30/06/2013
From 13 June the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma summer season starts in the splendid archaeological complex of the Caracalla Baths. The grand parterre with its 3.500 seats and new areas inside as the Palestra Orientale host opera, symphony music, ballets and proses, with the scope, pursued already for some years by the artistic director, to conciliate a public offering with sought-after shows. The programme therefore acquires an innovative form, broadening the borders of tradition, without ever abandoning the excellence of the production.
For the debut, until 16 June, " Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell, the opera inspired by the fourth book of Eneide by Virgilio, orchestra direction Jonathan Webb and production Chiara Muti.
On stage, from 2 until 7 August, Giovanni Verga's popular Sicily in "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni conducted by Maestro Gaetano d'Espinosa and production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Pizzi is also the producer for the setting of "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini, orchestra direction Maestro Renato Palumbo (1 - 6 August).
A long-awaited come-back for the Roman star performer Gigi Proietti in a cracking monologue full of irony and stinging reflections on today's society (6 and 7 July).
For the Ballet part, a tribute to the Choreographer who recently passed away, Roland Petit, with two great classics by Georges Bizet , "L'Arlésienne" and la "Carmen", directed by Master Andriy Yurkevich and interpreted by étoile Eleonora Abbagnato.
The habitual meeting with Roberto Bolle, this year placed side by side with the dancers of the American Ballet Theatre, one of the principal dance companies in the world (21 and 22 July).
25 July exceptional evening with the most famous soundtracks ever written for cinema which will play again among the "bastions" of Caracalla under the baton of Ennio Morricone who conducts the Choir of the teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
The closing night is dedicated to the bicentenary of Verdi's birth with a show by Michele Placido, 9 and 10 August, narrating the relationship of the composer with the women of his life, often idealised in the feminine characters of his operas as for example Abigaille of "Nabucco" and Violetta from "La Traviata".http://www.operaroma.it/en/stagione/stagione_2012_2013/terra_e_cielo_cavalleria_rusticana