Festival Verdi is the only festival exclusively devoted to studying and staging the works by Giuseppe Verdi. The 2017 edition presents 4 new productions, 4 commissions on debut, 22 events spread with more than 100 scheduled sessions in 25 days.
“Jérusalem”, “La traviata”, “Stiffelio”, “Falstaff”, “Messa da Requiem” are the main shows of the Festival which takes place
in Parma and Busseto from September 28th to October 22nd. (see below the technical card).
This year the event is dedicated to
Arturo Toscanini, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Opera tour packages have been created to attract music lovers to Festival Verdi and to the region, customized tours with the opportunity to experience 4 operas in the same week, to combine culture, music, art and food, to discover everything about Verdi and his land -Parma, Busseto, Roncole Verdi and Sant’Agata.
complete programmeopera tour packageThe exclusive image of the Festival is the Verdi portrait pencil drawn by
Renato Guttuso in the ‘60s and donated to the Teatro Regio di Parma by the historical Bocchi Archive and conceded by Fabio Carapezza Guttuso © Renato Guttuso by SIAE 2016.
