The city’s largest annual festival for opera, ballet, orchestral concerts and performance pieces returns Sep 11 with a lineup of classic stage pieces from all around the world. Among the 13 shows this year are highlight pieces from the Antonio Andrade Flamenco Company, a live concert by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and the classic Broadway musical, West Side Story. Tickets are now available on Thaiticketmajor. Check out all the action below and for more details visit www.bangkokfestivals.com. 

 

Russian ballet meets Thai dance choreography in this retelling of Eileen Hunter and Narisa Chakrabongse book about the romance between a young girl from Kiev and HRH of Chakrabongse of Siam. Tickets are B1,500-4,500.  

 

 

The Ekaterinburg Ballet & Opera Theatre performs the classic fairytale to the music of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Tickets are B1,200-4,000.

 

 

Based on the historic story of a slave who rebels against the Roman Empire, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich’s Spartacus is performed by the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. Tickets are B1,200-4,000.

 

 

The Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre performs the epic adventure of pirates and a young and beautiful Greek woman, with dance choreography by Yuri Grigorovich. Tickets are B1,200-4,000.

 

 

Denmark’s Flying Superkids, a gymnastic dance troupe that has been around since the ‘60s, bring their acrobatic movements and creative choreography to Bangkok. Tickets are B1,000-3,000.

 

 

For the first time outside Spain, the Antonio Andrade Flamenco Company performs its new Flamenco dance, Torera. The performance tells a story of social conflict through the body movements of Ursula Moreno. The tickets are B1,000-3,000

 

 

One of the festival’s highlights sees the classic George Bizet opera about a Spanish woman’s intense love told by the Antonio Andrade Flamenco Company. Tickets are B1,000-3,000.

 

 

China’s leading orchestra visits Thailand to perform classics that include Overture to Candide (Leonard Bernstein), The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (He Zhanhao and Chen Gang), and Symphony No. 9 in E minor ('From the New World') (Antonin Dvorak). Tickets are B1,000-3,500.

 

 

The world renowned magician and two-time winner of the International Magicians Society’s Merlin Award and Golden Magic Wand performs his tricks in Bangkok. Tickets are B1,000-3,000.

 

 

The Malandain Ballet Biarritz performs this classic fairytale through contemporary ballet movements. Tickets are B1,000-3,000.

 

 

Adopted the story from the book of Arthur Laurents, this classic Broadway play tells the story of two teenage street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, from different ethnic backgrounds. Performed with the original dance moves created by Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein musical score. Tickets are B2,000-5,000

 

 

As one of their 50 annual shows, the orchestra performs the following pieces: Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite (compiled from two suites) and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98. Tickets are B1,000-3,000.

 

 

The Stuttgart Ballet performs a dance rendition of Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy following a playboy and his rebellious love interest. Tickets are B2,000-5,500.