5.30am-6.15am
Castle of Brescia
Arie di luce
An ideal tour of Europe through some of the most persuasive, sweet and poignant melodies of the great composers. A the end of the concert, an Italian-style breakfast.
Limited places available. Advanced booking required on the 6th and 7th June. To reserve your seat, please call +39 0302979348 (10.00-13.00).
Opera singers Nina Solodovnikova, Anna Cimmarrusti
Piano Davide Rinaldi
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
An ideal tour of Europe through some of the most persuasive, sweet and poignant melodies of the great composers. A the end of the concert, an Italian-style breakfast.
Limited places available. Advanced booking required on the 6th and 7th June. To reserve your seat, please call +39 0302979348 (10.00-13.00).
Opera singers Nina Solodovnikova, Anna Cimmarrusti
Piano Davide Rinaldi
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
10.30am-12.30am
Palazzo Broletto
Voci Verdiane
A special artistic performance dedicated to the great composer from Busseto.
Limited seats available. Admission every 20 minutes.
Coro Lirico Ponchielli Vertova
Choirmaster Patrizia Bernelich
A special artistic performance dedicated to the great composer from Busseto.
Limited seats available. Admission every 20 minutes.
Coro Lirico Ponchielli Vertova
Choirmaster Patrizia Bernelich
11.00am-12.15am
Palazzo Martinengo delle Palle
Lucia di Lammermoor sul lettino dello psicoanalista
Some semi-serious insights around music and psychiatry.
Speaker Graziano De Giorgio
Some semi-serious insights around music and psychiatry.
Speaker Graziano De Giorgio
11am-12.15am
Teatro Grande di Brescia
Acquaprofonda
The topical issue of water pollution told through a contemporary opera for adults and children, which was awarded the Premio Siebaneck as part of the prestigious Premio Abbiati.
Only stalls seats available.
Original music by Giovanni Sollima
Libretto Giancarlo De Cataldo
Direction Luis Ernesto Doñas
Scenes Chiara La Ferlita
Costumes Elisa Cobello
Production AsLiCo
The topical issue of water pollution told through a contemporary opera for adults and children, which was awarded the Premio Siebaneck as part of the prestigious Premio Abbiati.
Only stalls seats available.
Original music by Giovanni Sollima
Libretto Giancarlo De Cataldo
Direction Luis Ernesto Doñas
Scenes Chiara La Ferlita
Costumes Elisa Cobello
Production AsLiCo
11.15am-12am
Salone Pietro da Cemmo del Conservatorio Luca Marenzio
Amor ch’a nullo amato
The immortal stories of Paolo, Francesca and Count Ugolino re-read by Donizetti, Zandonai and contemporary composer Fabio Massimo Capogrosso.
Opera singers Valentina Corò, Alessandro Goldoni, Filippo Quarti, Bryan Sala
Piano Andrea Dindo
Cello Sara Airoldi
The immortal stories of Paolo, Francesca and Count Ugolino re-read by Donizetti, Zandonai and contemporary composer Fabio Massimo Capogrosso.
Opera singers Valentina Corò, Alessandro Goldoni, Filippo Quarti, Bryan Sala
Piano Andrea Dindo
Cello Sara Airoldi
11.45am-1pm
Mensa Menni
Un pranzo con l’Opera
For Mensa Menni guests only.
For Mensa Menni guests only.
12.00pm-12.45pm
Chiesa del Santissimo Corpo di Cristo
Opera Sacra
An excursus in the typical sacred repertoire of some of the greatest Opera composers.
Opera singers Benedetta Mazzetto, Matteo Straffi
Organ Tomas Gavazzi
An excursus in the typical sacred repertoire of some of the greatest Opera composers.
Opera singers Benedetta Mazzetto, Matteo Straffi
Organ Tomas Gavazzi
12am-1.30pm
Brescia city center and surroundings
Operacar
The Festa dell’Opera car speeds along Brescia streets spreading music and sounds everywhere.
In collaboration with Gruppo Barchetti.
The Festa dell’Opera car speeds along Brescia streets spreading music and sounds everywhere.
