Some 3,600 Artists to Participate at Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato, Mexico Prensa Latina
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41 Festival Internacional Cervantino (conacultavideo)

About 3,600 artists will participate in the 41st International Cervantino Festival starting today in Guanajuato and running until Oct. 27th.

This year, the main themes for the famous celebration, called Fiesta del Espíritu (Celebration of the Spirit), are "The Art of Freedom" and the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

Uruguay and the Mexican state of Puebla are the guests of honor. Hundreds of national and international performances, as well as academic activities are scheduled.

The program includes musical, theater, circus and literary activities, among others.

A number of theaters will host the event, for example, the Juárez Theater, Cervantes Theater, Principal, Templo de la Valenciana, Auditorio, Plaza San Roque and Los Pastitos, among others.

At the inaugural ceremony held in the Juarez Theater, choreographer Gladiola Orozco, co-funder of the former Ballet Teatro del Espacio will be awarded with this year's festival medal.

Artists from 30 different countries will attend the festival, including the Uruguayan singer-songwriters Rubén Rada and Daniel Viglietti, as well as Ballet del Sodre.

The Mexican tenor Arturo Chacón and the Italian soprano Bárbara Frittoli will perform, while pianists Cyprien Katsaris, Abdiel Vázquez and Edison Quintana will present classics by Verdi and Wagner.

The world premiere of the play "Bola Negra" by Marcela Rodríguez and Mario Bellatín, directed by Jesusa Rodríguez is also part of the festivities.

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