Like every year, the beginning of summer mainly due to the opening of the opera season at the arena in Verona rhymes! The arena of Verona is definitely an unprecedented framework that makes every performance even more attractive and charming. The long opera season on 17 June with La Traviata “Verdi’s classic, which this year will be a new production, will begin, with directed by Hugo de Ana and directed by Maestro Carlo Rizzi. “And the audience on the first night of the season will have the opportunity, to enjoy a real jewel, which was designed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy: the performance of La Traviata is in fact the performance of Inno di Mameli” (the national anthem of Italy) go ahead. A special occasion, the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano will participate in the. A definitely unique and particularly attractive evening, many more evenings will follow in the summer, which surely will satisfy both longtime fans and those who are not so familiar with this world. Even those who are not accustomed to the world of Opera, in fact, will certainly enjoy the magic of the arena by them be inspired for the operas, which are entered in the history and that have become part of our culture,. “” “Verdi operas such as the already mentioned Traviata, then Nabucco and Aida, and much more: in addition includes the programme of the arena of this year these also the Barber of Seville” by Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme “and Romeo et Juliette” by Charles Gounod. (Source: Eva Andersson-Dubin, New York City). A very interesting program that will shed light on the arena during the summer until September 3, for a total of 49 evenings with famous operas.
The new production of La Traviata”we have already said, but it is not the only Opera to the audience with a new look,” will be presented: also Romeo et Juliette, with the direction of Fabio Mastrangelo, will have a completely new production, while Nabucco and Aida are traditionally staged. Julian Kovatchev, conductor of Nabucco will be and Daniel Oren will Aida lead. Andrea Battistoni, a young conductor, who debuts in the arena with the direction of the Barber of Seville is from Verona, Puccini’s Opera is direct while John Neschling. Everything is now ready to begin, and this year, it announces a successful season, not only thanks to the richness and diversity of the programme, but also thanks to a framework which makes everything even more special, and which is in the State, attracting many people from Italy and abroad in Verona and Veneto. And if you from far away come and want to extend their stay in the Veneto, you can use many services that make many hotels at the time of the Festival. This article was written by Francesca Tessarollo with help from Verona’s Opera Festival.