In collaboration with Gruppo Barchetti.
12.45am-1.30pm
Via Gasparo da Salò
Opera Jukebox
Choose your favourite aria and listen to it live performed by the artists of Festa dell’Opera.
Opera singers Claudia Ceraulo, Flavia Fioretti, Hao Kang, Bryan Sala
Piano Francesco Orecchio
Host Sarah Tisba
Choose your favourite aria and listen to it live performed by the artists of Festa dell’Opera.
Opera singers Claudia Ceraulo, Flavia Fioretti, Hao Kang, Bryan Sala
Piano Francesco Orecchio
Host Sarah Tisba
1pm-2.30pm
Houses of Brescia
Aggiungi un posto a tavola
Let Festa dell’Opera enter your own house by inviting one of our singers for lunch!
Info and booking from the 5th to 7th June, please call +39 0302979348 (10am – 1.00pm).
Let Festa dell’Opera enter your own house by inviting one of our singers for lunch!
Info and booking from the 5th to 7th June, please call +39 0302979348 (10am – 1.00pm).
3pm-5pm
Averoldi Palace
Tanto amore segreto
Puccini and his “last portrayed woman”, Liù, inside a treasure chest of voices and beauty.
Limited seats available. Admission every 15 minutes
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Erika Tanaka
Vibraphone Filippo Pelucchi Gogna
Puccini and his “last portrayed woman”, Liù, inside a treasure chest of voices and beauty.
Limited seats available. Admission every 15 minutes
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Erika Tanaka
Vibraphone Filippo Pelucchi Gogna
3.30pm-4.15pm
Teatro Sociale
Opera senza confini
Opera melodies performed by the students of the Brescia and Bergamo Conservatories to celebrate the year of the Capitale Italiana della Cultura.
Conservatorio di Musica Luca Marenzio
Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti di Bergamo
Opera melodies performed by the students of the Brescia and Bergamo Conservatories to celebrate the year of the Capitale Italiana della Cultura.
Conservatorio di Musica Luca Marenzio
Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti di Bergamo
3.30pm-4.45pm
Teatro Grande di Brescia
Acquaprofonda
The topical issue of water pollution told through a contemporary opera for adults and children, which was awarded the Premio Siebaneck as part of the prestigious Premio Abbiati.
Only stalls seats available.
Original music by Giovanni Sollima
Libretto Giancarlo De Cataldo
Direction Luis Ernesto Doñas
Scenes Chiara La Ferlita
Costumes Elisa Cobello
Production AsLiCo
The topical issue of water pollution told through a contemporary opera for adults and children, which was awarded the Premio Siebaneck as part of the prestigious Premio Abbiati.
Only stalls seats available.
Original music by Giovanni Sollima
Libretto Giancarlo De Cataldo
Direction Luis Ernesto Doñas
Scenes Chiara La Ferlita
Costumes Elisa Cobello
Production AsLiCo
3.45pm-6pm
Circolo al Teatro
Tornami a vagheggiar
In a new version for two guitars and voices, arias from Handel’s Alcina, an opera based on Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso.
Limited seats available. Admission every 15 minutes.
Opera singers Patricia Fodor, Lorène Quinodoz, Lara Morger
Guitars Stefano Festa, Mauro Vanzani
In a new version for two guitars and voices, arias from Handel’s Alcina, an opera based on Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso.
Limited seats available. Admission every 15 minutes.
Opera singers Patricia Fodor, Lorène Quinodoz, Lara Morger
Guitars Stefano Festa, Mauro Vanzani
4.30pm-4.45pm
Teatro San Carlino
Viaggio in una notte stellata
Tales in music and words of love, deception, and mysteries by moonlight, with readings from Goldoni and Verne and music by Haydn, Offenbach, and Verdi.
Coro di ricerca Armonia Segreta
Actors of the Accademia Teatrale Francesco Campogalliani
Opera singers Giulia Perusi, Hao Kang
Piano Antonio Atriano
Conductor Michelangelo Rossi
Tales in music and words of love, deception, and mysteries by moonlight, with readings from Goldoni and Verne and music by Haydn, Offenbach, and Verdi.
