Verona Opera Festival
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If you’re lucky to be in Italy between June and September, and you love the opera, then get yourself a ticket to the Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona.
This year marks one hundred years of opera in the Arena di Verona. The Opera Festival began on August 10, 1913, with the first performance of the opera, Aida organized by tenor Giovanni Zenatello, and the impresario Ottone Rovato.
The Verona Arena is a Roman amphitheatre built in 30 AD. It is located in Piazza Bra, in Verona, and is still in use today. It is one of the best preserved amphitheatres in the world. The Verona Arena is internationally known for its large scale opera productions.
In ancient times, the Amphitheatre could hold up to 30,000 spectators but today, with staging, it has a capacity of 22,000. Every year, over 500,000 opera lovers see productions of the most popular operas in the Arena di Verona.
For the 100th Anniversary of the Opera Festival, from June 16 to September 9, 2023, you can see: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi; Carmen by Georges Bizet; Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini; Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi; La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi; Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi; Tosca by Giacomo Puccini; and Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. What an extraordinary line-up of operas! Bravo!
