Macerata Opera Festival (Sferisterio Festival) 2020
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17 Jul 2020, Fri
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12 AM
Tosca is the work that brought Puccini and his two favourite librettists right into the Twentieth century, with a tragic triangle of love, power and freedom that grips all characters, both positive an...
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
18 Jul 2020, Sat
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12 AM
Those notes will resound all the more perfectly under the Sferisterio sky, where Tosca returns after 6 years. Don Giovanni, written in 1787, led the pair Mozart-Da Ponte to achieve unprecedented resul...
Don Giovanni
Premiere of this production:
29 October 1787,
Estates Theatre, Prague
Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, and sexually promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages everyone else in the cast until he encounters something he cannot kill, beat up, dodge, or outwit.
Act 1
The overture begins with a thundering D minor cadence, followed by a short misterioso sequence which leads into a light-hearted D major allegro.
Scene 1 – The garden of the Commendatore
Leporello, ... Read More
Opera
19 Jul 2020, Sun
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12 AM
Il trovatore was written in 1853, with a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. It belongs to Verdi’s so-called popular trilogy and it is the epitome of opera Romanticism. Last staged at the Sferiste...
Il trovatore
Premiere of this production:
19 January 1853,
Teatro Apollo, Rome
Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain)
Time: Fifteenth century.
Act 1: The Duel
Scene 1: The guard room in the castle of Luna (The Palace of Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain)
Ferrando, the captain of the guards, orders his men to keep watch while Count di Luna wanders restlessly beneath the windows of Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the Princess. Di Luna loves Leonora and is jealous of his successful riv ... Read More
Opera
24 Jul 2020, Fri
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12 AM
Those notes will resound all the more perfectly under the Sferisterio sky, where Tosca returns after 6 years. Don Giovanni, written in 1787, led the pair Mozart-Da Ponte to achieve unprecedented resul...
Don Giovanni
Premiere of this production:
29 October 1787,
Estates Theatre, Prague
Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, and sexually promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages everyone else in the cast until he encounters something he cannot kill, beat up, dodge, or outwit.
Act 1
The overture begins with a thundering D minor cadence, followed by a short misterioso sequence which leads into a light-hearted D major allegro.
Scene 1 – The garden of the Commendatore
Leporello, ... Read More
Opera
25 Jul 2020, Sat
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12 AM
Il trovatore was written in 1853, with a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. It belongs to Verdi’s so-called popular trilogy and it is the epitome of opera Romanticism. Last staged at the Sferister...
Il trovatore
Premiere of this production:
19 January 1853,
Teatro Apollo, Rome
Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain)
Time: Fifteenth century.
Act 1: The Duel
Scene 1: The guard room in the castle of Luna (The Palace of Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain)
Ferrando, the captain of the guards, orders his men to keep watch while Count di Luna wanders restlessly beneath the windows of Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the Princess. Di Luna loves Leonora and is jealous of his successful riv ... Read More
Opera
26 Jul 2020, Sun
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12 AM
Tosca is the work that brought Puccini and his two favourite librettists right into the Twentieth century, with a tragic triangle of love, power and freedom that grips all characters, both positive an...
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
31 Jul 2020, Fri
•
12 AM
Il trovatore was written in 1853, with a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. It belongs to Verdi’s so-called popular trilogy and it is the epitome of opera Romanticism. Last staged at the Sferister...
Il trovatore
Premiere of this production:
19 January 1853,
Teatro Apollo, Rome
Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain)
Time: Fifteenth century.
Act 1: The Duel
Scene 1: The guard room in the castle of Luna (The Palace of Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain)
Ferrando, the captain of the guards, orders his men to keep watch while Count di Luna wanders restlessly beneath the windows of Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the Princess. Di Luna loves Leonora and is jealous of his successful riv ... Read More
Opera
1 Aug 2020, Sat
•
12 AM
Tosca is the work that brought Puccini and his two favourite librettists right into the Twentieth century, with a tragic triangle of love, power and freedom that grips all characters, both positive an...
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
2 Aug 2020, Sun
•
12 AM
Those notes will resound all the more perfectly under the Sferisterio sky, where Tosca returns after 6 years. Don Giovanni, written in 1787, led the pair Mozart-Da Ponte to achieve unprecedented resul...
