RSSFlorence Plays Host to the Oldest Opera Festival: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Nov 22
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Started in’33, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has become known as one of the first musical festivals in Italy that was founded by Vittorio Gui, an Italian conductor and composer. In’37, the opera festival became a biennial event. After’37, it became and annual event. However, this was not the case during the Second World War.
Today, the annual opera festival has become a point of reference for opera lovers in every part of the world who can experience the contemporary and forgotten operas in stunning visual displays. Ever since the end of the sixteenth century when the first operas were performed, music has played a prevalent part in Florence, which Italians appreciate a great deal.
The Teatro Comunale is where the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino opera festival is performed. Designed in’62 by Telemaco Bonaiuti, it can seat up to 2003 people who can enjoy the large stalls and two wide semi circular galleries that make up the amphitheatre. When the first opera was performed during the festival, opera lovers were presented with one of Verdi’s early productions; Nabucco. By the full name of Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, he was one of the most influential romantic Italian composers of the’th century who spent his time performing around the world in opera houses.
Gaining international status since it first began; the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is one of the most important Italian opera festivals around the world that see thousands of visitors every year. With productions that are visually dramatic, the opera festival is a haven for opera lovers who enjoy the basic cultural choices with some of the greatest conductors. Some of the conductors at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival include Vittorio Gui, the founder of the festival, as well as Dimitri Mitropoulos, Wilhelm Furtwngler, Bruno Walter, Zubin Mehta, von Karajan and Muti. Zubin Mehta is also the current conductor, while Paolo Arc is the present Artistic Director of the festival.
2010 is set to be a great production year for the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with a full listing of ballet and opera productions. Some of the opera performances for 2010 include The Cunning Little Vixen by Leo Jancek, Adriana Lecouvreur based on the French actress Adrienne Lecouvreue (1692-1730) by Francesco Cilea and L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers). The ballet performances include Don Quixote and Carmen Suite.
Founded in’33, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has since become known all over the world and as a result has gained international status. Taking place during April, May and June, Italy’s oldest musical festival is a production complete with performances with four operas, concerts, exhibitions and ballets. Even though the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is during April, May and June, the activity of the festival is also present throughout the year.
Complete with the opera season, the concerts and ballets, as well as the summer concerts set in the stunning framework of the Boboli Gardens, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is a constant and fulfilling occasion that offers musical delights for an international audience.
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival tickets for the 2009-2010 season are now on sale.
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