December 1 is World AIDS Day
"Last year, nearly half a million babies were born with HIV. By 2015,
that number could be zero."
The Gala will take place on 5 February 2011 at the Düsseldorf Opera House.
that number could be zero."
The Gala will take place on 5 February 2011 at the Düsseldorf Opera House.
The first details of the second Düsseldorf Opera Gala for the German AIDS Foundation were announced at the end of 2010.
The first Düsseldorf Gala in February 2010 raised a much needed €150,000; all of this went to helping specific projects within the Foundation on both a local level here in Düsseldorf, such as sheltered accommodation for those living with HIV/AIDS, and for the exemplary DREAM project that, amongst other programmes, treats pregnant women with HIV in Mozambique to ensure that their babies have every hope of being born healthy. As I explained to visitors on the Mapplethorpe tour it costs just €650 to treat an expectant mother with HIV and provide her baby a staggering 98% chance of being born HIV free.
The Düsseldorf Gala on 5 February will include highlights from Wagner, Pucinni, Rossini and Verdi brought to you by a star-studded ensemble including Ketevan Kemoklide, Stuart Neill and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo.
Due to illness the line-up has now been changed, American tenor, Eric Cutler, soprano Takesha Meshé Kizar and baritone Artur Rucinski will now be taking the stage.
Please give something today. You can donate in Germany online here or if you would prefer to donate to an English language platform do take a look at the incredible SING project headed up Annie Lennox who recently won Barclays Woman of the Year for her work with HIV/AIDS.
Due to illness the line-up has now been changed, American tenor, Eric Cutler, soprano Takesha Meshé Kizar and baritone Artur Rucinski will now be taking the stage.
Please give something today. You can donate in Germany online here or if you would prefer to donate to an English language platform do take a look at the incredible SING project headed up Annie Lennox who recently won Barclays Woman of the Year for her work with HIV/AIDS.
Tickets available from just €49 for the Gala from the Opera Shop on Heinrich Heine Allee in the centre of town.
