2024 Program
50th Festival della Valle d’Itria
2024 Program
The Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, one of the oldest summer events dedicated to opera and vocal music, the first in the South of Italy, reaches the milestone of 50 editions, proudly celebrating its history and reaffirming its role in the Italian and international scene as an ideal venue for the original and modern interpretation of that crucial segment and stylistic element of Italian lyrical singing, which is Belcanto.
With a history that has seen the Festival produce almost 200 titles, many of which have been rediscovered in modern times or re-proposed according to the most updated and suitable performance practices to convey their musical and dramaturgical values, this year’s edition does not hesitate to retrace the great history of Belcanto from the golden age of the Baroque period, to which its marvelous aesthetics remain indissolubly linked, to the fairy-tale and conscious 20th century character of Italian musical theater.
OPERAS
Ducal Palace, Martina Franca
NORMA
by Vincenzo Bellini
Lyric tragedy in two acts with libretto by Felice Romani
Ducal Palace, Martina Franca
ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP
by Nino Rota
Teatro Verdi, Martina Franca
ARIODANTE
by Georg Friedrich Händel
Drama in three acts
CONCERTS
Ducal Palace, Martina Franca
IX SINFONIA
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonardo Trulli Resort
Locorotondo
IL CANTO DEGLI ULIVI
Masseria Mangiato
Martina Franca
IL CANTO DEGLI ULIVI
Masseria Palesi
Martina Franca
IL CANTO DEGLI ULIVI
Ducal Palace, Martina Franca
50TH ANNIVERSARY
TRIBUTE
Orchestra ICO della Magna Grecia
Chiostro di San Domenico, Martina Franca
OPERA LESSON
by the Conductor Fabio Luisi
Ducal Palace, Martina Franca
CONCERT OF
THE ITALIAN ARMY BAND
Conductor Filippo Cangiamila
Basilica di San Martino, Martina Franca
CONCERTO
PER LO SPIRITO
CONCERTI DEL SORBETTO
Chiostro di San Domenico
Martina Franca
CONCERTO DEL SORBETTO
UN INCONTRO CON MOZART
Chiostro di San Domenico
Martina Franca
CONCERTO DEL SORBETTO
UN TOCCO DI BAROCCO
Chiostro del Carmine
Martina Franca
CONCERTO DEL SORBETTO
ASSAGGI ROSSINIANI
THEATER / DOCUMENTARY
Teatro Verdi
Martina Franca
IL GIARDINO DELLE CILIEGIE
Martina Franca
UTOPIA OF A VALLEY
50 Years of the
Festival della Valle d’Itria
IN ORBITA – The Festival between Squares and Districts
Martina Franca