Coro di ricerca Armonia Segreta
Actors of the Accademia Teatrale Francesco Campogalliani
Opera singers Giulia Perusi, Hao Kang
Piano Antonio Atriano
Conductor Michelangelo Rossi
4.30pm-5pm
Loggia Palace
Banda giovanile all’Opera
Banda giovanile Isidoro Capitanio
Bass Stefano Bioni
Conductor Marina Maccabiani
Banda giovanile Isidoro Capitanio
Bass Stefano Bioni
Conductor Marina Maccabiani
4.30pm-7.30pm
City streets of Brescia
Opera Bike
A bike journey through the wonders of Brescia and the events of Festa. Meeting place in Piazza della Loggia at 4.15pm.
Opera singers Federica Cassetti, Gianluca Andreacchi
In partnership with Brescia Mobilità and FIAB Brescia “Amici della Bici Brescia”
A bike journey through the wonders of Brescia and the events of Festa. Meeting place in Piazza della Loggia at 4.15pm.
Opera singers Federica Cassetti, Gianluca Andreacchi
In partnership with Brescia Mobilità and FIAB Brescia “Amici della Bici Brescia”
5pm-7pm
Vittoria Station
Operametro
Get off at the Victoria stop for a special voice and piano performance.
Dalle 5pm alle 5.20pm
Dalle 5.45pm alle 6.05pm
Dalle 6.30pm alle 6.50pm
Opera singers Benedetta Marchesi, Song Eun Park, Annalisa Gerosa Tahereh
Piano Valentina Gabrieli
Get off at the Victoria stop for a special voice and piano performance.
Dalle 5pm alle 5.20pm
Dalle 5.45pm alle 6.05pm
Dalle 6.30pm alle 6.50pm
Opera singers Benedetta Marchesi, Song Eun Park, Annalisa Gerosa Tahereh
Piano Valentina Gabrieli
5pm-5.30pm
Terrazza Palazzo Negroboni
Volgi lo sguardo all’Opera
Voices are heard in Piazza Paolo VI…
Opera singers Valentina Corò, Alessandro Goldoni
Piano Francesco Orecchio
In collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo
Voices are heard in Piazza Paolo VI…
Opera singers Valentina Corò, Alessandro Goldoni
Piano Francesco Orecchio
In collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo
5pm-5.45pm
Santa Maria della Carità Church
Opera barocca
Monteverdi and Cavalli compared with great classical literature.
Opera singers Eleonora Filipponi, Matteo Straffi
Ensemble I Madrigalisti Estensi
Conductor Michele Gaddi
Monteverdi and Cavalli compared with great classical literature.
Opera singers Eleonora Filipponi, Matteo Straffi
Ensemble I Madrigalisti Estensi
Conductor Michele Gaddi
5.30pm-6.45pm
San Luca "Piazzetta"
Scuola di guida
Short and entertaining Opera by Nino Rota, about the love between a young student and her driving instructor.
From 5.30 to 5.45
From 6.30 to 6.45
Opera singers Simone Fenotti, Flavia Fioretti
Piano Alexandra Filatova
Short and entertaining Opera by Nino Rota, about the love between a young student and her driving instructor.
From 5.30 to 5.45
From 6.30 to 6.45
Opera singers Simone Fenotti, Flavia Fioretti
Piano Alexandra Filatova
5.30pm-6.15pm
Garden of the Palazzo Vescovile
Suggestioni dai cortili | I promessi sposi
On the 150th anniversary of the death of Italy’s greatest novelist, a tribute to his most famous opera, I promessi sposi, set to music by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Opera singers Chiara Guerra, Benedetta Mazzetto, Kazuki Yoshida, Filippo Quarti
Piano Lorenzo Di Stefano
On the 150th anniversary of the death of Italy’s greatest novelist, a tribute to his most famous opera, I promessi sposi, set to music by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Opera singers Chiara Guerra, Benedetta Mazzetto, Kazuki Yoshida, Filippo Quarti
Piano Lorenzo Di Stefano
6pm-7pm
Portico of the Loggia Palace
Banda all’Opera
Banda Cittadina Isidoro Capitanio
Conductors Giuliano Mariotti, Sergio Negretti
Banda Cittadina Isidoro Capitanio
Conductors Giuliano Mariotti, Sergio Negretti
6.00pm-7.45pm
Teatro Grande's terrace
Su la testa!
