Istanbul State Opera Ballet Ready For New Season

The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) will open the 2015-2016 season on Oct. 2 with Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Among the classic works to be performed this season will be Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust," Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Johann Strauss II's "The Gypsy Baron."

Also on stage in the new season are the operas "Cinderella," "The Elixir of Love" and "The Sleepwalker," ballets "Sylvia" and "Afife," and modern dances works "Travelogue 2," "City-Jungle," "Mediterranean" and "Ezel Bahar."

The IDOB has 750 dancers and during the season can organize up to 25 performances per month.

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