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February 13, 2020The debut of Gabriele Muccino directing the opera theater with Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci , the return to the work of an artist, soprano and popular face like Katia Ricciarelli and the first time of a young Venezuelan orchestra master, Diego Matheuz. These are just some of the innovations presented in Milan at the 98th Arena di Verona Opera Festival, which will be held from 13 June to 5 September at the Arena di Verona.

Alongside the debuts are the great returns already appreciated in the previous editions of the festival: like Daniel Oren, also confirmed for the 2020 season musical director of the festival, Francesco Ivan Ciampa and again Plácido Domingo, exceptionally for an evening on the podium for Aida, Jordi Bernàcer , Marco Armiliato, Ezio Bosso and Veronese Andrea Battistoni.

"Last season of the festival was positive for the numbers, but not only, - said the mayor of Verona Federico Sboarina, President of the Arena Foundation -. Profits are measured in millions of euros and this news is positive for the foundation, viewers also increase year by year. "

The Arena di Verona Opera Festival alone represents 20% of the opera tickets sold in Italy and in 2019 it achieved an audience increase of around 10%. On average per season there are 50 evenings with over 400,000 spectators.

But the voices are the beating heart of the opera house and on the Arena di Verona stage there will be Sonya Yoncheva, the world divine who in Traviata will be alongside Vittorio Grigolo, the undisputed star and lover of the Arenian stage, what a great darling of the audience. Grigolo will also be one of the protagonists of Pagliacci .

An unmissable appointment for dance fans with Roberto Bolle who also proposes a double date for 2020 to make the Arenian public dream together with the talent and energy of his Friends. Finally, at the end of the grandiose sold out of 2019 in the Carmina Burana of Orff, Ezio Bosso announced his return for the 2020 edition of the Festival 2020 at the helm of the Arenian complexes in the monumental IX Symphony of Beethoven.

"This year even more we have tried to increase the preciousness of the artistic choices. - commented the Superintendent of the Arena di Verona Foundation, Cecilia Gasdia -. In a few months we will have the presence of the greatest artists in the world and every evening there will be a different work to make each evening as if it were a premiere ".

The Arena di Verona Opera Festival is already looking forward to the next few years. "In 2021 there will be 150 years of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida for which Arena has already been working for months on the creation of a new show such as staging and cast. - concluded Gasdia -. Next year there will also be 120 years since his death Verdi and we want to celebrate it big next year. In 2022 we will have the hundredth season ".