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...MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM IN THE AMAZON FOREST, Joao Caetano Theater, Rio, May 15 to Dec. 15 In this elaborate production directed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Puck is transported to the contemporary Brazilian rain forest. The play opens with a Herzog film documentary on the ecological devastation of Kuwait...
...POSTERS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT," Museum of Modern Art, Rio, May 29 to June 29 Leading graphic designers from 25 countries have contributed posters that portray optimistic visions of sustainable development. Organized by Design Rio, the show will open simultaneously in dozens of galleries around the world...
...AMAZON ART," Museum of Modern Art, Rio, June 5-28 This eclectic array consists of works by 26 artists from 14 countries who were deposited in far- flung corners of the Amazon and told to use local materials to depict the region's natural beauty and environmental ills...
FOREST OF THE AMAZON, Municipal Theater, Rio, June 1-21 Set to music by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, Forest of the Amazon is the story of a white goddess who falls in love with a rubber tapper, angering both the Amazon tribe that adores her and the forest itself. The ballet, described by choreographer Dalal Achcar as "a poetic fantasy," is an expanded version of one she originally created for Margot Fonteyn...
CONCERT FOR THE LIFE OF PLANET EARTH, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, Rio, June 7 Actor Jeremy Irons is the host of this charity event, which features performances by Placido Domingo, Wynton Marsalis and other artists, as well as a fireworks display. The nonpaying public can watch the festivities on large screens flanking the lagoon...