European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Continued from Page 3 will include the University of Maryland choir which has its own annual Handel festival. That should help insure a Lively contingent of american visitors. Three other East european festivals stand out. In the soviet Union the late june Leningrad White nights festival gives us the City at its sunniest with performances entered on the Superb Leningrad philharmonic and the exquisite kirov opera and Ballet. The 4 year old Dubrovnik festival in Yugoslavia has varied events on More than 50 stages within the Walls of one of Europe s most spectacular medieval cities. And the Warsaw autumn festival of contemporary music is Europe s most prestigious forum for new compositions East or West. Among the Best of the thematic festivals is the Hohe nems festival in West Germany. Although entered on Schubert it is not limited to his music. Its speciality is song recitals and it attracts the great lieder singers of the Day. The Kissinger summer in the Lovely West German spa town of bad Kissinger concentrates on promising Young artists from East and West. Ireland s Wexford opera festival appeals to connoisseurs in search of rarities along with the ample local Charm this fall Boi Eldieu s Dame Blanche Leoncavallo s Zaza and Nicholas maw s rising of the Moon Are on the schedule. The Rossini festival in the italian town of Pesaro has already become one of the hottest festival tickets on the circuit offering big name casts for Rossini operas in up to Date editions. For More exotica the St Yriarte Graz in Austria from late june to Early july has scheduled a glamorous yet intellectually challenging array of performers built this year around the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his brilliantly personal ideas about conducting Beethoven. The Aldeburgh festival in England was founded As a forum for the late Benjamin Britten but this year offers concerts of music by Aribert Reimann and Aaron Copland with Elliott Carter and Alexander Goehr As composers in residence. In Finland the relatively Well known Savon Linna opera festival presents challenging performances in the 400-year-old Olavin Linna Castle and this summer offers a tribute to its late founder the Bass Martti Tavela. Less known is the Joensuu song festival directed by Jorma Hynninen the finnish baritone. This Short festival which spills Over into the neighbouring karelian soviet socialist Republic includes far More than song encompassing several orchestral choral chamber and other events. Finally a festival with a really focused theme the festival de i argue Ancien in Sion Switzerland. Playing what at 600 years of age is billed As the oldest functioning Organ in the world will be a Host of notable virtuosos. Sion May not offer High voltage singing or dazzling costumes but Bayreuth and Salzburg have nothing like  opera performance during the Salzburg festival in Austria. This year s event opens july 26. A amp Stiie Austria Vienna festival a through june 17, Vienna. Opera theater him Art exhibits plus series of concerts at Musik heroin focusing on works of modern composer Ernst Kre nok. Contact Wiener fest Ochen leh amp Grasse 11, a-1060 Wien Austria Tot. 1 5861676-0. Graz opera festival a through june 24, Graz. Focus on works of Wagner. Contact Graz steiermark Haus. Herro Gasse 16, a-8010 Graz Austria Tel. 316 835241/0. Musical Spring a through june 27, Millstadt. Schubert Lade Hohe nems a june 16-july 1, Hohe nos orchestral chamber and choral music. Focus on works by Schubert Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Contact Schubert made Hohe nems Post Tach 100, 1 Schwei Zor Strasse a-6845 Hohe nems Austria. St Yriarte Graz a june 23-july 13, Graz. Chamber music symphony concerts recitals. Focus on works by boo Lovon. Contact St Yriarte Graz office palais att Ems 17 Sac Strasse a-8010 Graz Austria. Vionna a summer of music a june 26-sept. 2, Vienna. Organ concerts symphony and opera in Schonbrunn Palace City Hall courtyard and other famous Sites. Contact Wiener Musik Sommer Friedrich Schmidt Platz 5, a-1082 Wien Austria. Festival of Early music a june 26-oct. 6, Innsbruck. Baroque