The voices of Festa dell’Opera surprise from above. Stop and look up!
From 6pm to 6.15 pm
From 7.30pm to 7.45pm
Opera singers Alessandra Rizzini, Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang, Davide Tuscano
The voices of Festa dell’Opera surprise from above. Stop and look up!
From 6pm to 6.15 pm
From 7.30pm to 7.45pm
Opera singers Alessandra Rizzini, Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang, Davide Tuscano
6pm-6.45pm
Sigismondi Palace
Suggestioni dai cortili | Sul fil d’un soffio
Hamlet and The Merry Wives of Windsor portray the tragic and comic side of William Shakespeare. Verdi, Thomas and Vaughan Williams write about their events and colors.
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Lorène Quinodoz, Camilla Antonini, Paolo Ingrasciotta, Raffaele Facciolà
Piano Michelangelo Rossi
Narrator Laura Finozzi
Hamlet and The Merry Wives of Windsor portray the tragic and comic side of William Shakespeare. Verdi, Thomas and Vaughan Williams write about their events and colors.
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Lorène Quinodoz, Camilla Antonini, Paolo Ingrasciotta, Raffaele Facciolà
Piano Michelangelo Rossi
Narrator Laura Finozzi
7pm-7.30pm
Terrazza di Palazzo Negroboni
Volgi lo sguardo all’Opera
Voices are heard in Piazza Paolo VI…
Opera singers Giulia Perusi, Giuseppe Infantino
Piano Antonio Atriano
In collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo
Voices are heard in Piazza Paolo VI…
Opera singers Giulia Perusi, Giuseppe Infantino
Piano Antonio Atriano
In collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo
7pm-7.30pm
Palazzo Martinengo Cesaresco Novarino
Serenata d’Opera
Opera singers Benedetta Mazzetto, Gianluca Andreacchi
Accordion Davide Bonetti
Opera singers Benedetta Mazzetto, Gianluca Andreacchi
Accordion Davide Bonetti
7pm-7.45pm
Garden of the Palazzo del Prefetto
Suggestioni dai cortili | Se saper voi bramate
Beaumarchais’ Spanish trilogy starring Figaro, interpreted by Rossini and Mozart.
Opera singers Claudia Ceraulo, Marta Pluda, Gianluca Moro, Ramiro Maturana, Bryan Sala
Piano Lorenzo Di Stefano
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
Beaumarchais’ Spanish trilogy starring Figaro, interpreted by Rossini and Mozart.
Opera singers Claudia Ceraulo, Marta Pluda, Gianluca Moro, Ramiro Maturana, Bryan Sala
Piano Lorenzo Di Stefano
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
7pm-7.15pm
San Faustino
Assaggi d’Opera
Brief but intense hints of Opera colour the city streets.
Opera singers Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang
Brief but intense hints of Opera colour the city streets.
Opera singers Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang
7.30pm-8pm
Torre d'Ercole
Serenata d’Opera
Opera singers Patricia Fodor, Hao Kang
Guitar Matteo Murari
Nyckelharpa Lorène Quinodoz
Opera singers Patricia Fodor, Hao Kang
Guitar Matteo Murari
Nyckelharpa Lorène Quinodoz
8pm-8.30pm
Palazzo Sigismondi
Serenata d’Opera
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Gianluca Moro
Guitars Stefano Festa, Mauro Vanzani
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Gianluca Moro
Guitars Stefano Festa, Mauro Vanzani
8pm-8.15pm
Piazzetta Vescovado
Assaggi d’Opera
Brief but intense hints of Opera colour the city streets.
Opera singers Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang
Brief but intense hints of Opera colour the city streets.
