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BRATISLAVA

LIVE MUSIC: Slovak students perform highlights from American and British musical theatre and opera selections.
Starts: May 15 at 20:00. Admission: free. Concert Hall, Academy of Music and Dance, Zochova 1.

OPERA: Luisa Miller - Giuseppe Verdi's adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's drama depicts tragic love against the background of political and social events.
Starts: May 16 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk120-200. Slovenské Národné divadlo, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 1.Tel: 02/5443-3083.

LIVE MUSIC: Marek Balata - Polish singer performs mainstream and jazz vocal music with Slovak artists.
Starts: May 16 at 20:30. Tickets: Sk100. Metro club, Suché mýto (underground). Tel: 0903/464-265.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Momentum Musicum - Slovak guitar duo plays works by international composers.
Starts: May 19 at 16:00. Tickets: Sk60. CC centrum, Jiráskova 3. Tel: 02/6382-4390.

LIVE MUSIC: Guest Artists - American soprano and pianist perform American musical theatre and cabaret highlights.
Starts: May 19 at 18:00. Admission: free. Recital Hall, Academy of Music and Dance, Zochova 1.

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE: Homage to Central Europe 3 - International artists decorate a street with crossings and sidewalks as a symbol of unifying central Europe.
Starts: May 10 at 16:00. Admission: free. In front of Mirbachov palác, Františkánske nám. 11. Tel: 02/5443-1556 (7,8).

EXHIBITION: 2x15=18 - Political and cultural spirit of the 1980s in paintings and sculptures by Slovak Jozef Šramek.
Open daily 10:00-17:00 except Mon until June 23. Admission: Sk5-10. Mirbachov palác, Františkánske nám. 11. Tel: 02/5443-1556 (7,8).

EXHIBITION: Face To Face: Portraits of Artists - International artists captured in black and white pictures by French photographer.
Open Mon-Fri 9:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00 until May 31. Admission: free. Galéria Francúskeho inštitútu, Sedlárska 7. Tel: 02/5934-7777.


WESTERN SLOVAKIA

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Collegium Cantorum - Nitra chamber orchestra performs works by international composers.
Starts: May 16 at 18:00. Tickets: free. Ponitriantské múzeum, Štefánikova 1, Nitra. Tel: 037/7419-771.

MUSICAL: Hamlet - William Shakespeare's drama transformed into musical. In Slovak.
Starts: May 16 at 18:00. Tickets: Sk80. Divadlo Andreja Bagara, Svätoplukovo nám. 4, Nitra. Tel: 037/7721-578 (9).

EXHIBITION: Ľudovít Štúr - Leading 19th century Slovak featured in photographs, paintings and poetry.
Open Mon-Fri 8:00-12:00 until May 31. Admission: free. Dom Matice Slovenskej, Dolnočermánska 737, Nitra. Tel: 037/6566-399.

EXHIBITION: Good Day, Nitra - Fine art exhibits by mentally disabled children.
Open Tue-Fri 8:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00 until May 26. Admission: Sk5-10. Nitrianske múzeum, Štefánikova 1, Nitra. Tel: 037/7419-771.


CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

LIVE MUSIC: Vlasta Redl - Czech folk singer and guitarist.
Starts: May 15 at 20:30. Tickets: Sk150. Rondel klub 23, Závodská 6, Žilina. Tel: 041/7641-929.

EXHIBITION: Amfo and Diafoto - Amateur photographs from a regional competition.
Open: 7:00-16:00 until May 24. Admission: free. Makovického dom, Horný val 20, Žilina. Tel: 041/5643-200.

EXHIBITION: Ballad of the Mountains - 15 Slovak painters display 34 landscapes of the Orava and Liptov regions.
Open daily 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 until June 30. Admission: Sk5-10. Galéria Marie Medveckej, Tvrdošín. Tel: 043/5322-793.

EXHIBITION: Slovak Photography from 1925-2000 - Modernism, Postmodernism and Postphotography trends in Slovak photography in the 20th century.
Open Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00 until June 2. Admission: Sk10-40. Zvolenský zámok, Námestie SNP, Zvolen. Tel: 045/5321-903.


EASTERN SLOVAKIA

BALLET: Swan Lake - Fairy-tale ballet by Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Starts: May 15 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk70-140. Štátne divadlo, Hlavná 58, Košice. Tel: 055/6221-231.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Concert of Prešov University - Students and teachers perform international composers.
Starts: May 15 at 19:30. Tickets: Sk50. PKO Čierny orol, Hlavná 50, Prešov. Tel: 051/7723-741.

MODERN BALLET: Pink Floyd in Images and Rhythm - 70-minute dance to Pink Floyd tunes.
Starts: May 18 at 19: 00. Tickets: Sk:70-150. Štátne divadlo, Hlavná 58, Košice. Tel: 055/6221-231.

EXHIBITION: Zsolt Jószay - Hungarian sculptor exhibits sculptures of human bodies.
Open Tue-Sat 10:00-18:00 Sun 13:00-17:00 until May 30. Admission: Sk5-10. Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera, Alžbetina 20, Košice. Tel: 055/6223-073.

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