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ARENA DI VERONA 86th OPERA FESTIVAL
The 86th Opera Festival will take place from 20 June to 31 August 2008. The programme comprises five operas, with a total of fortynine performances, involving all the artistic groups of the Arena di Verona: the Orchestra, Chorus, Corps de Ballet and technical support.
The Season begins with the Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida on June 20th a new production inspired to the first stage design of Aida in 1913, signed by Ettore Fagiuoli. The musical conduction is entrusted to Renato Palumbo and the opera is directed by Gianfranco De Bosio.
The main interpreters will be Micaela Carosi and Amarilli Nizza in the role of Aida, Dolora Zajick and Marianne Cornetti in the role of Amneris while Marco Berti, Carlo Ventre and Piero Giuliacci will alternate in the role of Radames. The role of Amonasro will be played by Ambrogio Maestri and Alberto Mastromarino. Aida will be performed 15 times up until August 31st.
The second opera in the programme on June 21st is Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, in Hugo de Ana’s acclaimed 2006 production of which a DVD has been published. The couductor will be Giuliano Carella and among the interpreters Nadia Michael will be in the title role, Marcello Giordani and Carlo Ventre will alternate in the role of Cavaradossi, while Scarpia will be played by Alberto Mastromarino.
Tosca will be performed 7 times up until August 1st.
The next opera will be Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco on June 22nd, with Denis Krief as director as well as stage and costume designer, in the production that so successfully inaugurated the Festival in 2007 and of which a DVD has just been published. For this opera we'll see on the stage great singers such as Leo Nucci, Ambrogio Maestri in the title role and Maria Guleghina in the role of Abigaille. The conduction is entrusted to Daniel Oren.
Nabucco will be performed a total of 9 times up until August 29th.
The fourth work is Georges Bizet’s Carmen, in the already-famous production from 1995 extensively revamped in 2003 by the great Florentine director and stage designer Franco Zeffirelli.
Ildiko Komlosi and Marina Domashenko will alternate in the role of Carmen while Marco Berti will play the role of Don Josè. Conductor Daniel Oren.
To follow, on August 2nd, Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, in the 2003 production with Ivo Guerra as director and Raffaele Del Savio as stage designer.
Among the interpreters Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Desirée Rancatore (Gilda) and Roberto Aronica (duca di Mantova). Paolo Carignani will be the conductor for a total of 6 performances up until August 28th.
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