Last operatic debut tomorrow evening, Thursday 4 August, at 8.45 pm, of the 99 / O Opera Festival at the Verona Arena.
Turandot
returns with one of the most beloved productions by the Arena public: direction and scenes bear the signature of Franco Zeffirelli in the fairy tale production conceived in 2010 and since then successfully staged for four other editions of the Opera Festival, in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. Costumes are by Oscar winner Emi Wada.
For the seven performances, the sticks of Marco Armiliato (who directs the debut evening) and Francesco Ivan Ciampa will alternate on the Arena podium, with a single date entrusted to Plácido Domingo, on 26 August.
The cast is made up of great international voices, starting with the couple of art and life formed by Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov, already involved in the 2022 Festival in the roles of the protagonists of Verdi's Aida.
The golden couple, after the happy debut in 2019 with Il Trovatore, has since returned to all Arenian seasons.
Starring the Choir prepared by Ulisse Trabacchin, the Orchestra, the Ball coordinated by Gaetano Petrosino, with the white voices A.d'A.Mus.
by Marco Tonini.
Performed for the first time in the largest open-air theater in the world in 1928, just two years after its posthumous debut at the Scala in Milan, the masterpiece by Giacomo Puccini (who died in 1924 in Brussels) has collected a total of 150 performances to date. they place it in fourth place among the most performed works in the Arena, surpassed in numbers only by Aida, Carmen and Nabucco.
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece (who died in 1924 in Brussels) has collected a total of 150 performances to date which place it in fourth place among the most performed works in the Arena, surpassed in numbers only by Aida, Carmen and Nabucco.
Turandot
Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece (who died in 1924 in Brussels) has collected a total of 150 performances to date which place it in fourth place among the most performed works in the Arena, surpassed in numbers only by Aida, Carmen and Nabucco.
Turandot
is the last lyric drama by Puccini, inspired by the eighteenth-century theatrical tale of the same name by Carlo Gozzi.
It was staged for the first time at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 25 April 1926, directed by a moved Arturo Toscanini, who chose to conclude the opera with the death of the fragile and very sweet Liù, the exact point where the work of the author, who died a year and a half earlier.
Puccini's notes for the finale were entrusted to another composer, Franco Alfano, to whom we owe the conclusion with which Turandot is traditionally performed.
Veronesi are the actors of the libretto, Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni who placed the action “at the time of fairy tales”, in an ancient and timeless Beijing, which is lavishly recreated by Franco Zeffirelli for this Arena staging conceived in 2010.
The blockbuster and cinematic show therefore fits perfectly into the glorious Arena tradition, expertly combining the glance given by the mass scenes and the attention to detail.
"For the last opera title of the Festival, one of the most spectacular productions, fruit of the undisputed genius of Franco Zeffirelli, returns to the Verona Arena" declared Cecilia Gasdia, Superintendent and Artistic Director of the Arena di Verona Foundation. he added - excellent voices will perform on stage, starting with the expected return of Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov, whom I myself accompanied in 2018 on the stage of the Arena just as the Turandot scenography was mounted. And there I convinced them to come together with the Verona Arena, giving birth to a partnership that has seen them return every year ".
“We invite the public to come to the Arena, to dream with us and immerse themselves in this timeless magic” concluded Cecilia Gasdia.
Six replicas of Puccini's masterpiece are scheduled, until 2 September.
In collaboration with:
Arena Verona Foundation