Time flies! And since last Thursday, it has been marking the milestones of an exceptional career. Roberto Bolle has just celebrated his 50th birthday, with more than 33 of those years spent on the stage of La Scala di Milano. A dancer of international stature, he quickly established himself among the great figures of ballet. […]
While Cecilia Gasdia, Sovrintendente of the Fondazione Arena di Verona, is touring the major cities to present the 2024 programme of the famous Verona Arena Festival, the 2025 season has already been announced. 2024, the great Puccini year, will of course include the masterpieces Tosca, Turandot and a new Bohème, as well as the eagerly […]
The Verona Arena Festival events have been announced with some exceptional Toscas, including the one on 30 August 2024 featuring Elena Stikhina, Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier in the role of the horrible Barone Scarpia. The superstar baritone has a surprise in store for lucky festival-goers where he performs as Amonasro in a deluxe Aida […]
While the Festival dell’Arena di Verona 2023 is already making news with its 100th anniversary edition, the most famous opera festival in the world announced record profits for the 2022 edition. 342,187 spectators returned to the amphitheatre generating an average revenue per evening of €575,575, the highest in the history of the Fondazione Arena di […]
Spectators at the Festival dell’Arena di Verona who were present at the incredible temple of opera on 28 August 2022 for a performance of Verdi’s Aida were in for a nice surprise. While another tenor had been announced, they were able to witness the Verona stage debut of Jonas Kaufmann as Radames. After the recitals, […]
The line-up for the new 2022 season of the Verona Arena is spectacular. There is the prestige of two huge international stars. The magnificent prima ballerina Roberto Bolle and the fabulous Plácido Domingo will be on the huge stage in Verona for two beautiful evenings. Among the many masterpieces, Verdi’s Nabucco and Aida, Bizet’s Carmen […]
The Verona Arena Festival has just lifted the veil on the cast for its 2022 edition. The undisputed star of the sopranos Anna Netrebko returns to illuminate five prestigious evenings. On 7 and 10 July, she will perform as Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco and on 4, 7 and 10 August, she will be Puccini’s Turandot […]
Major event of the 2021 Arena di Verona Opera Festival! On June 19 and 22, 2021, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the creation of Verdi’s Aida, a concert version of the masterpiece will be conducted by the great Riccardo Muti with an exceptional cast, as it should be, Sonya Yoncheva, Anita Rachvelishvili, […]
When the 2020 Festival becomes the 2021 ! Further to the cancellation of the stage productions of 2020 Festival, the Arena di Verona Foundation announced the complete postponement of all performances in 2021. Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Puccini’s Turandot, Verdi’s Aida, Nabucco & La Traviata will be performed next season. Jonas Kaufmann, the most […]
Is it necessary to introduce the Arena di Verona Festival? For over 100 years, every summer in the Roman amphitheater, the opera productions remain fabulous. Under the stars and in the warmth of the Italian nights, the 2016 Festival program presents, as usual, the big hits of the repertory. Although the organizers take their time […]
