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15 Dec 2006-14 Jan 2007. The Teatro Gran Via hosts the critically acclaimed Moscow Classical Ballet in a performance of Tchiakovsky
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4-23 Dec 2006. Jacques Offenbachs opera Les Contes dHoffmann based on three tales by German writer and composer E.T.A. Hoffmann is presented by the Teatro Real in a new co-production with Turins Teatr...
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3-24 Nov 2006. The 23rd Festival de Jazz de Madrid features international jazz names including Keith Jarret, Gary Peacock, Jamie Cullum, Herbie Hancock and Luis Salinas as well as renowned Spanish mus...
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17 Oct 2006-8 Jan 2007. This exhibition at Madrids Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofa covers six decades of the work of celebrated British artist Howard Hodgkin (London 1932). Tracing the develo...
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9 Nov 2006. Legendary jazz pianist and composer Keith Jarrett performs with his trio at Madrids Teatro Real as part of their Spanish tour. Founded by Jarrett in 1983, the trio, with bassist Gary Peaco...
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Friday night cinema at the Casa Encendida.
13 Oct-29 Dec 2006. Contemporary international cinema that has not seen general release in Spain is on offer in the Cine Contemporneo season at the Casa Encendida every Friday night. Highlights includ...
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La Boca del Lobo International Short Film Festival.
20-27 Oct 2006. Held in a live music club, La Boca del Lobo, this independent film festival presents around 100 short fiction, documentary and animation films and two feature-length movies, screened i...
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Piano soloists at the Auditorio.
17-24 Oct 2006. The Symphony Hall of Madrids Auditorio hosts the XI Ciclo de Grandes Intpretes featuring solo performances from internationally acclaimed pianists. The first of this months concerts ha...
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El Trazo Oculto - The Hidden Outline.
21 July-5 Nov 2006. Using an infra-red technique originally developed by the University of Milan, this unique exhibition reveals the drawings and sketches that lie beneath the painted surface of some...
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11 Oct-9 Nov 2006. One of the most important performing arts events in Spain, the Festival de Otoo, is now in its 23rd year. Thirty-eight shows, 138 events and 36 world premieres with international co...
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27 Sept-15 Oct 2006. The acclaimed Covent Garden Opera House production of Richard Strausss Ariadne auf Naxos directed by Christof Loy comes to the Teatro Real. First performed in 1912, Strausss opera...
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5-10 Sept 2006. St Petersburgs prestigious Mariinsky Ballet company presents El Corsario (The Pirate) at the Teatro Real. One of Russian ballets most enduringly popular works, El Corsario is a ballet...
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7 July-8 Oct 2006. The heady years of the socio-cultural movement known as La Movida which followed the death of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975 are the subject of this exhibition at...
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Summer nights at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
1 Jul-2 Sept 2006. Two major exhibitions at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum are being opened to the public until 23.00 over summer. From Cranach to Monet. Masterpieces from the Prez Simn Collection is a...
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10 Aug-3 Sept 2006. Two of Basque composer Pablo Sorozbals finest works, Adis a la Bohemia (Goodbye to Bohemia) and Black, el Payaso (Black, the Clown) are presented by the Teatro Espaol in a double b...
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Titirilandia puppet theatre festival.
8 July-3 Sept 2006. Twenty-one puppet companies from around the world are performing in the 13th edition of Madrids Fiesta del Ttere in the Parque del Ritiro. Puppet shows for young and old are on off...
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15 July-26 Aug 2006. La Casa Encendida presents late night open-air cinema on the terrace every Saturday over summer, featuring classic films from Italy, France, USA, Czechoslovakia and Japan. Federic...
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1 July-3 Sept 2006. Madrids huge summer festival Veranos de la Villa includes a season of concerts in the imposing setting of the Patio del Conde Duque. Brazilian singer Toquinho is first up (3 Jul...