Don Giovanni
Premiere of this production:
29 October 1787,
Estates Theatre, Prague
Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, and sexually promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages everyone else in the cast until he encounters something he cannot kill, beat up, dodge, or outwit.
Act 1
The overture begins with a thundering D minor cadence, followed by a short misterioso sequence which leads into a light-hearted D major allegro.
Scene 1 – The garden of the Commendatore
Leporello, ... Read More
Opera
7 Aug 2020, Fri
•
12 AM
Tosca is the work that brought Puccini and his two favourite librettists right into the Twentieth century, with a tragic triangle of love, power and freedom that grips all characters, both positive an...
Tosca
Premiere of this production:
14 January 1900,
Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Act 1
Inside the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Scene depicting a church interior with high stained-glass windows and heavy ornamental columns. The central figure is a high dignatory around whom several figures are kneeling, while in the background can be seen the tall pikes of the Swiss Guard.
Cesare Angelotti, former consul of the Roman Republic and now an escaped political prisoner, ru ... Read More
Opera
8 Aug 2020, Sat
•
12 AM
Those notes will resound all the more perfectly under the Sferisterio sky, where Tosca returns after 6 years. Don Giovanni, written in 1787, led the pair Mozart-Da Ponte to achieve unprecedented resul...
Don Giovanni
Premiere of this production:
29 October 1787,
Estates Theatre, Prague
Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, and sexually promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages everyone else in the cast until he encounters something he cannot kill, beat up, dodge, or outwit.
Act 1
The overture begins with a thundering D minor cadence, followed by a short misterioso sequence which leads into a light-hearted D major allegro.
Scene 1 – The garden of the Commendatore
Leporello, ... Read More
Opera
9 Aug 2020, Sun
•
12 AM
Il trovatore was written in 1853, with a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano. It belongs to Verdi’s so-called popular trilogy and it is the epitome of opera Romanticism. Last staged at the Sferister...
Il trovatore
Premiere of this production:
19 January 1853,
Teatro Apollo, Rome
Place: Biscay and Aragon (Spain)
Time: Fifteenth century.
Act 1: The Duel
Scene 1: The guard room in the castle of Luna (The Palace of Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain)
Ferrando, the captain of the guards, orders his men to keep watch while Count di Luna wanders restlessly beneath the windows of Leonora, lady-in-waiting to the Princess. Di Luna loves Leonora and is jealous of his successful riv ... Read More
Macerata Opera Festival (Sferisterio Festival) 2020
About the Macerata Opera Festival (Sferisterio Festival)
Macerata Opera Festival Sferisterio started in 1992 and since it is held continually from late July to mid-August (various dates). The festival takes place in the city of Macerata which is located in central Italy. Most of the events take place in the “Sferisterio Arena” but some are held in “Teatro Lauro Rossi” in the city. This marvelous opera festival hosts yearly thousands of spectators in the Sferisterio open air 2,500 seat neoclassical arena.
In 1967, a permanent local theatre troupe was organized in Macerata, and soon Giuseppe Verdi's Othello, Giacomo Puccini's Madame butterfly were staged on the stage of the Spheristeria, the main roles in which famous Italian Opera singers performed. That Opera season, which began on August 3, soon turned into a Summer Opera festival.
During the existence of the festival Sferisterio was placed the most famous operas of different eras, sounded the most prominent voices of Bel Canto: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Montserrat caballé, Marilyn Horne, Ruggero Raimondi, Mariella of Devia, Jose Carreras and many others.
The Sferisterio in Macerata was inaugurated in 1829 as the arena for the ball with bracelet game, that was very famous in the 1800’s. It hosted also public shows and feasts, jousts, horse parades, political and sports events, bull hunting and circus.
In 1921, for the initiative of Count Pier Alberto Conti, the first opera debuts at Sferisterio. It was Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, and it has been played for 17 evenings and seen by 70000 opera lovers.
Thanks to its 2500 seats and 104 stages, excellent visibility, a great natural acoustic and a very big stage, Sferisterio is nowadays one of the most prestigious and appreciated open-air theatres in Italy.
Many artists performed on its stage such as Mario Del Monaco, Luciano Pavarotti, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson, Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo. Also, some settings entered in the history like the famous Traviata degli Specchi by Maestro Josef Svoboda in 1992 and the unforgettable Bohème by Ken Russel in 1984.
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