La Traviata signed by Zeffirelli at the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival

Back toArena of Verona The Traviata signed by Franco Zeffirelli: the 100th Opera Festival brings Verdi's beloved masterpiece back to the stage in the last, spectacular staging signed by the Florentine director in 2019year of his disappearance.

Sum of all misguided conceived over the course of more than sixty years, starting from that of the fateful meeting with Maria Callas, the production that inaugurated the 97th Arena Festival represents the artistic testament of Zeffirelli who, taking care of direction and sets, worked on it for a long time with his trusted collaborators of the last few years but could not see the success that greeted the show.

The latest creation of the Florentine master for the grand stage of the Veronese Amphitheater makes use of the sumptuous costumes of the award-winning Maurizio Millenotti, of the lights of Paolo Mazzon and choreography by Joseph Picone.

Six evenings scheduled from 8 July to 9 September 2023 with the best international artists: from the all-Italian cast of the premiere with Violetta by River Guild and the Verdians Francesco Meli (Alfredo) e Luca Salsi (Giorgio Germont), to the great stars that follow one another in the subsequent performances, the protagonists Lisette Oropesa, Nadine Sierra is Anna Netrebko, the tenors Vittorio Grigolo is Freddie De Tommasothe baritones Simone Pitch, Arthur Rucinsky is Ludovic Tezier.

The applauded maestro was on the podium at his seasonal debut Andrew Battistoni, at the helm ofArena Foundation Orchestra he was born in Choir educated by Roberto Seagulls.

The exceptional final evening of the 100th Arena di Verona Opera Festival, Saturday September 9, will be directed by Marco Armed and see protagonist Anna Netrebko for his last play in the role of Violetta.

In the side roles, the most popular performers and the best young people take to the immense Arena stage: Sofia Koberidze it's my friend Flora, Francesca Mayonchi is Yao Bohui faithful Annina, Carlo Bosi is Matteo Mezzaro alternate as Viscount Gastone, Giorgi Manoshvili is Gabriele Sagona like Doctor Grenvil, Nicolò Ceriani it's Baron Douphol, Robert Accurso the Marquis d'Obigny; complete the cast Francesco Cuccia like Joseph e Stefano Rinaldi Miliani as Domestic of Flora and Commissioner.