Festival Verdi 2020
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3 Oct 2020, Sat
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7 PM
Composed right after the triumph of the Nabucco, the fourth melodramma by Giuseppe Verdi is inspired by the epic poem in fifteen chants written by Tommaso Grossi, published in 1826 and admired by Ales...
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Premiere of this production:
11 February 1843,
Teatro alla Scala
Act 1: La Vendetta
Scene 1: A square outside the church of Sant' Ambrogio in Milan
The two sons of Lord Folco, Pagano and Arvino, are reconciled, having previously feuded over which man would win the hand of Viclinda. Pagano, who once threatened the life of his brother, has returned from exile. A throng gathers in front of the church of Sant'Ambrogio to celebrate. Viclinda, now Arvino ... Read More
Opera
4 Oct 2020, Sun
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7 PM
New production by Teatro Regio di Parma
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
Ernani
Premiere of this production:
09 March 1844,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Time: 1519.
Place: Aragon, Aachen, and Zaragoza.
Act 1
Mountains of Aragon
The bandits demand the reason for Ernani's gloom (Chorus: Evviva! Beviam! Beviam! / "To you we drink"; Ernani pensoso! / "Ernani, so gloomy? Why, oh strong one, does care sit on your brow?"). Ernani replies that he loves Elvira (Recitative: "Thanks, dear friends"; Cavatina: Come rugiada a ... Read More
Opera
7 Oct 2020, Wed
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7 PM
french version
Opera
8 Oct 2020, Thu
•
7 PM
Composed right after the triumph of the Nabucco, the fourth melodramma by Giuseppe Verdi is inspired by the epic poem in fifteen chants written by Tommaso Grossi, published in 1826 and admired by Ales...
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Premiere of this production:
11 February 1843,
Teatro alla Scala
Act 1: La Vendetta
Scene 1: A square outside the church of Sant' Ambrogio in Milan
The two sons of Lord Folco, Pagano and Arvino, are reconciled, having previously feuded over which man would win the hand of Viclinda. Pagano, who once threatened the life of his brother, has returned from exile. A throng gathers in front of the church of Sant'Ambrogio to celebrate. Viclinda, now Arvino ... Read More
Opera
Ernani
Premiere of this production:
09 March 1844,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Time: 1519.
Place: Aragon, Aachen, and Zaragoza.
Act 1
Mountains of Aragon
The bandits demand the reason for Ernani's gloom (Chorus: Evviva! Beviam! Beviam! / "To you we drink"; Ernani pensoso! / "Ernani, so gloomy? Why, oh strong one, does care sit on your brow?"). Ernani replies that he loves Elvira (Recitative: "Thanks, dear friends"; Cavatina: Come rugiada a ... Read More
Opera
10 Oct 2020, Sat
•
7 PM
New production by Teatro Regio di Parma
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
16 Oct 2020, Fri
•
7 PM
New production by Teatro Regio di Parma
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Opera
16 Oct 2020, Fri
•
7 PM
french version
Opera
17 Oct 2020, Sat
•
7 PM
Composed right after the triumph of the Nabucco, the fourth melodramma by Giuseppe Verdi is inspired by the epic poem in fifteen chants written by Tommaso Grossi, published in 1826 and admired by Ales...
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Premiere of this production:
11 February 1843,
Teatro alla Scala
Act 1: La Vendetta
Scene 1: A square outside the church of Sant' Ambrogio in Milan
The two sons of Lord Folco, Pagano and Arvino, are reconciled, having previously feuded over which man would win the hand of Viclinda. Pagano, who once threatened the life of his brother, has returned from exile. A throng gathers in front of the church of Sant'Ambrogio to celebrate. Viclinda, now Arvino ... Read More
Opera
18 Oct 2020, Sun
•
7 PM
New production by Teatro Regio di Parma
Rigoletto
Premiere of this production:
11 March 1851,
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Place: Mantua
Time: the sixteenth century
Act 1
Scene 1: Mantua. A magnificent hall in the ducal palace. Doors at the back open into other rooms, splendidly lit up. A crowd of lords and ladies in grand costumes are seen walking about in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back.
At a ... Read More
Festival Verdi 2020
About the Festival Verdi
The Verdi Festival is an important Italian opera music festival. It is held every year in October (the month of Verdi 's birth ) in Parma, Busseto and in Verdi's lands.
The Festival was founded in the mid -1980s and ran until 1993 . In 2001 it was reintroduced on the occasion of the National Celebrations of the Verdian Centenary and proposed annually in the late spring period; since 2007 it takes place in October.
The Festival does not consist only of operas but also of concerts, recitals and other genres of entertainment which take place in Reggio Emilia, Fidenza, Fontanellato, Fontevivo, Torrechiara, Genoa and Parma and Busseto themselves.
The traditional venue for the Verdi Festival is several famous stage venues - the Royal Theater of Parma, the Giuseppe Verdi Theater in Busseto and the Farnese Theater in Parma. The festival program includes the most prestigious concerts and events dedicated to the anniversary of Verdi's birth. And on each of the evenings, new and classic versions of such famous operas by maestro Verdi as "Aida", "Othello", "Falstaff", "La Traviata", "Rigoletto", "Macbeth", "Joan of Arc" and "Il trovatore".
In addition, in Parma itself, for the entertainment of numerous lovers of classical music, walking routes and tours of historical places related to the life and work of the musician are specially organized.
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