Turandot  by Giacomo Puccini, the opening title, is presenting a brand new production, whilst the other four titles are revivals of already successful productions that Franco Zeffirelli designed for the biggest stage in the world: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, Carmen by Georges Bizet and Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi.

With these words Franco Zeffirelli commented his first Aida in 2002:
« As someone wrote it was probably the most magnificent Aida ever seen in the world but meanwhile much different from all I used to do. The whole set design was a kind of big surprise machine fully realized in golden metal off which lights was bouncing every time in a very surprising way. The public was astonished. After all ‘the poet’s aim is to stimulate the imagination and to raise surprise and dreams’. […] The spectators are very demanding and they come from abroad to bring home unforgettable experiences. »

The main interpreters of the Opera Festival 2010 among the conductors are Plácido Domingo, Giuliano Carella, Daniel Oren, Antonio Pirolli, Julian Kovatchev, and among the singers Marcelo Álvarez, Maria Guleghina, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Fiorenza Cedolins, Marianne Cornetti, Hui He, Kristin Lewis, Amarilli Nizza, Svetla Vassileva, Tichina Vaughn, Marco Berti, Carlo Ventre and Ambrogio Maestri.

Visit the page ‘season tickets’ or ‘tickets’ and buy the emotion of a performance at the Arena di Verona.

This person, together with a partner, will be able to attend the performance from an unique and exclusive area, the closest to the stage, where normally only members of staff and the directors sit.

The first appointment of ‘Dreams come true, protagonist for a night’ is scheduled for June 25th , Aida, to follow with the premiere of Madama Butterfly on June 26th.
Thereafter, ‘Dreams come true’ will became a daily ritual, that will be regularly repeated during all performances until August 29th. Just few minutes before the beginning of the performance, the spotlight is going to capture the attention of 15.000 spectators and floodlight the lucky one, who will become ‘Protagonist for a night’ in the biggest opera house in the world. Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, Arena di Verona, June 25th , the ritual begins!”

At the same meeting, the Board approved the closing balance for 2009, which was positive for the second year running, with a profit of €565,422.
The fact that the financial years 2008 and 2009 were economically successful, even in the context of an international economic crises which has penalised consumption in all sectors, has restored confidence, both inside and outside the Arena.