Summer Theater Festival: Verona raises the curtain of the Roman Theater
The Roman Theater, the oldest monument in Verona, a few meters from the Ponte Pietra and the Adige River, will turn on the stage lights in mid-July, when the 72nd multidisciplinary edition of the Verona Summer Theater will be inaugurated!
Verona is art, it is magic, it is tourism and love, but it is also a desire to restart, to return to life as soon as possible.
Life in Verona in the summer is the opera and the concerts in the Arena, the scenographies that are reflected in the waters of the river. As the Roman Theater starts again, museums and shows also start with it.
The schedule of performances, which will start on 18 July with Claudio Bisio and Gigio Alberti and end at the end of September, was released after 15 June, the day on which hte Italia Government established the rules and regulations for performing shows. And if it is true that music and art have great power over man, it is also true that the 310 spectators of each evening – in accordance with the current safety provisions – will certainly live an unforgettable experience at the Roman Theater. Going to a theater show, to indulge in the pleasure of music and dance shows in such a magical setting as Verona after difficult months, is a sort of miracle, it is returning to life.
The calendar of the Veronese Summer Theater, divided by theatrical acting, dance, and music shows, is as follows. For theatrical acting:
- MA TU SEI FELICE?
Claudio Bisio and Gigio Alberti
Saturday 18 July 9.00 pm - FEDRA
Isabella Ferrari
Friday 24 July 9.00 pm - STAND UP SHAKESPEARE
Paolo Rossi
Friday 31 July 9.00 pm - ROMEO E GIULIETTA
Ugo Pagliai, Paola Gassman and Babilonia Teatri
Friday 11 September 9.00 pm - FUGA A TRE VOCI
Alessio Boni, Michela Cescon and Marco Tullio Giordana
Saturday 12 September 9.00 pm - LA STORIA DI RE LEAR
Vanessa Scalera
Tuesday 15 September at 9.00 pm - L’AMORE SEGRETO DI OFELIA
Chiara Francini and Andrea Argentieri
Wednesday 16 September 9.00 pm - MACBETH SOLO
Sergio Rubini
Thursday 17 September 9.00 pm
Ballet and dance performances will be:
- ANDRA’ TUTTO BENE
Ersiliadanza
Tuesday 8 September at 9.00 pm - DIRE | HABITUS
Van Association | Camilla Monga
Wednesday 9 September 9.00 pm - HIMALAYA DRUMMING – R.OSA
Chiara Frigo and Silvia Gribaudi
Thursday 10 September at 9.00 pm - MOVING WITH PINA
Cristiana Morganti
Saturday 19 September 9.00 pm
For concerts you have to wait until September:
- MAURO OTTOLINI & VANESSA TAGLIABUE YORKE Swing Sing
Verona Jazz
Tuesday 1 September 9.00 pm - PAOLO FRESU Time for Chet
Verona Jazz
Wednesday 2 September 9.00 pm - RAPHAEL GUALAZZI
Rumors Illazioni Vocali
Friday 4th September 9.00 pm - VASCO BRONDI Talismani per tempi incerti
Rumors Illazioni Vocali
Saturday 5 September 9.00 pm - ENRICO PIERANUNZI TRIO Fellini Jazz – Tribute to Federico Fellini
Verona Jazz
Sunday 6 September at 9.00 pm - VINICIO CAPOSSELA Pandemonium
Rumors Illazioni Vocali
Monday 7 September at 9.00 pm - NUDE MUSIC Petra Magoni and Ferruccio Spinetti
venerazioni
Sunday 13 September 21.00 - BUON COMPLEANNO MIMI’
Venerazioni
Sunday 20 September 21.00
We at the Hotel Colomba d’Oro, like all our city, have never stopped and we continue to work every day to offer you a special and wonderful summer. We are waiting for you!
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