Opera singers Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang
8pm-9pm
Teatro Grande di Brescia
Gran Gala
A traditional opera recital will bring to the stage famous arias and lesser-known music by the great Opera composers.
Only stalls seats available.
Opera singers Alessia Panza, Riccardo Della Sciucca, Valeria Girardello
Piano Amedeo Salvato
A traditional opera recital will bring to the stage famous arias and lesser-known music by the great Opera composers.
Only stalls seats available.
Opera singers Alessia Panza, Riccardo Della Sciucca, Valeria Girardello
Piano Amedeo Salvato
8.15pm-8.30pm
Piazza Paolo VI - Incrocio Via Bevilacqua
Scuola di guida
Short and entertaining Opera by Nino Rota, about the love between a young student and her driving instructor.
Opera singers Simone Fenotti, Flavia Fioretti
Piano Alexandra Filatova
Short and entertaining Opera by Nino Rota, about the love between a young student and her driving instructor.
Opera singers Simone Fenotti, Flavia Fioretti
Piano Alexandra Filatova
8pm-8.30pm
Terrazza del Teatro Grande
Su la testa!
The voices of Festa dell’Opera surprise from above. Stop and look up!
Opera singers Claudia Ceraulo, Bryan Sala
The voices of Festa dell’Opera surprise from above. Stop and look up!
Opera singers Claudia Ceraulo, Bryan Sala
8.30pm-9pm
Piazza del Mercato
Serenata d’Opera
Singers Benedetta Mazzetto, Gianluca Andreacchi
Accordion Davide Bonetti
Singers Benedetta Mazzetto, Gianluca Andreacchi
Accordion Davide Bonetti
8.45pm-9pm
Contrada del Carmine
Assaggi d’Opera
Brief but intense hints of Opera colour the city streets.
Opera singers Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang
Brief but intense hints of Opera colour the city streets.
Opera singers Aoxue Zhu, Xin Zhang
9pm-9.30pm
Torre Bruciata
Serenata d’Opera
Opera singers Patricia Fodor, Hao Kang
Guitar Matteo Murari
Nyckelarpa Lorène Quinodoz
Opera singers Patricia Fodor, Hao Kang
Guitar Matteo Murari
Nyckelarpa Lorène Quinodoz
9pm-9.45pm
Largo Formentone
Voi lo sapete, oh mamma
An ideal journey through Italy, with pages inspired Moravia’s La Ciociara, Camilleri’s Il birraio di Preston and Verga’s Cavalleria Rusticana.
Opera singers Erika Tanaka, Eleonora Filipponi, Kazuki Yoshida, Raffaele Facciolà
Piano Alexandra Filatova
Narrator Rosana Sparapano
An ideal journey through Italy, with pages inspired Moravia’s La Ciociara, Camilleri’s Il birraio di Preston and Verga’s Cavalleria Rusticana.
Opera singers Erika Tanaka, Eleonora Filipponi, Kazuki Yoshida, Raffaele Facciolà
Piano Alexandra Filatova
Narrator Rosana Sparapano
9.15pm-10pm
Cortile di Palazzo Broletto
Dolce notte, quante stelle!
Puccini with Madama Butterfly, in an ideal preview of the Opera Season and pages from the operas by Britten.
Opera singers Anna Cimmarrusti, Sarah Tisba, Lara Morger, Camilla Antonini, Alessandro Goldoni, Paolo Ingrasciotta
Piano Davide Rinaldi
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
Narrator Laura Finozzi
Puccini with Madama Butterfly, in an ideal preview of the Opera Season and pages from the operas by Britten.
Opera singers Anna Cimmarrusti, Sarah Tisba, Lara Morger, Camilla Antonini, Alessandro Goldoni, Paolo Ingrasciotta
Piano Davide Rinaldi
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
Narrator Laura Finozzi
9.30pm-10pm
Riserva del Grande
Serenata d’Opera
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Gianluca Moro
Guitars Stefano Festa, Mauro Vanzani
Opera singers Silvia Spessot, Gianluca Moro
Guitars Stefano Festa, Mauro Vanzani
9.30pm-10.15pm
Piazza del Foro
Violette e Margherite
The protagonists of this concert are the characters that Verdi and Gounod make sing in the transpositions of the great novels by Dumas and Goethe.
