The Fondazione Arena presents the rich programme for the 2023 opera season at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona (Via dei Mutilati, full downtown), which includes six...
Art Spotlight
Lift the curtain on! Ristori Theater’s artistic season begins with a legendary jazz trio
Jazz from around the world and pictures of the best performers to have graced the Ristori Theater stage. With the Blicher-Hemmer-Gadd trio and...
Season subscriptions and carnets for the 2024 artistic season at the Philharmonic Theater
The Philharmonic Theatre has scheduled numerous operas for the next season, including opera titles, special events, and varied collaborations. In addition, after...
The Veronese photographer who takes his students around the world
Students from the Veronese photographer Luciano Perbellini arrive in Pantelleria to present his latest photography book, "Emozioni sospese" (Suspended Emotion). "This...
Lisa Wolpe on stage at the Shakespeare Fringe Festival
Lisa Wolpe has triumphed in Verona. 55-minute monologue in which she presented her personal interpretation of gender themes in Baldo literature to the Shakespeare...
25 young aspiring actors for Romeo&Juliet #generazionesacrificio
The rehearsals for Romeo&Juliet #generazionesacrificio (sacrifice generation) continue, set to debut at Verona’s Roman Theater on September 1st and 2nd during the...
For the first time in its history, the billboards for the 2024 and 2025 Arena Festival were presented two years in advance
Before the end of the 100th Arena Festival, the Arena Foundation looks ahead to its new century of great music and entertainment by unveiling the program for the...
Alice in Wonderland lands in Verona with Kiev Circus Theatre Elysium
From 1 to 6 August, at the Roman Theatre in Verona, 30 dancers from the Elysium Circus Theatre in Kiev promise ‘Wonderland’ in a unique show combining dance, acrobatics...
Puccini’s Tosca in the Hugo de Ana’s show will be staged in the Arena of Verona on July 29
Beginning the seventh production of the 100 Festival in Arena, Puccini's Tosca will be performed four times from July 29 to September 1 with some of the best...
Alessandro Preziosi narrates his King Lear in Verona for the first time in English
The famous Neapolitan actor Alessandro Preziosi returns to the theatre with ‘Aspettando Re Lear’ – ‘Waiting for King Lear‘, a new adaptation of the British tragedy...
Australian Aboriginal music at the Roman Theatre. The last stop of Xavier Rudd’s tour will bring to Verona the iconic Fred Leone
A concert ranging from the soft resonances of Hawaiian music to the jarring vibrations of Australian Aboriginal sounds. Fred Leone arrives in Verona to join Xavier Rudd...
“Roberto Bolle and friends” comes to Verona on July 19th
Roberto Bolle will once again perform on the prestigious stage of the Arena di Verona. A night of classical and modern dance. The violinist Alessandro Quarta and other...
Teatro Ristori in the centre of Verona: from September the new Artistic Season with jazz, baroque, dance and dinner shows
It will start on 14 September and end on 15 May 2024. In between, "One Season, many souls" (Una Stagione, tante anime). This is the claim chosen by the Ristori Theatre...
Shakespeare at Large, the roundtable that brought to Verona scholars from all around the world
A new roundtable titled “Shakespeare at Large: Law and the First Folio” has brought together scholars with expertise in law and the humanities from all over the world....
Saturday 8 July is the night of Zeffirelli’s opera La Traviata staged at the Arena in Verona
Zeffirelli's Traviata was the last to be signed by the great Tuscan maestro, who worked on it for a long time, but was unable to see the success and feel the affection...
Una Nessuna Centomila returns to the Arena to fight violence against women
The Arena di Verona is back in the battle against domestic abuse towards women. Fiorella Mannoia will be on stage with Alessandra Amoroso, Annalisa, Samuele Bersani,...
Summer at Villa Spinola: the cultural festival of Bussolengo. Theatre, dance, music and literature for all ages
Once again this year in the Municipality of Bussolengo in the province of Verona (20 minutes from the city centre, the same distance from Lake Garda) "Summer at Villa...
“It’s all one song” wins The Hemingway Prize for photography. First place for the photobook by Marco Zanta from Treviso
“It’s all one song” wins the Hemingway Prize for Photography. Capitalism, globalization, and homologation in the photobook by Marco Zanta, a work that focuses...
Silent garden, a journey into nature to stop the time of San Vigilio, on Lake Garda
With headphones in place, the Silent Garden begins. A journey guided by six dancers in Lake Garda's outstanding Cala delle Sirene, to stop the time and live the moment....
A futuristic Aida for the 100th anniversary of the Opera Festival in Arena di Verona. Special effects and more than 500 people on stage
Speechless. It was an Aida that, in line with expectations, hit the nail on the head. A brand new production of a great opera classic, futuristic but faithful to the...
