Verona Opera Festival at the Great Arena – Verona

2021 DATES AND CALENDAR. The most famous operas represented in the world’s largest open-air opera theatre.

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2021 DATES AND CALENDAR

The Verona Opera Festival already confirmed the dates of Verona Opera Festival 2021, taking place from June 19th  to September 4th, 2021.
As every summer,the huge Roman amphitheater turns into the largest open-air opera house in the world (about 10,000 seats).

The operas scheduled for 2021 are
Turandot by Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano.
La Traviata, Aida, Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi.
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci by Pietro Mascagni.

Some special performances:
– July 30, Domingo Opera Night, Plácido Domingo
– August 3, Roberto Bolle and Friends
– August 22, Gala IX Sinfonia di Beethoven

The Verona Opera Festival was organized first in 1913, with Aida. The festival was realized thanks to the tenor Giovanni Zenatello and to the actor Ottone Rovato as a  centennial commemoration of Giuseppe Verdi, born in 1813.