SPLIT SUMMER FESTIVAL BEGINS SPLIT, July 14 (Hina) - The 47the Split Summer Festival commenced on Saturday evening with the hoisting of the festival's flag and the premiere of Verdi's Attila opera on a Croatian stage.
SPLIT, July 14 (Hina) - The 47the Split Summer Festival commenced on
Saturday evening with the hoisting of the festival's flag and the
premiere of Verdi's Attila opera on a Croatian stage.#L#
For the first time the Split festival was opened exclusively by
musicians and artists and no politician was on the stage during the
ceremony.
Only a message of Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, under whose
auspices the event is taking place, was read out.
Participants from 14 countries addressed the audience in their
languages.
In the coming month, the participants will perform 51 programmes
such as plays, operas and ballets on 14 stages in this Adriatic
city.
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