2023 Programme
49th Festival della Valle d’Itria
Martina Franca
Program for Operas
Five Opera titles will animate the 49th Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca: “Il Turco in Italia” by Gioachino Rossini (1814), “Il paese dei campanelli” by Carlo Lombardo and Virgilio Ranzato (1923) and three premiere operas: “L’Orazio” by Pietro Auletta (1737), on stage for the first time in the contemporary times, the Italian premiere in contemporary times of “Gli Uccellatori” by Florian Leopold Gassmann (1759) and the absolute premiere in Italy of “L’adorable Bel-Boul” by Jules Massenet (1874).
Palazzo Ducale
18, 31 July and 4, 6 August 2023
Il turco in Italia
by Gioacchino Rossini
Opera buffa in two acts on a libretto by Felice Romani
Conductor Michele Spotti
Director Silvia Paoli
26, 28 and 30 July 2023
Il paese dei campanelli
by Carlo Lombardo and Virgilio Ranzato
Operetta in three atc on a libretto by Carlo Lombardo
Conductor Fabio Luisi
Director Alessandro Talevi
Teatro Verdi
22 and 25 July 2023
L’Orazio
by Pietro Auletta
Music Comedy on a libretto by Antonio Palomba
Conductor Federico Maria Sardelli
Director Jean Renshaw
2 and 5 August 2023
Gli uccellatori
by Florian Leopold Gassmann
Playful Music Dramma in three acrs on a libretto by Carlo Goldoni
Conductor Enrico Pagano
Director Jean Renshaw
Chiostro San Domenico
19 and 20 July 2023
L’Adorable Bel-Boul
by Jules Massenet
Operetta in one act on a libretto by Paul Poirson
Pianist and Conductor Francisco Soriano
Director Davide Garattini