operas performed at Iroler Landes Heater plus recitals at Rose nasal of Homburg. Bad Hall operetta festival a june 29-aug. 4, bad Hall. International chamber music festival a june 30-july 15, Rockenhaus. Corinthian summer a july 5-aug. 30, Villacha and of Sirach. Orchestral choral and chamber music in tribute to Mozart. Operetta festival a july 8-sept. 1, bad Tischl. Operettas scheduled include Lehar s merry widow and Abraham s Victoria and the Husar. Jazz festival a july 13-15, Wiesen. Bregenz festival a july 20-aug. 22, Bregenz. One of Europe s most Lamous festivals with opera theater orchestral and chamber concerts at fest Spilhaus and on floating stage on Lake Constance. Contact Bregenzer of Stopielo Postrach 311, a-6901 Bregenz Austria. International Neuberger culture Days a july 21-aug. 4, Youberg an Der Mirz. Chamber music Art exhibits literature readings. Salzburg festival a july 26-aug. 31, Salzburg. Europe s Mammoth annual festival. Opera Ballet theater orchestral and chamber concerts serenades Church music. Guests include chamber orchestra of Europe Cleveland orchestra Emerson quartet and violin soloist Anne Sophie mutter. Contact Salzburger fes Spiele Postrach 140, a-5010 Salzburg Austria. 16th Ballet seminar a july 29-aug. 26, wolfs egg am Haus Luckwald. Mon see music Days a aug. 31-sept. 7, Mon see. Chamber music on Shore of Lake Mon see. Focus on works by Beethoven and Bartok. International Church music Days september through october St. Polten Herzog Enburg Lilienfeld. International Haydn festival a sept. 1-9, Eisenstadt. Festival opens in Hayden Saal of Esterhazy Castle with performance by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Other performances by Haydn quartet of Burgenland Vienna Schubert Trio and Moscow philharmonic. International Bruckner festival a sept. 15-oct. 6, Linz. Festival honors former Linz Cathedral organist Anton Bruckner and others with orchestral and chamber music concerts recitals and opera. Performers include Vienna s philharmonic orchestra Bamberg symphony and London philharmonic orchestra. Contact Linzer  a Mph Bruckner aus Postrach 57, a-4010 Linz Austria Tel. 732 275230. Styrlan autumn festival a oct. 4-28, Graz. Contemporary music modern Art. Contact Ste Rischer Herbst palais attorn Sac Strasse 17, a-8010 Graz Austria. Belgium International jazz festival a june 1-3, Gen Brugge. 30th International Flanders festival a through nov. 6, throughout flemish Region. Belgium s largest cultural event features top orchestras ensembles and soloists. Themes include ancient music Mozart s compositions and works from Northern Europe. Through june at kor trick through july at Limburg july 28-aug. 5, at Bruges and september october at Antwerp Brussels Ghent and Mechelene. Contact festival Van Vlaanderen Eugeen Flage Plein 18, b-1050 Bruxelles Belgium. World folklore festival a july 6-13, Schoten. Folk dances at Schoten Castle in Memeen Separk. Festival of Wallonia a july 7-oct. 25, throughout Region. Performances in abbeys chateaus opera houses and Heaters in Liege St. Hubert Namur stave lot Huy Dur buy Hainaut and Brabant Wallon. Contact festival of Wallonia Rue sur Les Foulois 11, 4000 Lidge Belgium. Dran outer Folk festival a aug. 3-5, Dran outer. Traditional Folk music plus Rock and african rhythms. International jazz festival a sept. 1-2, Dender Monde. Bulgaria 21st International festival Sofia music weeks a through june 30, Sofia. Bulgaria s largest and most prestigious arts festival with opera operettas and Ballet symphony and chamber music concerts and recitals. Guests include Martha Graham dance company London festival orchestra and bulgarian National choir. Contact Sofia music weeks International festival 1 Bulgaria Square. Bg-1414 Sofia Bulgaria Tel. 2 543041. Vama summer festival a june 16-july 30, Varna. Symphony and chamber orchestras Ballet companies and soloists perform outdoors and in Varna theater. Performers include Varna philharmonic orchestra Berlin baroque Trio and Sofia chamber choir. Contact Varna summer International music festival municipality people s Council bg-9000 Varna Bulgaria Tel. 52 220101. Cyprus Nicosia festival a june