AP News, March 6th, 2007
Works by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass and the Mariinsky Theater's staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle highlight this year's Lincoln Center Festival.
The festival, held from July 10-29, includes 93 performances at 10 venues at or near Lincoln Center, the organization announced Tuesday. The one world premiere is David Michalek's video installation "Slow Dancing," which will appear on the facade of New York State Theater.
Wilson will direct the U.S. premiere of "Les Fables de La Fontaine" with La Comedie-Francaise at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater (July 10-15).
Glass' "Book of Longing," a concert work based on Leonard Cohen's poetry collection, will be performed at the Rose Theater (July 14-15).
The Mariinsky staging of "Der Ring des Nibelungen," will be performed twice at the Metropolitan Opera House (July 13-21). No casting has been announced for the production by conductor Valery Gergiev and designer George Tsypin, which debuted in 2003 at St. Petersburg, Russia.
"Metapolis II," described as a convergence of dance an architecture by Frederic Flamand and Zaha Hadid, will be given by the Ballet National de Marseille at the New York State Theater (July 25-27).
"Into the Hill," a chamber opera by George Benjamin with libretto by Martin Crimp, receives its North American premiere at the Lynch Theater (July 26-28) and Shen Wei's production of "Second Visit to the Empress" will be staged at the New York State Theater (July 24-29).
"Secret History of the Mongols," an eight-hour performance split over July 22 and July 29, will be played by nine musicians and storytellers from Mongolia at the Clark Studio Theater,
Monteverdi's Fourth Book of Madrigals will be performed by I Fagiolini (July 22-29) at the Kaplan Penthouse, which will be designed to resemble a restaurant.
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