The complete schedule for Lincoln Center Festival 2007, which will run
July 10-29, has been announced. Featuring 93 performances and events by artists and
ensembles from 14 countries, featured events include:
- Philip Glass's Book of Longing, based on Leonard Cohen's poetry, in N.Y. premiere
- Chile's Compañía Teatro Cinema's production of Gemelos, a free adaptation of the novel The Notebook by Agota Kristof
- Kabuki troupe Heisei Nakamura-za in two classic plays to
be presented in Avery Fisher Hall, which will be transformed into a
Kabuki theater
- La Comédie-Française in U.S. premiere of Robert Wilson's production of Les Fables de la Fontaine
- World premiere of Slow Dancing , a large-scale outdoor video installation by David Michalek
- Divinas Palabras, by Spain's Centro Nacional Dramatico
- Argentina's Proyecto Chejov's Un Hombre que se Ahoga
- Mexico's Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes' De Monstruos y Prodigios: La Historia de los Castrati
- The Full Monteverdi: Britain's I Fagiolini vocal
ensemble performing Monteverdi madrigals in the site-specific
theatrical setting of the Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center's Rose
Building
- Contemporary Legend Theatre of Taiwan in N.Y. premiere of one-man version of King Lear
- Mongolia: Music, Dance & Ballad in eight-hour epic The Secret History of the Mongols
- Valery Gergiev & Kirov Opera, Wagner's Ring Cycle, co-presented by Lincoln Center Festival and the Metropolitan Opera
Festival director Nigel Redden noted, "As in our past seasons, the
Lincoln Center Festival will be a mix of music, dance, drama, and
visual art -- but, by and large, great stories from all over the world
have inspired the programming this year. From the vastness of Wagner's
epic Ring Cycle to the pithy and exquisite animal fables of Fontaine as
enacted by the esteemed Comédie-Française, these tales will be realized
anew in fresh visions by some of today's most insightful creative
artists."
For a complete schedule of events, including all dates and performance times, visit www.linconcenter.org