A ballet company without its home theater, the Teatro Colon Ballet is still busy giving performances, including two this weekend at Teatro Coliseo.According to My Buenos Aires Travel Guide, the company will perform “Les Sylphides,” the pas-des-deux from “Don Quixote,” and Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero.”They will perform with the similarly homeless Teatro Colon Orchestra, conducted by Mario Benzecry.The dates are Saturday at 8:30pm and Friday at 5pm, with tickets ranging from 16 to 50 pesos.These performances will be followed soon after by their performance with the famous dancer Paloma Herrera, who was once a student with the Teatro Colon herself.

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This coming Friday, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a concert featuring the music of famous German Romantic composer Richard Strauss.The concert will begin at 8:30 in the Teatro Opera, which is being used for many major performances while the Teatro Colon is closed for repairs. The performance will begin with “Three Songs” by Golijov, followed by “Variaciones Concertantes”, by Alberto Ginastera.The second half of the performance will be dedicated to a symphonic poem by Richard Strauss entitled “A hero’s life”, Op. 40.According to My Buenos Aires Travel Guide, the Mezzo soprano Virginia Correa Dupuy will be the soloist at this concert.Tickets are available at the theater Monday through Friday and range from 26 to 150 pesos depending on the seat.

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