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2023

Opera

Festival 2023

Aida

«Celeste Aida, forma divina» (Heavenly Aida, goddess of Beauty), and absolute Queen of the Arena. Undisputed symbol of the Opera Festival since 1913, this opera by Giuseppe Verdi will be staged at the Arena on 14 dates, between 16 June and 8 September, in a new production, waiting to be discovered.

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Opera

Festival 2023

Carmen

«Près des remparts de Séville» and in the heart of Verona, Franco Zeffirelli’s historical Carmen makes its comeback (23 June - 6 September), with costumes by Anna Anni and sets by El Camborio. Five shows to be captivated by the allure of a breathtaking Seville, and by Carmen, the rebel gypsy who chases freedom.

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Opera

Festival 2023

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

«Largo al factotum della città» (Make way for the city's jack of all trades) and to the most famous comic opera by Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, dedicated to cunning Figaro, Count Almaviva, vivacious Rosina, and surly Don Bartolo. Between 24 June and 22 July, four nights of guaranteed fun, thanks to Hugo de Ana’s pyrotechnic and floral set-up.

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Opera

Festival 2023

Rigoletto

«Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendetta!» (Yes, vendetta, a terrible vendetta!) The first opera of the so-called “popular trilogy” by Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto will be staged at the Arena from 1 July to 4 July. Four dates to (re)discover an absolute masterpiece of Italian melodrama, with airs such as «Caro nome», «Cortigiani, vil razza dannata» and «La donna è mobile»

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Opera

Festival 2023

La Traviata

«Libiamo, libiamo ne’ lieti calici» (Let’s drink, let’s drink from this chalice of joy) in hour of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the most performed opera in the world, which, for six nights (between 8 July and 9 September) will captivate the Arena, with the sumptuous 19th century production by Franco Zeffirelli, with costumes by Maurizio Millenotti and sets by Giuseppe Picone.

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Opera

Festival 2023

Nabucco

«Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate» (Take flight, thought, on golden wings) and rekindle the fire of Giuseppe Verdi’s first masterpiece, which will be back at the Arena on four nights (between 15 July and 17 August), with the set-up created in 1991 by Gianfranco de Bosio, and the massive set imagined by Rinaldo Olivieri, dominated by a giant Tower of Babel.

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Ballet

Festival 2023

Roberto Bolle and Friends

Created in 2008, to bring ballet in unusual places, the Roberto Bolle & Friends Gala was first staged at the Arena in 2012, and, since then, it has remained a regular, beloved event to admire the stars of international ballet perform together with the Master of Ceremonies, Roberto Bolle.

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Opera

Festival 2023

Tosca

«E lucevan le stelle»… (The stars were bright) and they will shine on the Arena from 29 July to 1 September, during the four stagings of the beloved Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, set in 19th century Rome, in the spectacular version created by Hugo de Ana.

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Concert

Festival 2023

Juan Diego Flórez in Opera-Arena 100

In the current galaxy of the Arena’s opera superstars, just one name was missing - tenor Juan Diego Flórez.

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Concert

Festival 2023

Plácido Domingo in Opera-Arena 100

At the 100th Arena Festival, a night with Placido Domingo - a star of summers at the Arena since his début (in 1969) - is a must.

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Opera

Festival 2023

Madama Butterfly

«Un bel dì, vedremo» (One fine day, we shall see) Madama Butterfly (the famous “Japanese tragedy” by Giacomo Puccini) come back to the Arena, in the suggestive set-up by Franco Zeffirelli, embellished by Oscar-winner Emi Wada’s costumes. Or rather, we will admire it on four nights, from 12 August to 7 September. Get your kimono... and your tissues ready.

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Concert

Festival 2023

Jonas Kaufmann in Opera-Arena 100

After the success of the Jonas Kaufmann Gala Event (2020) and the Aida, which saw him in the role of Radamés in 2022, the German star (nicknamed “the king of tenors”) will return to the Arena on 20th August for a new evening event, during which he will perform arias, duets, scenes, and songs from his multifaceted repertoire, from Verdi to Puccini, via operetta and the finest music from films.

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Concert

Festival 2023

Teatro alla Scala in Arena

If, in the second half of the 20th century, the Arena was called “Summer La Scala”, on the night of 31 August 2023, the Verona amphitheatre will host, for the first time ever, the Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, directed by Maestro Riccardo Chailly. A unique event combining the history of the two theatres, in the name of great classical music.

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Ballet

Festival 2023

Zorba il Greco

Ballet in two acts

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Season

2022

Opera

Festival 2022

Carmen

The second most performed opera at the Arena will open the 2022 Festival: don’t miss the show, discover all the details!

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Opera

Festival 2022

Aida

The unmissable appointment with Verdi’s Aida returns: discover all the info on the most popular opera of the Arena’s 2022 Opera Festival.

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Opera

Festival 2022

Nabucco

For the 2022 Opera Festival, the Arena is staging the show: a unmissable dramma lirico in 4 acts. Check out all the details!

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Opera

Festival 2022

La Traviata

Emotion and sensation: discover the spectacle of the Opera by Giuseppe Verdi in the enchanting scenario of the Arena di Verona.

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Ballet

Festival 2022

Roberto Bolle and Friends

An unmissable evening with the best protagonists of international dance: Roberto Bolle & his Friends will perform in an exceptional evening at the Opera Festival 2022. Don’t miss it!

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Opera

Festival 2022

Turandot

An Italian opera classic returns to the Arena di Verona for the 2022 Festival: an unmissable dramma lirico in a magic setting.

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Concert

Festival 2022

Carmina Burana

The Arena di Verona pays tribute to Ezio Bosso with the monumental symphonic and choral concert of Carmina Burana on 12th August, exactly three years after his Arena concert, for a single extraordinary date.

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