Arena di Verona Il Trovatore

Its an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona The 2000yearold roman amphiteatre with its gigantic stage dimensions is one of the largest and best preserved Roman construction of its kind and with over 22000 seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular openair venues of the world The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli who died shortly before the premiere of Il Trovatore created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armoured knights a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral an enormous choir horses breathtaking fights his perhaps best arena production Opernglas It brings Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where she is giving her muchanticipated debut in one of Giuseppe Verdis most popular operas