
XXXII Festival internacional de música de Deià (32nd International Music Festival of Deià)

DEIÀ (29.03.2010) The International Music Festival of Deià (Mallorca) is kicking off its...

Pereza in concert
‘Puro Teatro Tour’ stops in Palma

PALMA (29.03.2010) Pereza is coming back to Mallorca. The duo’s world tour, ‘Puro Teatro Tour’ is making a stop in Palma on the 9th of April in an...

‘En el oscuro corazón del bosque’ (In the Dark Heart of the Forest)
A play by José Luis Alonso de Santos

PALMA (29.03.2010) The Sala Magna (Large Hall) at Palma’s Auditorium will host ‘En el oscuro corazón del bosque’ (The Dark Heart of the Forest)...

Alternatilla Festival Multidisciplinare
Lou Reed in Palma
Festival Alternatilla

PALMA (29.03.2010) The 2010 Festival Alternatilla is bringing us one of the greatest icons in rock music ever: Lou Reed. The American is coming to Palma with the Metal Machine Trio, his latest...

‘Nelly Blue’

A T de Teatre production directed by Marta Pérez and starring Xavi Mira and Albert Ribalta at the Teatre Municipal Xesc Forteza

PALMA (19.03.2010) Everything got started when filming the famous...

‘Retorn a Andratx’
Baltasar Porcel’s universe comes to Palma’s Teatre Principal

PALMA (19.03.2010) ‘Retorn a Andratx’ (Return to Andratx) brings us back to three times in the history of the Balearic Islands,...

‘Es Pirates’
This Menorcan version of the musical by Dagoll Dagom turns Teatre Principal de Maó into an adventure-filled pirate ship

MAÓ (19.03.2010) From ‘Els Pirates’ to ‘Es Pirates’...

‘Fiebre del sábado noche’, the hotly-awaited musical
Tony Manero and his crowd fill the nights at the Auditòrium de Palma with magic, colour and plenty of hairspray

PALMA (12.03.2010) It’s a highly contagious fever that infects the audiences of this...

Revolver in concert
Carlos Goñi and his band will survey their greatest hits for Mallorcan audiences on the 19th of March

PALMA (12.03.2010) Saying Revolver is like saying Carlos Goñi, and saying Carlos Goñi is...

‘Els nois d’Història’
Josep Maria Pou directs and stars in this intelligent, funny play by Alan Bennett

EIVISSA (12.03.2010) Good theatre to help offset these times we’re living in: that’s the idea at Can Ventosa for the...

‘El solitari oest’

A play by Martin McDonagh directed by Pitus Fernández

PALMA (12.03.2010) With just four characters and their turbulent and unexpected relations, ‘El solitari oest’ (The Lonesome West) keeps us...

Ganes de Mus’, a journey through rural post-war Mallorca
Five narrations by Manacor-born writer Antoni Mus are the foundation of this show put on by the Petita Pàtria troupe in a co-production with the Teatre de Manacor.

MANACOR (12.03.2010) ‘Ganes de...

‘Adulterios’ by Woody Allen
Verónica Forqué directs this brilliant adaptation of the comedy by this American filmmaker. The starring roles feature María Barranco and Miriam Díaz-Aroca.

MAÓ (12.03.2010)...

Sara Baras, ‘Esencia, 11 años de historia’
The Temporada de Ballet Mallorca is offering this spectacular show in which the Cadiz-based dancer offers a survey of the best from her recent years on stages all over the world.

PALMA (12.03.2010) The Temporada de...

Manuel Carrasco in concert
The singer and songwriter from Isla Cristina will perform at the Auditòrium de Palma, sharing all the hits in his career with islanders.

PALMA (12.03.2010) From a house painter to a gold record. Little could...

Chitarre del Mondo
Stanley Jordan, first concert of ‘Guitarras del Mundo’
This Chicago musician is impressive for his mastery of ‘tapping’, an original and complex way of playing the guitar

PALMA (01.03.2010) This is a new stage for the ‘Guitarras del Mundo’...

