American Ballet Theatre at Abu Dhabi Festival 2026
Date: 20/11/2026
Venue: Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental
- This dazzling company of dancers presents a programme that brings together the work of three different choreographers. Skilfully contrasted in style, it showcases every element of the dancers’ abilities. The offbeat energy and playfulness of Twyla Tharp’s Sextet is followed by the gravely transcendental, intellectual questing of Ratmansky’s Serenade after Plato’s Symposium and concludes with Balanchine’s grand classicism in his Theme and Variations, set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious music. Initi...
Algarabía at Abu Dhabi Festival 2026
Date: 26/11/2026
Venue: Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental
- The University of Navarra Symphony Orchestra come together with dancers and actors in a unique fusion of disciplines. The result is a groundbreaking meeting of flamenco and Arab poetic traditions. An Arab girl embarks on a journey of discovery, studying the ancient botanical theory of flowers. Her intellectual approach contrasts with the instinctive love of a Spanish florist for the flowers themselves, their scents and colours. Poetry, Spanish and Arab dance and flamenco rhythms all come tog...
Verdi’s Opera Gala at Abu Dhabi Festival 2026
Date: 29/11/2026
Venue: Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental
- In honour of the 125th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s passing, this magnificent Opera Gala brings together the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra under the masterful direction of Giacomo Sagripanti, with celebrated soprano Maria Agresta and distinguished tenor Giorgio Berrugi. The programme journeys through Verdi’s most iconic works, from the grandeur of Nabucco and I Vespri Siciliani to the passion of Otello and La Traviata. Intertwining powerful overtures, arias and duets, the concert pays trib...