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Evening Ballet screening: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, a ballet choreographed by John Cranko

Music by Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Domenico Scarlatti, conducted by Wolfgang Heinz, State Theatre Stuttgart Orchestra. Production in 2022.

Performed by Stuttgarter Ballett, Germany

SCREENING MATERIAL IS NOT SUITABLE FOR AUDIENCE UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE

In the project: From Alpha to Opera – introducing famous operas with Vietnamese and English subtitles.

LOCATION: The Lighthouse, 1st floor, Paper & I, 152 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia St., Saigon Ward, HCMC
TIME: 7:15PM – 9:50PM – Saturday, 11 April 2026 (door open from 6:30 PM)

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200,000 VND - only for audience members attending the screening.
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is one of the rarest creatures in the garden of the arts—a comic classical ballet. It follows closely the basic structure of Shakespeare’s war of wits and barbed tongues. But how do you do this with artists who don’t speak and women en pointe? Well, with brilliant acting, clever staging and props, vaudeville-style physical comedy, and every other trick in the book including even a juggling act with a lute. It’s suitable for the entire family. But there are also serious undertones for everyone to mull over.

It seems that the richest man in Padua had two daughters of marriageable age. The younger daughter, Bianca, was the prettier one, and she was also obedient to her widowed father. Three suitors were eager to marry Bianca. In Padua there was a custom that the older sister had to be married off before the younger sister could wed. Bianca’s older sister was Katherina. She is the shrew, obedient to no one.

John Cranko’s THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is one of the greatest ballet comedies of the 20th century. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s world-famous play, Cranko brings to vivid life the story of the shrewish Katherina whom no one wants to marry and the dashing and clever Petruchio who makes her his wife and “tames” her. Set to cheerful and boisterous music by Kurt-Heinz Stolze’s arrangement after Domenico Scarlatti and with colourful costumes and a charming set by Elisabeth Dalton, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW evokes the sunlit streets and gardens of Italy. The perfect ballet for the whole family, danced by the Stuttgart Ballet.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzyc8E3R2mg

We own no copyright to footage of this performance and subsequent materials. All copyrights belong to the Stuttgart State Theatre and Stuttgart Ballet. The translation and localisation of materials (including programme notes, printed handouts and subtitles) into Vietnamese are performed by volunteers with the sole purpose of promoting classical music and increasing awareness of high standard quality worldwide operatic performances.

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