Nicosia. Performances by cypriot and greek artists. Contact Nicosia municipality Cyprus Tel. 02 473124. Third cultural festival of Aglan Jia a june. Aglan Jia. Folk dancing theatrical shows. Limassol International Art festival a june through july Limassol. Dance music and theater in open air Arena at municipal gardens. A Panaca festival a july 1-31, Warnaca. Dance theater music Art exhibitions. Para Limni summer festival july August. Para Limni. Dance music Art exhibitions. Plates festival a August plates. Music dance theatrical performances. Cyprus International festival a sept. 1-15. Limassol and Nicosia. Dance music and theatrical performances in open air  perform in usher flail during the Edinburgh festival in Scotland. Czechoslovakia Prague Spring festival a through june 2. Prague. Operas recitals chamber music jazz. Features works by czech composer Bohuslav Martinu plus tribute to Tchaikovsky. Contact International music festival Prague Spring w. Piecka 98, cs-11000 Praha 10, Czechoslovakia Tel. 2 734632/2319307. Janacek music festival a june 2-6. Brno Frederic Chopin festival a through july 13 and aug. 18-25, Mariansky Lane Marienbad. Bratislava jazz Days a sept. 19-21, Bratislava. 26th Bratislava music festival a sept. 27-oct. 11, Bratislava. Opera operetta Ballet and orchestral chamber and choral concerts and recitals. Performers include London philharmonic orchestra Moscow chamber orchestra and Canadian National orchestra. Contact  Bratislava. Michalska 10. Cs-81536 Bratislava Czechoslovakia Tel. 7 334528/334559. Boo International music festival a sept 27-oct. 11, Brno. Denmark 28th danish Ballet and opera festival a through May 31, Copenhagen. Opera and Ballet at Royal theater. Contact Ballet and opera festival Royal theater Box 2185, dk-1017 Copenhagen a Denmark Tel. 33 322020. Aalborg jazz festival a june 14-16, Aalborg. Odense Organ festival 1990 a june 15-aug. 15, Odense. Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky festival a june 18-22, aarhus. Summer concerts 1990 a june 20-july 25. Copenhagen. Organ and choral concerts. Organ festival a june 27-sept. 12, Soro. Skagen festival a june 28-july 1, Skagen Rock Folk jazz. Copenhagen summer festival a july 1-aug. 17, Copenhagen. Chamber music. Copenhagen jazz festival a july 6-15. Copenhagen. International musicians play in various venues. Bom Holms music festival a july 16-aug 16, Bornholm. Chamber music. Maribo jazz festival a july 20-22, Maribo. Lerch Enborg music Days a july 28-aug. 12. Karlund Borg. Classical music at Lerch Enborg Castie. Aarhus summer opera a aug. 13-28, aarhus. Opera chamber music. Festival Bornholm a aug. 16-19, Bornholm. Jazz Folk Rock and gospel concerts in open air stadium. Fall Ballet festival a aug. 16-sept. 1, Copenhagen Royal danish Ballet performs at Royal theater plus Cleveland Ballet. Maurice Bojart Ballet Lausanne and finnish National Ballet. Contact Royal theater Box 2185, dk-1017 Copenhagen a Denmark Tel. 33 322020. Tonder festival a aug. 24-26, Tonder one of Europe s largest Volk fests. Music Art exhibitions dancing Street fest. Aarhus festival a sept. 1-9, aarhus. Opera concerts recitals Aalborg music festival a sept. 8-16. Aalborg. Jazz Rock Folk music. East Germany Dresden music festival a May 26-june 10. Dresden focus on russian classical and modern soviet music. Highlights Are productions of Prokofiev s the love Otto three oranges and Tchaikovsky s Eugen onegin Contact Dresdner  31 Gunt Strasse Dresden 8010, East Germany. Handel festival a june 8-12, Halle. Tribute to composer in City of his birth. A a n. Dresden contemporary music week a sept. 2o-d a 5, Dresden. Concerts by Dresden philharmonic by Welsh orchestra swedish cultural quartet and d1� 5 Berlin festival of theater and music a sept. 28-d a 14, Berlin. Focus on Ballet. Guests include Christ Hoyos Ballet of Spain Prague chamber Ballet and b of the German opera on the Rhine. Contact buro Ben fest age 17 Scharre Strasse Berlin 1020, East Germa y Gewand Haus festival a oct. 4-9, Leipzig. Young a its featured in symphony concerts operas recitals o tact Gewand Haus Zug Leipzig 8 Karl Marx Platz Leip s 7010, East Germany.4 stripes Magazine May 24, 1990