Veronese Summer
Theater Festival
The Roman Theater of Verona was built on the slope of San Pietro's hill in the first century b.C. After the fall of the Roman Empire, it was completely covered by buildings which were built on it, but the memory of its presence remained and many Renaissance architects, Palladio too, tried to imagine how it might have looked.
Thank to Andrea Monga, munificent patron of the archeology, around the half of the nineteenth century, first excavations started. Then the Town of Verona bought the entire area and the beautiful monument was brought back to life. Verona Summer Theater Festival Since 1948 the Roman Theater is the center of the Verona Summer Theater Festival, with the plays of the Shakespearian Festival. In 1968 also the Ballet Festival was added, and since 1985 there is also the Verona Jazz Festival.
During the festival the traffic in front of the Theater is stopped and you can enjoy the representations with the gentle murmur of the river as a background. For any further information on shows, tickets, delivery in hotel, guided tours before the representations, please write at:
Veronese Theater Summer:
Program 2008
60° Shakespearean festival 2008
SHAKESPEARE IN VERONA
July 1st August 4th 2008
This year, to celebrate the sixties anniversary of this event in the millenary setting of the Roman Theater of Verona, five different shows will have their debut beside the dance, music and cinema shows which will take place in some of Verona most fascinating spots.
Roman Theater
prose
July 1-2-3-4-5. 21.15 pm
AMLET
by William Shakespeare
with Alessandro Preziosi
Directed by Armando Pugliese
July 9-10-11-12-13. 21.15 pm
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Giorgio Albertazzi
July 21-24-25-26. 21.15 pm
Teatro dell'Elfo
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ferdinando Bruni
July 30-31. August 1-2. 21.15 pm
PERICLE, PRINCIPE by TIRO
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Paolo Valerio
dance
July 17-18-19. 21.15 pm
Bayerisches Staatsballet Monaco di Baviera
LA TEMPESTA
da William Shakespeare
choreography by Jorg Mannes
music by Anton Bruckner, Jean Sibelius,
Piotr Ilic Ciaikovskij
Corte Mercato Vecchio
prose
July 11-12. 21.15 pm
Punto in Movimento
MACBETH
From William Shakespeare
Directed Roberto Totola
July 14. 21.15 pm
A.LI.VE. - Accademia Lirica Verona
SOGNANDO SHAKESPEARE
music and theater action interpreted by children
July 16-17. 21.15 pm
Teatro Scientifico. Teatro Laboratorio
OTHELLO
From William Shakespeare
Directed by Luca Caserta
July 28-29. 21.15 pm
Fondazione Aida
SHAKESPEARE FOR CHILDREN
July 31. August 1-2. 21.15 pm
EN ATTENDANT LE SONGE...
(Waiting for the dream...)
From William Shakespeare
Directed by Irina Brook
dance
July 4-5. 21.15 pm
Ersiliadanza
SHAKE
choreography by Laura Corraby
July 18. 21.15 pm
Compagnia Teatro Nuovo di Torino
SHAKESPEARIANA
choreography by Robert North
July 26. 21.15 pm
Ballet of Roma
GIULIETTA E ROMEO
choreography by Fabrizio Monteverde
cinema
July 20-21-22-23-24-25. 21.15 pm
SHAKESPEARE / BRANAGH
Six films by or with Kenneth Branagh
(free entrance)
Così è se vi pare, 2006
Pene d'amor perdute, 2000
Amleto, 1996
Nel bel mezzo by un gelido inverno, 1995
Molto rumore per nulla, 1993
Enrico V, 1989
Giardino Giusti (Giusti Gardens)
July 7-14-21-28. August 4. 21.15 pm
Amateur Shakespeare Theater Company
SHAKESPEARE AT THE GARDEN
Directed by Luciana Ravazzin
prices
ROMAN THEATER
prose e dance
numbered stalls seats 26,00
steps seats 16,00
discounted steps seats 13,00
Verona Jazz
numbered stalls seats 18,00
steps seats 10,00
discounted steps seats 8,00
CORTE MERCATO VECCHIO AND GIUSTI GARDENS
seats 7,00
Tickets can be bought from May 19th at Palazzo Barbieri, on via Leoncino n.61.
Form information on shows, events or to book a guided sightseeing tour of Verona:
info@veronissima.com
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