In Martina Franca two operas in the name of Strauss, Il borghese gentiluomo directed by Michele Spotti and Arianna in Nasso directed by Fabio Luisi, and a cycle of vocal concerts with the bestbelcantosingers. Among them Anna Caterina Antonacci, Alex Esposito, Lidia Fridman, Francesco Meli, Sara Mingardo, Jessica Pratt, Piero Pretti, Carmela Remigio, Luca Salsi, Veronica Simeoni, Xabier Anduaga. On the bill Stefano Massini and chamber musicians such as Federico Colli, Francesca Dego with Daniele Rustioni, Francesco Libetta, too.
The 47th edition of the Festivaldella Valled’Itria will take place in MartinaFranca during the customary summer period.
The programme – drawn up by Artistic Director AlbertoTriola together with Music Director FabioLuisi – leads us through the NeapolitanBaroque of AlessandroScarlatti and NicolaPorpora – which caught on Europe-wide also thanks to the vocal stardom of Farinelli and his rivals – and all the way to the VienneseClassicism of Haydn, and ultimately Schubert.
The 46th edition of the Festival will take place in Martina Franca from July 14th to August 2nd 2020.
The operatic titles that will be staged in 2020 will be: Gli amanti sposi by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, La rappresaglia by Saverio Mercadante and Leonora by Ferdinando Paër. A choice in line with the decades-long artistic project of the Festival, between rarities and rediscoveries, with the return of twentieth-century historical title never seen again in the contemporary age, and two nineteenth-century rarities. These titles will also be accompanied by Niccolò Piccinni’s interlude Il perucchiere, destined for the successful “Opera in masseria” initiative.
Martina Franca has distinct connections with bel canto. An opportunity for opera-lovers, academics and critics to come together.
Lamberto Puggelli
Quotidiano
Here in Martina Franca, philology triumphs. And in the moonlight in the airy atrium of the Ducal Palace, music makes its presence firmly known.
Gino Negri
Panorama
Puglia is there to be explored a little more each time, thanks to the Martina Franca festival.
Derna Querel
La Feluca
For me this isn’t just a festival,
it’s a party too!
Luciana Serra
Quotidiano
The festival collaborates with the “Fondazione Paolo Grassi” for the Belcanto Academy “Rodolfo Celletti” and the realisation of issues, conventions and concerts.
