Maná
From the streets of Guadalajara, Mexico, come Maná, the most successful Latin-rock band ever. Originally named ‘Sombrero Verde’ in the late-1970s, Maná found fame with their second release, 1992’s ‘?Dónde jugarán los niños?’ (’Where will the Children Play?’), which by 1997 had sold three and a half million copies worldwide. Maná’s fresh, eclectic mix of pop-rock with reggae and Afro-Latin rhythms and pro-ecological lyrics has now earned them a huge following throughout the Americas and Europe, several awards from Billboard and MTV as well as a Grammy.
The Taming of the Shrew
The outdoor Theatricum Botanicum opens its season with Shakespeare’s story of deception, disguise and intrigue, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. When Petruchio arrives in the Italian city of Padua looking for a wealthy wife, he spies Kate, the bad-tempered daughter of Baptista Minolo, and instantly decides to tame her. It’s not an easy task but he is helped out by Kate’s sweet-tempered sister Bianca’s three suitors, in a comic story of the battle of the sexes. This production stars Richard Tyson from the blockbuster movie ‘Battlefield Earth’ and Jim LaFave from ‘The Crucible’.
Top 100 Western Paintings
This hugely impressive out-of-town museum has come up with an exhibition that matches in ambition the wide scope of its collection. Through the chosen 100 paintings of the show’s title, the museum’s curators are attempting to trace 500 years of Western art history from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Many of the big names are here, including Breughel, Renoir, Chagall and Warhol and it’s a rare treat to see so many masterworks under one roof.
