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    • MACERATA OPERA FESTIVAL 2022

    From 19 July to 21 August

    Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonic concerts conducted by some of the foremost conductors of our time and celebrating in particular Beethoven’s music.

    The Sferisterio wall will be a big screen for a selection of films featuring Charlie Chaplin, the Italian diva Lyda Borelli, and live soundtracks

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    TOSCA

    22, 24, 29 and 31 July 2022
    The new production of Tosca by Puccini directed by Valentina Carrasco. (more...)
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    THE CIRCUS - PAGLIACCI

    5, 7 and 11 August 2022
    Cinema and opera for 3 unique evenings (more...)
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    IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

    12, 14, 19 and 21 August 2022
    The comic masterpiece by Gioachino Rossini will be staged at the Sferisterio arena with a new production, which will be chosen through an international competition for direction, scenes and costumes reserved for artists who are under 35, in collaboration with Opera Europa and Rossini Opera Festival. (more...)
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    RAPSODIA SATANICA

    23 July 2022
    A night dedicated to Mascagni, who composed the soundtrack for the film Rapsodia satanica, a masterpiece of silent Italian cinema (more...)
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    ZUBIN MEHTA

    19 July 2022
    The festival will open with the performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9, with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus and conductor Zubin Mehta (more...)
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    MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG

    21 July 2022
    The Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia conducted by Myung-Whun Chung will perform Beethoven’s Symphony No 6 (“Pastoral”) and No 9 (more...)
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    DONATO RENZETTI

    30 July 2022
    The new Musical Director Donato Renzetti will conduct the Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini in a concert celebrating John Williams, the film composer known especially for his Star Wars soundtrack (more...)
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    JAN LISIECKI

    4 and 6 August 2022
    Beethoven’s piano concertos will be performed by award winning pianist Jan Lisiecki, whose brilliant career has taken him to concert halls and festivals all over the world (more...)
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    TOQUINHO

    13 August 2022
    Arena Sferisterio will host a concert celebrating Brazilian music with one of Brazil’s most iconic guitarists, Toquinho, who will perform with his band over 50 years of hits (more...)
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    FUEGO

    20 agosto 2022
    Spettacolo di danza liberamente ispirato a El amor brujo di Manuel de Falla. (more...)
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    International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers

    From 4 to 11 August 2022, at the Lauro Rossi theatre in Macerata

    The training course will take place from 4 to 11 August 2022, at the Lauro Rossi theatre in Macerata, held by Maestro Donato Renzetti in collaboration with the Gioacchino Rossini Philarmonic.
    The training course will be based on preparing Act 1 from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini and Scene 1, Act 2, from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, both in piano rehearsals and in orchestra rehearsals.
    Upon completion of the programme, trainees will take part in a public concert based on the two texts above (performed fully or partially). Donato Renzetti will select the trainees who will perform in the concert.

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    News

    The latest news from Macerata Opera Festival

    International training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera singers

    FIRST EDITION, 2022 Rules and regulations 1. Associazione Arena Sferisterio launches the first international training course for young orchestra conductors for opera and young opera
    14 April 2022
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    Macerata Opera Festival 2022 Opera, cinema, and symphonic repertoire

    Tosca, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Pagliacci are the three opera titles chosen by the new Artistic Director, Paolo Pinamonti. A new addition to the festival is a series of symphonic
    05 March 2022
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    Paolo Pinamonti appointed new artistic director of Macerata Opera Festival

    During his successful career, Venetian musicologist Paolo Pinamonti served as artistic director of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, and Teatro la Fenice in
    04 January 2022
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    Macerata Opera Festival 2021

    100x100 Sferisterio: the Festival celebrating 100 years of opera at the Sferisterio closes with great results in terms of audience, critics, participation, public safety and
    25 August 2021
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    Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100×100 Sferisterio: 100 days to go until this year’s Festival

    A new game dedicated to Aida, social media initiatives, online events, and much more On April 14, we started the countdown towards Macerata Opera Festival 2021, 100x100 Sferisterio
    13 April 2021
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    Macerata Opera Festival 2021 #100x100Sferisterio

    Macerata Opera Festival 2021 will be 100x100 Sferisterio A special edition to celebrate the centenary of the first opera staged at the Macerata arena Aida, Il barbiere di Siviglia and
    01 July 2020
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    Macerata Opera Festival 2020 #biancocoraggio: three weeks of events for the Sferisterio festival

    Two operas and a series of other events, from Palco Reverse to contemporary dance, from mixed concerts featuring Melozzi/Anastasio and Paoli/Rea, to the Montelago Celtic Festival
    30 May 2020
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    MOF 2020: confirmed the staging of “Don Giovanni” and “Il Trovatore” in concert form

    The Sferisterio Arena confirms the staging of Don Giovanni and Il Trovatore, the latter in concert form In July and August, the Sferisterio arena will present two operas, including
    20 May 2020
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