Opera singers Nina Solodovnikova, Ramiro Maturana, Giuseppe Infantino, Filippo Quarti
Piano Andrés Gallucci
String quartet
The protagonists of this concert are the characters that Verdi and Gounod make sing in the transpositions of the great novels by Dumas and Goethe.
Opera singers Nina Solodovnikova, Ramiro Maturana, Giuseppe Infantino, Filippo Quarti
Piano Andrés Gallucci
String quartet
9.30pm-11.30pm
Chiostro del Museo Diocesano
Opera riparata
Paying homage to Bruno Munari and his “Opera rotta,” Økapi and Simone Memè deconstruct and recompose famous operas according to the contemporary logic of digital remixes.
With Økapi, Simone Memè
Paying homage to Bruno Munari and his “Opera rotta,” Økapi and Simone Memè deconstruct and recompose famous operas according to the contemporary logic of digital remixes.
With Økapi, Simone Memè
10.15pm-11.30pm
Largo Formentone
La Traviata Ballabile
The transcription of La Traviata according to the popular tradition of the Emilian dances.
Musicians Mirco Ghirardini, Andrea Medici, Fabio Codeluppi, Valentino Spaggiari, Cristina Zambelli, Dimer Maccaferri, Gianluigi Paganelli
The transcription of La Traviata according to the popular tradition of the Emilian dances.
Musicians Mirco Ghirardini, Andrea Medici, Fabio Codeluppi, Valentino Spaggiari, Cristina Zambelli, Dimer Maccaferri, Gianluigi Paganelli
10.30pm-11.15pm
Cortile del Palazzo Broletto
Perchè sei tu Romeo?
Vincenzo Bellini and Charles Gounod “compete” on the same pages that made Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet immortal.
Opera singers Alessandra Rizzini, Marta Plauda, Davide Tuscano
Piano Davide Rinaldi
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
Narrator Rosanna Sparapano
Vincenzo Bellini and Charles Gounod “compete” on the same pages that made Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet immortal.
Opera singers Alessandra Rizzini, Marta Plauda, Davide Tuscano
Piano Davide Rinaldi
Ensemble Bazzini Consort
Narrator Rosanna Sparapano
10.45pm-11.30pm
Piazza del Foro
Che gelida manina
Murger’s Life of Bohème inspired Giacomo Puccini, just as Faust inspired Arrigo Boito.
Opera singers Chiara Guerra, Kazuki Yoshida, Paolo Ingrasciotta, Filippo Quarti.
Piano Andrés Gallucci
String Quartet
Murger’s Life of Bohème inspired Giacomo Puccini, just as Faust inspired Arrigo Boito.
Opera singers Chiara Guerra, Kazuki Yoshida, Paolo Ingrasciotta, Filippo Quarti.
Piano Andrés Gallucci
String Quartet
10.45pm-11.30pm
Museo Diocesano
Ever.ravE
The Opera merges with the sound and visual texture of Gianluca Iadema’s performance, who works with multidimensionality, immersive narratives, and artificial intelligence.
With Gianluca Iadema
In collaboration with Line Culture
The Opera merges with the sound and visual texture of Gianluca Iadema’s performance, who works with multidimensionality, immersive narratives, and artificial intelligence.
With Gianluca Iadema
In collaboration with Line Culture
11.45pm-00.30am
Tempio Capitolino
Gran Finale al Tempio
In the magic atmosphere of the Roman Forum, Festa dell’Opera comes to an end.
Opera singers Marta Mari, Leon Kim, Stefano Secco
Orchestra Bazzini Consort
Conductor Aram Khacheh
In the magic atmosphere of the Roman Forum, Festa dell’Opera comes to an end.
Opera singers Marta Mari, Leon Kim, Stefano Secco
Orchestra Bazzini Consort
Conductor Aram Khacheh