Also this year the collaboration with the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bari has produced surprising results and bears the name of the student Emanuela Carbonara. The call launched last December, aimed to give students maximum freedom in the creativity of the image, so that it was exciting, communicative and recognizable in the local, national...
The world icon of opera, Grace Bumbry, is dead. Protagonist of the historic edition of “Norma” in 1977 at the Festival della Valle d’Itria, we remember her in this photo close to President Franco Punzi, while he gave her the “Rodolfo Celletti” 2022 Career’s Award. “We want to celebrate an internationally renowned artist, who has...
Great day in Martina Franca because Festival della Valle d’Itria won its 10th Abbiati Award, the highest recognition of Italian music critics. The commission of the 42nd edition of the “Abbiati” Award, composed of Alessandro Cammarano, Andrea Estero, Carlo Fiore, Angelo Foletto, Susanna Franchi, Giancarlo Landini, Patrizia Luppi, Gianluigi Mattietti, Gregorio Moppi, Carla Moreni, Stefano...
On Friday March 24th, the Board of Directors of the Paolo Grassi Foundation, composed of Gianfranco Palmisano (Mayor of Martina Franca), Michele Punzi, Rinaldo Melucci, Roberto Venneri and Piermassimo Chirulli met and voted unanimously the new President of the Foundation: Lawyer Michele Punzi. “I accept this appointment with a great sense of responsibility, aware that...
Opening on the 19th July at Martina Franca’s Palazzo Ducale with Le joueur by Prokof’ev directed by David Pountney, based on Dostoevskij’s The Gambler in the French version of the 1929 debut. To follow, Beatrice di Tenda by Bellini with Giuliana Gianfaldoni and Celso Albelo, conducted by Fabio Luisi with the Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli...
As we witness the prevailing of violence over reason – stresses Franco Punzi in a message regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine – we remain speechless and anxious for the fate of the Ukrainian population, and for the developments and repercussions that this new East-West conflict may have on international relations. As organisers of...
In Martina Franca, from the 19th July to the 6th August 2022, Delitto e castigo by Pedrollo, Beatrice di Tenda by Bellini, Opera italiana by Campogrande, and Il Xerse by Cavalli Online bookings are already available The 48th edition of the Festival della Valle d’Itria, scheduled from the 19th July to the 6th August 2022...
The 47th edition of the Festival della Valle d’Itria will take place in Martina Franca during the customary summer period, from the 17th July to the 4th August 2021. The programme – drawn up by Artistic Director Alberto Triola together with Music Director Fabio Luisi – leads us through the Neapolitan Baroque of Alessandro Scarlatti...
