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This month's festival pick...
By
Patrick Totty
The
line-up for 2000's summer season includes: Aida,
an opera by Antonio Ghislanzoni directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi; music by
Giuseppe Verdi; choreography by Gheorghe Lancu; orchestra conducted by
Daniel Oren (July 15, 18, 21, 25; August 1, 8, 15, 18, 24, 29) Tosca,
a melodrama by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa; directed by Giuliano
Montaldo; music by Giacomo Puccini; orchestra conducted by Keri Lynn
Wilson (July 17, 24). Carmen,
lyric drama from the novel written by Prosper Mérimée; directed by
Franco Zeffirelli; music by Georges Bizet; choreography by El Camborio;
orchestra conducted by Renato Palumbo (July 16, 23; August 3, 6, 11, 14,
20, 26). La
Verdova Allegra, operetta by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
directed by Beni Montresor; music by Franz Lehar; choreography by Brian
Bullard; orchestra conducted by Anton Guadagno (July 22, 31; Aug 5, 19,
27). Madama
Butterfly, Japanese tragedy by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe
Giacosa; directed by Paolo Micciché; music by Giacomo Puccini ;
orchestra conducted by Giuliano Carella (July 30; August 4, 7, 13, 21,
25, 28). Orchestra
and Chorus of Ballo dell'Arena di Verona Gala
Concerts - Placido Domingo celebrates his 30th year in
the Arena (Aug. 12) - Katia Ricciarelli celebrates her 30-year career
(Aug. 17). For
more information, visit www.arena.it/
or phone 39-45-805-1811.
Visitors can book tickets online.
The
opera season in Verona draws 500,000 visitors a year to this fabled city
where Shakespeare set his immortal love story, Romeo
and Juliet. Each night during the season, which runs
through Sept. 3, 15,000 opera-lovers gather under the stars to hear the
voices of such greats as Renata Tebaldi, Placido Domingo and Jose
Carreras. 