1st of March, bicentennial of the birth of Frédéric Chopin

Aya Okuyama, Vincent Malgrange and Francisco García Fullana will celebrate this milestone with a concert in the cell where the pianist was lodged

PALMA (01.03.2010) The birth of Chopin is celebrated and...

‘Montaña Rusa’, a slapstick comedy by Arturo Fernández
The eternally handsome Fernández presents ‘Montaña Rusa’, a play that he himself defines as “the best comedy” he’s taken onstage.

PALMA (01.03.2010) Ever since its...

‘El Ball’, a play by the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
A duel between Anna Lizaran and Sol Picó in a theatre and dance show based on the novel by Irène Némirovsky

EIVISSA (01.03.2010) Sergi Belbel is staging this play by the prestigious novelist...

‘American Buffalo’

A Teatre Lliure production at Palma’s Teatre Principal

PALMA (01.03.2010) This is the second time that director Julio Manrique ventures into David Mamet’s universe. After ‘Els Boscos’...

‘Julius Caesar’
The troupe Morgana Teatre is back at the Auditòrium with a Shakespeare classic.

PALMA (01.03.2010) The Mallorcan troupe Morgana Teatre has repeatedly revealed its weakness for the classics: first...

Soloists of the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears at Casal Solleric
From the 13th of February until the 13th of March, Palma is hosting this chamber music concert series featuring soloists from the official orchestra of the Balearic Islands.

PALMA (08.02.2010) The...

Stagione di Abbonamento alla Sinfonica
Orquestra Simfònica de Balears featuring soloist Ala Voronkova
The eighth season concert of the OSB features works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Glazunov and Shostakovich. The concert is scheduled for the 11th of February at the Auditòrium de Palma.

PALMA...

Waiting for Waits
Bill Callahan to open the 10th Waiting for Waits
As we wait for Tom Waits to come to Mallorca, a new edition of this festival devoted to the California artist is getting off the ground. The first event is on the 16th of February featuring Bill Callaham in a charitable concert....

The Moscow Ballet presents four works from its repertoire
The Russian ballet troupe is touring Mallorca and Ibiza once again with a double programme that includes ‘La Bella Durmiente’ and ‘La Bayadera’, ‘Chopiniana’ and ‘Don Quijote’....

‘La disputa de l’ase’

La Patacada and Palma’s Teatre Principal are producing this controversial play by Mallorcan writer Anselm Turmeda. Onstage the 12th to 14th of February.

PALMA (08.02.2010) Albert Mestres...

2010, ‘Chopin Year’

Chopin Year kicks off with a wide variety of cultural events that will be held over the forthcoming months at a variety of venues on Mallorca.

PALMA (08.02.2010) The name Frédéric...

‘El meu nom és Rachel Corrie’ (My Name is Rachel Corrie)
Actress Marta Marco brings to life this American activist who died when run over and crushed by a bulldozer from the Israeli army. Directed by Mikel Gómez de Segura.

EIVISSA (01.02.2010)...

‘At night’
The range of cultural activities programmed by the private clubs around the islands will also have a space in Artescènic as from this week.

PALMA (14.09.2009) In every nook and cranny, in all...

Grandi produzioni per la XIV Temporada de Ballet de Mallorca (XIV stagione di danza di Maiorca)
Il tributo ai 20 anni di carriera del Balletto Víctor Ullate concludeva, il 21 febbraio, la ‘XIII Temporada de Ballet de Mallorca’ (XIII stagione di danza di Maiorca). Il pubblico presente alla serata presso...

Intervista a Agustín Pinillos, ‘Siamo la prima stagione di danza in Spagna’
La Temporada de Ballet de Mallorca (TBM [Stagione di danza di Maiorca]) è, probabilmente, la più completa e la migliore stagione in Spagna. Il prestigioso coreografo, Víctor Ullate, ritiene che parliamo di un...