SUMMER turned out to be RICH AT EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS AND PREMIERES OF FILMS. WELCOME TO THE COMPANY NEW NAMES AND EVENTS THAT DETERMINE THE NEW SEASON!
September 2, 4
OPERA "SEVILLE CIRCULAR"
With the light hand of the Giuseppe Verdi Opera House from Trieste (Italy), the season’s loud premiere will be held - the Barber of Seville opera Gioacchino Rossini in two acts, in Italian and English (with Arabic subtitles). The main characters are Count Almaviva (Bogdan Mihai), MD Bartolo (Domenico Balzani), his pupil Rosina (Rocío Ignacio), her music teacher Bazilio (Giorgio Giuseppini), barber Figaro (Massimo Cavaletti). Location: Dubai, Dubai Opera
September 8-17
EID IN DUBAI FESTIVAL - EID AL ADHA
Uraza Bairam, the Muslim "celebration of conversation," and the Eid in Dubai - Eid Al Adha festival are important not only for residents of Dubai and the Middle East. It attracts tourists from all over the region - from Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. The events of the Eid in Dubai - Eid Al Adha festival are large-scale and luxurious. The goal is to show true Islamic values, among which generosity and hospitality occupy a special place.
September 15th
PREMIERE FILM "CHILD BRIDGET JONES"
After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), 40-year-old Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) decided to focus on her career as a television news producer, constantly falling into ridiculous stories. In the new film, Bridget meets the American Jack Quantum (Patrick Dempsey) and suddenly finds out that she is pregnant. The intrigue is that Bridget does not know who the father of her unborn child is Mark or Jack. This cute and funny movie was directed by Sharon Maguire in Dublin and London. The budget of the painting is $ 35 million, and the plot is based on Helen Fielding columns she wrote in 2005 for the British newspaper The Independent, and her fourth book, The Bridget Jones Child, which goes on sale in October 2016.
September 16-24
PERFORMANCE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL "VAREKAI"
Three years later, the Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil ("Circus of the Sun"), shining in the genre of symbiosis of circus art, dance, acrobatics and street performances, theater and drama, returns to Dubai. Setting up a new performance is risky: all the best, it would seem, has long been thought up, so Cirque du Soleil brought his legendary two-hour show of 2002, Varekai (in the Gypsy language, it means "Anywhere"), where in the thicket there is usually forest on top a lonely young man falls from heaven and begins his exciting story in the unusual world of Varekai. You can buy tickets for the Varekai performance from Cirque du Soleil at www.tixbox.com Location: Dubai, Dubai World Trade Center
16 of September
BALLET GISELLE
The Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater, also known as the Russian State Ballet of Siberia (the name of the troupe abroad), until recently was known for its non-trivial productions of the ballet Infanta and the Jester, The Nutcracker and Anyuta. Among the most anticipated events is the new ballet in two acts by Giselle by composer Adolphe Adan on the libretto by Henri Saint-Georges, Jean Coralli and Teofil Gautier, which promises to be a hit at the Dubai Opera House. Behind the outward melancholy of Giselle (Mana Kuvabara, Ekaterina Bulgutova), her mother Berta (Vera Surovtseva), Count Albert (Yuri Kudryavtsev, Ivan Karnaukhov), Batilda (Polina Bulycheva) there are quite strong characters, and the look of a real artist in costumes by Elena Rodionova Theater for good. Location: Dubai, Dubai Opera
September 21 - November 16
FAMILY MEDICAL PROGRAM
There is simply to live, it is yesterday. The forum "Family Medical Program" says that it’s good and bad, seriously think about their health, rely on an active lifestyle, learn to read product labels in stores, and when they find preservatives, fragrances or artificial colors, they urge you to run from them, like the plague, they introduce taboos on meat, sugar, saturated fats, flour and dairy. "Immunity is a great thing," as the experts of the Family Medical Program forum repeat the mantra. Location: Abu Dhabi, Family Development Centers.
