Abu Dhabi Festival 2023 marks the live events return in Middle East

Monday, December 12, 2022

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation has announced the line-up for next year’s Abu Dhabi Festival, which begins on March 1, 2023.

Running under the theme of The Will for Evolution, reflecting the UAE’s drive for progress and prosperity, the 20th anniversary of the annual event marks a full return to live performances after two years of hybrid events due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The programme includes some internationally renowned and award-winning artists performing in the capital, along with a range of performances taking place in the US and Germany, including shows from globally celebrated opera singers, Grammy-nominated artists and innovative storytellers.

Here are some of the main events planned for the festival.

The Abu Dhabi Festival will kick off on March 1 at Emirates Palace with a two-hour performance by acclaimed opera singer Juan Diego Florez.

The Peruvian tenor will take audiences on a musical journey featuring a programme of arias followed by a repertoire of Peruvian and Latin American songs accompanied by a live orchestra.

Throughout his career Florez has performed on the world’s leading stages and is one of opera’s greatest talents. Aside from playing many roles on the operatic stage, Florez is a Grammy-nominated singer and in 2007 was decorated with the Order of the Sun of Peru in the rank of Grand Cross, the highest decoration from the Peruvian government.

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