Riflessi sul Garda, from 30 June the first edition of the Festival interweaving different arts in Castelnuovo del Garda and surroundings. Literary meetings with free admission
This summer sees in the Province of Verona the first edition of a new musical event, the Festival Riflessi del Garda, organised by the Niccolò Piccinni ODV Fund, which...
Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival, eight national premieres with companies from all over around the world
Back to the Camploy Theatre "Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival". Eight performances in original language (with subtitles) and in English to enhance in an experimental...
The Opera Festival turns 100 and the premiere in the Arena will be broadcast worldwide
This year the Arena di Verona Opera Festival celebrates its first century of existence. In fact, it was in 1913 that the first edition was held in the city of Verona....
The Shakespeare Summer in Verona. 14 national premieres and 48 evenings on the stage of the Teatro Romano for the longest Italian festival dedicated to The Bard of Avon
Theatre, dance and music. From 20 June to 13 September, the festival will bring 14 national premieres and 7 co-productions to Verona. No less than 48 evenings of live...
The Modus summer will be all about open air: theater, entertainment, and camps in Verona’s most beautiful parks
Summer is on its way and Modus is already gearing up. The Veronese cultural association is preparing for the summer season with 80s-themed shows, the theatre en plein...
Salgari’s Sandokan returns to screens with Can Yaman and a new focus on women
"Sandokan and Marianna": the remake of Salgari’s script is now official. Can Yaman will be the protagonist, accompanied by Luca Argentero. In addition, a new centrality...
“Romeo e Giulietta Itinerante” transport Shakespeare out of the theater and brings the public on the stage.
Romeo and Juliet leave the theater from July 3 to August 12 to narrate the world's most famous love story from the balcony of Capulet's house in Verona. It's "Romeo e...
Standing ovation for Antonio Salieri’s opera reimagined by young artists. Last date of the Teatro Salieri season, Sunday 21 May, with an under-30 orchestra
The Teatro Salieri in Legnago welcomed a full house and numerous standing ovations for the Première staged last Saturday of the Opera Prima la musica e poi le parole...
At Castel San Pietro the exhibition “Il mio purgatorio”, when the new generations tell about Dante
The multisensory exhibition "Il mio purgatorio. Dante profeta di speranza" - “My purgatory. Dante prophet of hope” - open until May 31 at Castel San Pietro in Verona....
The great violinist Uto Ughi for the youngest. A concert and a free masterclass in Venice
Maestro Uto Ughi with the Orchestra "I Virtuosi Italiani" in Venice for the project "Uto Ughi per i giovani" - “Uto Ughi for young people”. On 18 and 19 May a concert,...
A Sunday of “Risveglio Barocco” with Fucina Macchiavelli
(By Matilde Anghinoni) Another Sunday of Caffè in Musica at the Fucina Machiavelli Theatre, it is the turn of the "Risveglio Barocco" - "Awakening Baroque" -. The...
Thursday, April 20, the intriguing ‘Echoes of Dante’ concert at the Teatro Ristori
(by Matilde Anghinoni) Thursday, April 20, Teatro Ristori will host one of the most intriguing concerts of the season. Aldo Sisillo will conduct the orchestra Virtuosi...
The Trocks, American dance icon, for the first time at the Teatro Salieri
(by Elisabetta Gallina and Matilde Anghinoni) "Trocks are back!" is the return to Europe of the dancers of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. With a surprising mix...
Jazz among Valpolicella vineyards
Calici di Jazz (Glasses of Jazz), four events in the villas and estates of the Famiglie Storiche in Valpolicella, where the excellence of Veronese wines will be...
April ‘full of jazz’. Uri Caine at the Teatro Ristori
April 'all jazz' at the Teatro Ristori in Verona starts on 15th April at 8 p.m. with the world famous pianist and composer Uri Caine and his cultured and eclectic jazz....
Verona Shakespeare Festival debuts with a national preview
Estate Teatrale Veronese - Veronese Summer Theatre - is a great cultural tradition in Verona and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. On the 6th and 7th...
Swedish composer Daniel Norgren in Verona on 16 July
After his successful collaboration with Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch on the blockbuster film 'The Eight Mountains', the composer Daniel Norgren...
The Afghan poet, Parwana Fayyaz, will be honoured in Verona on Saturday 25th March
Next Saturday, 25 March, is the day of the Accademia Mondiale della Poesia - World Academy of Poetry. For this year's theme, "Poetry and Peace", the Catullo Prize will...
Festival della Bellezza: a Special Preview with David Grossman
The "Festival della Bellezza” (Festival of Beauty) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. To mark the debut of this special edition "Arte nell'Arte", it is offering an...
Women’s Day: main events in Verona (city and province)
For International Women's Day in Verona and the province there are numerous initiatives scheduled. In Verona city, on March 8 in Gran Guardia, Assessorato alle Pari...
TEDx Verona in May: the title is “Yes”. Main themes: TikTok, environment and future
TEDxVerona, the event dedicated to innovation, technology, sustainability and the future will be held at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia on May 13 and 14, and the theme...