Italia Magazine

ITALIAN OPERA FESTIVALS 2022

The pandemic put paid to much live entertainment, but now live opera is back at a full house. Adrian Mourby celebrates the best of Italy’s opera festivals and points out what to look forward to this year

Italy has many great opera houses: La Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, and San Carlo in Naples… to mention just a few. It also has many wonderful opera festivals. Some are tiny events that take place for one night of a Tuscan town. Then there are opera festivals so popular and prestigious that flashing police cars escort government ministers to the VIP entrance.

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