September 22nd
PREMIERE OF THE FILM "LIGHT IN THE OCEAN"
The plot for the burning melodrama "Light in the Ocean", which made a lot of noise at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, was directed by director and screenwriter Derek Sienfrans from Stedman’s novel of the same name. After the end of the First World War on the coast of Western Australia, lighthouse keeper Tom Sherborn (Michael Fassbender) and his wife Isabelle (Alicia Wikander) rescue a newborn girl Lucy (Karen Pistorius), found in a boat moored to the shore. The newlyweds take the child up for education, not suspecting that in a few years they will meet her heartbroken mother Hannah (Rachel Weisz), which can destroy their family idyll.
September 22nd
VIENNA CONCERT VEREIN CONCERT "CARDS FROM VIENNA"
The Vienna Concert Verein Chamber Orchestra is known to be a big fan of the dynasty of Viennese composers and Strauss conductors. Their concert is an excellent occasion to recall the Viennese waltz, polka, march and operettas - the world masterpieces of Johann Strauss and his sons: Johann, Joseph and Eduard. The main names of the orchestra this fall are conductor James Judd, Eva Lind (soprano), Benno Schollum (baritone) and 25-year-old Czech violinist Jan Mracek. Franz Schubert's “Evening Serenade”, Franz Lehar's “Silent Lips”, Fritz Kreisler’s “Vienna Whim” and “I Want to Dance” by the famous Imre Kalman - pieces that will certainly sound in the program of the concert “Postcards from Vienna” will also help you join the world classics. Location: Dubai, Dubai Opera
September 26-30
SHOW "INCREDIBLE" / IMPOSSIBLE
The Impossible show, which was invented at the West End in London, came to Dubai - the best illusionists, the deadly tricks performed by the Magic Bones, Chris Cox, Jonathan Goodwin, Josephine Lee, Ben Hart and Sabin van Diemen. They juggle with torches, soar in the air, shoot arrows from a powerful crossbow into inflatable balls, transmit and read the audience’s thoughts, “set fire” to their assistants and volunteers from the audience right on the stage. Fiesta of deception and illusion! Location: Dubai, Dubai Opera.
October 8th
FAREWELL WORLD TOUR JOSE CARRERAS
Spanish tenor José Carreras - a difficult person, a legend - will celebrate his 70th anniversary this year by going to the farewell world tour "Life in Music". He will perform in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Tokyo, Budapest, Frankfurt and, of course, in Dubai. The natural first reaction is the rapturous admiration that spectators experience in front of the Chevalier of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by Carreras, because he has more than 60 operas in his track record: Don Carlos, Elixir of Love, Bohemia, Tosca , "Carmen", "Sly", "Samson and Delilah" and others, more than 150 records sold in million copies, and its performance is still considered the most honest and sincere. Location: Dubai, Dubai Opera
September 30th
CONCERT OF THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA "NIGHT OF FILMS. EXTREME"
Founded in Washington in 1931, the National Symphony Orchestra will perform in Abu Dhabi with the only concert entitled “Film Night. Extreme” under the direction of conductor Andrew Burrman. You are waiting for works from the blockbuster "Star Trek: Retribution" by Jay Jay Abrams, the 1940 Disney cartoon "Fantasy" by Norman Ferguson and the ballet "Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky. The world premiere of composer James Griffiths "Starlight Horizon" will take place here. A nice bonus - the concert will feature "Ode to Joy" from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. Location: Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace.
