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86th Opera Festival Arena of Verona
The 86th Opera Festival will take place from 20 June to 31 August 2008. The programme comprises five operas, with a total of fortynine performances, involving all the artistic groups of the Arena di Verona: the Orchestra, Chorus, Corps de Ballet and technical support.
The Season begins with the Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida on June 20th a new production inspired to the first stage design of Aida in 1913; the second opera in the programme on June 21st is Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, in Hugo de Ana’s acclaimed 2006 production; the next opera will be Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco on June 22nd, with Denis Krief as director as well as stage and costume designer, Georges Bizet’s Carmen, in the already-famous production by the great Florentine director and stage designer Franco Zeffirelli; Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, in the 2003 production with Ivo Guerra as director and Raffaele Del Savio as stage designer.
Arena of Verona
Garda Lake
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