Operaestate Festival 2009

From 03 July 2009 to 06 September 2009

100 performances, 31 citiesmusic, theatre, dance and operaThe 29th edition of the festival devoted to art. Before becoming the main festival of diversity of the Veneto, Operaestate started life as an exclusively opera-oriented festival at Bassano del Grappa (VI). The theatre section is divided into two parts: Vox Populi which presents LItalia s desta with Ottavia Piccolo (17/7 an abridged and corrected version of Hamlet Amleto Il popolo non ha il pane? (Diamogli le brioche) with Filippo Timi (6/9) andDora in poi (Come sarebbe se fosse diverso) with Paolo Rossi. Also are Biografie (11e12/8) and Paola Curini on the mysterious art of Giorgione (22/8).

The dance section revolves around all styles and epochs. Emio Greco with his Rocco e i suoi fratelli (12/7 the Japanese Yoshifumi Inao (15 e16/7) and theChina of Shen Wei (26/7). The music programme includes the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Veneto with guitarist Alberto Mesirca in Nocturnal (18/8) and the lOrchestra of Venices La Fenice (19/7). Veneto Jazz Festival includes Hiromi Quartet (15/7) and Adam Holzman Synth Solo (21/7). Finally opera lovers get a treat with Franz Lehars The Merry Widow (23 and 25/10) and Il Trovatore of Giuseppe Verdi (20 and 22/12) with musical direction by Omer Welber and theatrical by Denis Krief.

This is only a taste of the richness of Operaestate 2009, however, with its myriad events of cinema, dance, theatre, all taking place from 25 August al 5 September.

Detailed programme of events, information and tickets all available on the website: www.operaestate.it