Arena di Verona, Opera Season

20th June - 31st August 2008

The Arena of Verona, one of Italy's most important Roman amphitheaters, will once again be the setting for the famous Opera Festival

The 86th Opera Festival will take place from 20 June to 31 August 2008, against the evocative backdrop of the Arena di Verona. The programme comprises six operas, with a total of fifty performances, involving all the artistic groups of the Arena di Verona: the Orchestra, Chorus, Corps de Ballet and technical support.

The Season begins with a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida on 20 June. There follows Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, in Hugo de Ana’s acclaimed 2006 production. Next, Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco, with Denis Krief as director as well as stage and costume designer, in the production that so successfully inaugurated the Festival in 2007. The fourth work is Georges Bizet’s Carmen, in the now-famous production by the great Franco Zeffirelli. To follow, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, in the 2003 production with Ivo Guerra as director and Raffaele Del Savio as stage designer.

Further information on the Festival at the Arena, including ticket prices and their purchase, may be obtained on the internet website www.arena.it or by telephoning +39 045 800 5151. 

 
Programme 2008

JUNE 
Opera begins at 9.15 p.m.

Friday 20	Aida
Saturday 21	Tosca
Sunday 22	Nabucco
Thursday 26	Nabucco
Friday 27	Tosca
Saturday 28	Aida

JULY
Opera begins at 9.15 p.m.

Thursday 3	Nabucco
Friday 4	Tosca
Saturday 5	Carmen
Sunday 6	Aida
Tuesday 8	Aida
Wednesday 9	Nabucco
Thursday 10	Carmen
Friday 11	Aida
Saturday 12	Tosca
Sunday 13	Carmen
Tuesday 15	Carmen
Wednesday 16	Nabucco
Thursday 17	Aida
Friday 18	Carmen
Saturday 19	Tosca
Sunday 20	Aida
Thursday 24	Tosca
Friday 25	Carmen
Saturday 26	Nabucco
Sunday 27	Aida

AUGUST
Opera begins at 9.15 p.m.

Friday 1	Tosca
Saturday 2	Rigoletto
Sunday 3	Aida
Tuesday 5	Carmen
Wednesday 6	Rigoletto
Thursday 7	Nabucco
Friday 8	Aida
Saturday 9	Rigoletto
Sunday 10	Carmen
Friday 15	Carmen
Saturday 16	Nabucco
Sunday 17	Aida
Wednesday 20	Rigoletto
Thursday 21	Aida
Friday 22	Carmen
Saturday 23	Rigoletto
Sunday 24	Aida
Tuesday 26	Aida
Wednesday 27	Carmen
Thursday 28	Rigoletto
Friday 29	Nabucco
Saturday 30	Carmen
Sunday 31	Aida

 

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