October 7th
ZANE MALIKA CONCERT
British singer-songwriter Zayn Jawad Malik, former vocalist of One Direction, will give the only concert in Dubai as part of his Mind of Mine world tour (rumor has it that his girlfriend, supermodel Gigi Hadid, even takes a break from her modeling career to support Zayn on touring). Those lucky enough to attend Malik’s concert speak of his driving energy and a host of great songs from the albums Like I Would, It's You, BeFoUr and Pillowtalk. You can buy tickets at www.117live.com. Location: Dubai, Autism Rocks Arena
October 11"FOUR TIMES" YEAR VIVALDI
Italian violinist Fabio Biondi and his stellar ensemble Europa Galante are rapidly gaining popularity. At the Four Seasons concert, he will perform five pieces by Antonio Vivaldi. The brilliant composition of the Europa Galante Orchestra is beyond discussion: Fabio Ravasi, Beatrice Scaldini, Baptiste Lopez, Victoria Melik and Alessandro Andriani and Paolo Ponchet (harpsichord). Location: Dubai, Dubai Opera
October 12-15
PERFORMANCE "ROAD FROM YELLOW BRICK"
Frank Baum, a theater production based on the children's book The Amazing Wizard of Oz, directed by New York-based theater artist and educator Tomi Tsunodu, explores contemporary conversations about the climate crisis, issues of bureaucracy, survival and dependence. Mixing the techniques of traditional Japanese performance with original material invented by students at New York University in Abu Dhabi, the performance of the Yellow Brick Road breaks generally accepted stereotypes and uses the fairy tale The Amazing Wizard of Oz as a prism to study the global financial crisis. Free admission. Location: Abu Dhabi, New York University Abu Dhabi
October 13th
PREMIERE FILM "INFERNO"
The sequel to the films The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, the thriller Inferno, which is an adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name. Director Ron Howard involves Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) in a mystical carousel of characters and codes in Florence, where, with the help of Dr. Siena Brooks (Felicity Jones), he is trying to regain his lost memory and freedom. Among the actors of “Inferno” are Ben Foster, Omar Si, Irfan Khan, Ana Ularu and Bjorn Freiberg. Behind the historic facade of Venice, Florence and Budapest, where the fantastic thriller was filmed, lies a whole world of secrets encrypted in Dante's work “Hell” (“Divine Comedy”).
October 14
CONCERT EMIRATES NBD CLASSICS "ELEMENTS"
Possessing a wonderful flair and rare hard work, the organizers of Emirates NBD Classics continued their good work, deciding to give the musical talent of the American saxophonist and composer George Brooks, Indian violinist and vocalist Cala Ramnet and Dutch harpist Gwyneth Ventink a wide path. Of the undoubted merits of the trio - bright charisma, the quintessence of European classical music and American jazz. Gwyneth Ventink has been playing the harp since she was five years old, performed for the Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix herself, at the age of 17 she won the International Harp Competition in Israel, and the Indian violinist Cala Ramnet struck a storm of applause in the Carnegie Hall concert hall in New York, at the Sydney Opera House and at the Queen Elizabeth Hall concert venue in London. Location: Dubai, DUCTAC (Dubai Community Theater and Arts Center)
The 20th of October
FILM PRIME JACK RICHER 2: NEVER RETURN
“Jack Reacher 2: Never Come Back” is one of Edward Zwick’s most anticipated action movies based on Lee Child’s “Never Come Back” novel, in which Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns to his military unit, where he used to be the boss, but he himself is unexpectedly accused of a murder that happened 16 years ago. The battle scenes cannot be ignored by the commander of the part Susan Turner, played by actress Kobe Smulders - many people paid attention to her after the films "Avengers" and "Silent Harbor".
October 20-23
8th SEASON FASHION FORWARD
The good news: a trip for a dress or a pair of shoes to the Fashion Forward festival is doomed to success - here are the most beautiful couture shows, ready-to-wear clothing and the champions of the season - accessories from Middle Eastern designers. Fashion Forward festival is held twice a year - in April and October, it appeared a trendy girlish "peninsula", which is represented by designers Soltan, Three Fifty Nine, Salta, Kristina Fidelskaya, Nesiba Hafiz, Army of 1, Mira Hayek and many others.
October 24-29
DUBAI DESIGN WEEK
At Design Week in Dubai, nothing is too much or too much: here only innovations in interior design, the triumph of technology and cutting edge materials - 135 new projects from 51 universities from different countries as part of the Global Grad Show project. All the secrets of perfect first-hand design at the three-day Creativity Forum, which will be held for the first time, are seminars, lectures and discussions with students and academics. Curators from Algeria, Bahrain, India, Iraq, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates are invited to select the most talented designers and the best brands in the Middle East to present “Human Feelings” to the audience. Location: Dubai, Dubai Design District.
October 25-28
DOWNTOWN DESIGN
The main trends and major accents of the coming season will be at the largest Downtown Design fair: 100 brands from 25 countries will bring home furnishings, lighting, designer gizmos for the bathroom and kitchen, textiles and home accessories. Here are furniture from brands Aati, Bend Goods, Bernhardt, Chabros, De Castelli, Fendi Casa, Herman Miller, Llardo, Moroso, T Design and many others, which can become a luxurious decoration for your home. Location: Dubai, D3 (Dubai Design District).
Text: Igor Shevkun
