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The Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival has been organized by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet directorate since 1994 with international participation by opera and ballet companies from several different countries. The festival is held annually each June and July in the two thousand year old ancient Roman Aspendos Theatre of Aspendos, near Antalya, Turkey. The theatre is noted as one of the best preserved antique theatres in the world, with many original features of the building remaining intact.
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[edit] 2006 program
- 10 / 12 June, Aida (Giuseppe Verdi) by Ankara State Opera and Ballet
- 17 June, La Bayadere (Léon Minkus) by Ankara State Opera and Ballet
- 20 June, Il Trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi) by Mersin State Opera and Ballet
- 24 June, Winds in the Void Cello Suites (Johann Sebastian Bach) by Zürich Ballet, Switzerland
- 27 June, Jivago / Zhivago (Alexander Borodin) by İzmir State Opera and Ballet
- 1 / 3 July, The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) by Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
- 8 July, Emrah and Selvihan (Çetin Işıközlü) by İstanbul State Opera and Ballet
- 11 July, Otello (Giuseppe Verdi) by İstanbul State Opera and Ballet
- 15 July, Manon (Jules Massenet ) by The Royal Ballet, London, United Kingdom
- 18 July, Carmen (Georges Bizet) by Antalya State Opera and Ballet
- 22 July, Carmina Burana (Carl Orff) by Antalya State Opera and Ballet
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