We greatly regret to inform our spectators and all opera lovers that unfortunately live shows and relative rehearsals are also forbidden in Phase 2 of the current emergency. Therefore, due to the authorities’ orders and force majeure, it has become objectively impossible to stage the shows programmed for the 2020 Opera Festival.
The 2021 Festival of the Fondazione Arena di Verona will present the productions originally planned for the 2020 Opera Festival, with the addition of further top-grade events.
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A world-famous award-winning director and one of the few Italians of his generation who has managed to unite Cinecittà and Hollywood with important international successes, Gabriele Muccino is debuting on one of the world’s most thrilling prestigious stages with the opera direction of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, the inaugural double bill of the 2020 Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona.
The new production of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, which is opening the season on 13th June, will therefore feature another date not to be missed on 8th August: in fact, tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak will be the couple performing in the roles of the protagonists of the Mascagni and Leoncavallo masterpieces, for a great gala evening.
Conductor
Diego Matheuz (13, 19, 26/6)
Francesco Ivan Ciampa (3, 8, 17/7 – 8, 13, 22/8)
Direction Gabriele Muccino
Set design Alessandro Camera
Lighting design Paolo Mazzon
Chorus Master Vito Lombardi
Director of Stage Design Michele Olcese
Arena di Verona New Stage Design
Arena di Verona Orchestra, Chorus and Technical team
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Santuzza
Ekaterina Semenchuk (13/6)
Alexia Voulgaridou (19, 26/6)
Giovanna Casolla (3/7)
María José Siri (8, 17/7)
Aleksandra Kurzak (8/8)
Sonia Ganassi (13, 22/8)
Lola
José Maria Lo Monaco (13/6 – 8, 17/7 – 8, 13, 22/8)
Clarissa Leonardi (19, 26/6 – 3/7)
Turiddu
Murat Karahan (13, 19/6)
Carlo Ventre (26/6 – 8/7 – 13/8)
Yusif Eyvazov (3, 17/7)
Roberto Alagna (8/8)
Marcelo Álvarez (22/8)
Alfio
Sebastian Catana (13, 19, 26/6)
Ambrogio Maestri (3, 8, 17/7)
Amartuvshin Enkhbat (8/8)
Alberto Gazale (13, 22/8)
Lucia
Katia Ricciarelli (13, 19, 26/6)
Agostina Smimmero (3, 8, 17/7 – 13, 22/8)
Elena Zilio (8/8)
PAGLIACCI
Nedda (Colombina)
Barbara Frittoli (13, 19/6)
Evgenia Muraveva (26/6 – 3/7)
María José Siri (8, 17/7)
Aleksandra Kurzak (8/8)
Nino Machaidze (13, 22/8)
Canio (Pagliaccio)
Vittorio Grigolo (13, 19, 26/6)
Yusif Eyvazov (3, 17/7)
Carlo Ventre (8/7 – 13/8)
Roberto Alagna (8/8)
Marcelo Álvarez (22/8)
Tonio (Taddeo the fool)
Sebastian Catana (13, 19, 26/6)
Ambrogio Maestri (3, 8, 17/7)
Amartuvshin Enkhbat (8/8)
Alberto Gazale (13, 22/8)
Peppe (Arlecchino)
Riccardo Rados (13, 19, 26/6 – 3/7)
Marcello Nardis (8, 17/7)
Matteo Mezzaro (8, 13, 22/8)
Silvio
Davide Luciano (13, 19, 26/6)
Julian Kim (3, 8, 17/7)
Mario Cassi (8/8)
Biagio Pizzuti (13, 22/8)
A villager
Max René Cosotti
A villager
Dario Giorgelè