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Press Office 21/05/2018

ARENA DI VERONA

96^th OPERA FESTIVAL 2018

from 22^nd June to 1^st September
The 96^th edition of the historic Opera Festival, being staged at Arena di Verona from 22^nd June to 1^st September 2018 for 47 evenings, will feature great internationally famous performers along with the Verona Arena artists and technicians.

The Festival will be inaugurated by a new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, one of the most performed operas in the world, followed by great classics proposed in suggestive productions, as well as the return of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi with the production that inaugurated the 2017 summer season.

The programme includes five opera titles: beside Carmen and Nabucco, Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini and Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini. The bill will be further enriched by two special evenings not to be missed: Roberto Bolle and Friends, the unmissable appointment with ballet and dance, and the Verdi Opera Night for a unique Festival at international level, which has continued to astonish and excite huge audiences for over a hundred years.

The 2018 Festival opens on 22^nd June with Carmen, the Bizet masterpiece particularly appreciated by Arena spectators: the opera will be staged for 13 evenings with a new production by Argentinean director Hugo de Ana, just waiting to be discovered.

Further performances: 29 June (9:00 pm) – 6, 11, 17, 21 July (9:00 pm) – 3, 9, 12, 22, 25, 28, 31 August (8:45 pm).

As is the tradition, on the following evening (23^rd June), there will be the debut of the opera that is a symbol of the Arena summer season: Verdi’s Aida, staged for 16 dates with the impressive production created by Franco Zeffirelli and enriched with costumes by Anna Anni.

Further performances: 28 June (9:00 pm) – 8, 10, 14, 19, 22, 27 July (9:00 pm) – 2, 5, 7, 11, 19, 23, 29 August (8:45 pm) – 1 September (8:45 pm).

The third opera, scheduled for 5 performances from 30^th June, is Puccini’s Turandot, staged with the production created in 2010 by the genius of Franco Zeffirelli (director and scenographer), with costumes by Academy Award winning designer Emi Wada.

Further performances: 5, 13, 18, 26 July (9:00 pm).

From 7^th July, Verdi’s Nabucco returns for 6 evenings, with the successful production that inaugurated the 2017 Festival, directed by Arnaud Bernard (also the costume designer) and with set design by Alessandro Camera.

Further performances: 12, 20, 28 July (9:00 pm) – 10, 18 August (8:45 pm).

Lastly, from 4^th August for 5 evenings, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia will transform the Roman amphitheatre into the huge garden created by Hugo de Ana in 2007 with the entertaining choreography of Leda Lojodice. Further performances: 8, 17, 24, 30 August (8:45 pm).

But the surprises are not yet over: on 25^th July, on the Arena programme for the fifth consecutive year, the eagerly awaited show Roberto Bolle and Friends returns, bringing great dance to the Arena, whereas on 26^th August there will be Verdi Opera Night, a magic special event paying tribute to the great composer Giuseppe Verdi and the great opera with exceptional guests.

All that’s necessary is to follow Arena di Verona on the web site www.arena.it and the social media channels to find all the details and reserve a seat to live the magic experience of Opera under the stars for the summer of 2018 too!

Info

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ARENA DI VERONA

96^th OPERA FESTIVAL 2018

from 22^nd June to 1^st September
22, 29 June 9:00 pm – 6, 11, 17, 21 July 9:00 pm –
3, 9, 12, 22, 25, 28, 31 August 8:45 pm

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Director: Hugo de Ana

New production
23, 28 June 9:00 pm - 8, 10, 14, 19, 22, 27 July 9:00 pm –
2, 5, 7, 11, 19, 23, 29 August 8:45 pm – 1 September 8:45 pm

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi

Director: Franco Zeffirelli
30 June 9:00 pm - 5, 13, 18, 26 July 9:00 pm

Turandot

Giacomo Puccini

Director: Franco Zeffirelli
7, 12, 20, 28 July 9:00 pm – 10, 18 August 8:45 pm

Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

Director: Arnaud Bernard
25 July 9:00 pm

Roberto Bolle and Friends
4, 8, 17, 24, 30 August 8:45 pm

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Gioachino Rossini

Director: Hugo de Ana
26 August 09:30 pm

Verdi Opera Night

Fondazione Arena di Verona reserves the right to make changes to the current programme.