Carmina Burana — Antalya Devlet Opera ve Balesi

About this event

Antalya Devlet Opera ve Balesi (Antalya State Opera and Ballet) stages Carmina Burana, a ballet set to Carl Orff's scenic cantata, at the Haşim İşcan Kültür Merkezi. The State Opera and Ballet programme lists the performance on 12 November 2026 at 20:00, Türkiye time. According to the company, Orff composed the work in 1936 on poems chosen from Carmina Burana, a collection of 254 poems and dramatic texts from the 11th to 13th centuries held in the Bavarian library in Munich, and it was first staged at the Frankfurt Opera on 8 June 1937. The ballet opens with O Fortuna, then moves through the awakening of spring, tavern scenes and love songs told through dance, music and choir, before O Fortuna returns at the finale. Ahmet Volkan Ersoy is credited with the staging and choreography, Göksel Armağan Davran with choreography, and Maximilian Cem Haberstock as conductor. Tickets are sold through Biletinial, linked from the official programme; the ticket page gives an age limit of 7+.

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