Delicate, entertaining, engaging. The films selected for the prestigious César Awards are many, diverse and unique. The Audiovisual Centre, in collaboration with the...
Art Spotlight
The international dance of Japanese Saburo Teshigawara for the first time in Verona
A hymn to slowness that fights against the frenzy of contemporaneity. Saburo Teshigawara, one of the most appreciated contemporary choreographers in the world, arrives...
The Shakespeare Walk in the historic center of Verona narrates the works of the greatest playwright
The Shakespeare Walk is about to turn the historic center into an outdoor museum. This afternoon, starting at 3:30 p.m. from the Satiro OFF Theater, participants can...
A journey to discover Dante’s paradise. The multimedia exhibition narrating the Divine Comedy returns
A journey to (re)discover Dante's Paradise from the perspective of young people. The multisensory exhibition dedicated to the Supreme Poet is returning, and following...
The Arena di Verona Opera Festival kicks off the new century by celebrating opera singing. Fifty great events are featuring the most acclaimed stars from all over the world
The 101st Arena di Verona Opera Festival season opens with La Grande Opera Italiana Patrimonio dell'Umanità, a first-ever inauguration and test bed for a national-scale...
“Viaggiatori & Migranti” opens the African Film Festival in Verona
The African Film Festival’s 43rd editionbegins with the “Viaggiatori & Migranti” (Travelers & Migrants) section, a block of screenings that began on...
American jazz at Teatro Ristori. Brad Mehldau is coming to Verona with a sold-out solo concert
The New York Times named him the most influential jazz pianist of the last 20 years. Brad Mehldau is hailed by both purists and music enthusiasts, as seen by a sold-out...
Afghan women, a photo exhibition portrays them as “Roses under Thorns”. At the Aquardens Spa Centre in Verona until 17 March
Roses under the thorns, which prick so much that they make life impossible for Afghan women. A country where, less than anywhere else in the world, women’s rights are...
A masterpiece arrives in Verona: it is Cosroe Dusi’s painting depicting the nocturnal meeting of Romeo and Juliet
The artwork by Cosroe Dusi that shows Romeo and Juliet's encounter arrives in Verona. It was acquired by the Veronese Civic Museums, and starting on Wednesday, March 6...
“Dear Juliet…’, Saturday 17 February in Verona the awards ceremony for the most beautiful letters from all over the world
The Premio Cara Giulietta (Dear Juliet Prize) is back, which is dedicated to the letters that reach Shakespeare's heroine from all over the world. For the occasion, the...
International jazz in Verona. Bill Laurance and Michael League in duo at the Teatro Ristori
Great international jazz returns to the Teatro Ristori in Verona. Coming on Tuesday 13 February at 8.30 pm, Bill Laurance and Michael League in Where you Wish you Were....
French photographer Robert Doisneau’s shots on exhibition in Verona
The major retrospective on the famous French photographer Robert Doisneau will continue until 14 February at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in Verona. The exhibition,...
The “New Generation Gospel Crew” lands in Verona for the first time with a charity concert
A performance combining singing, dance, and music from a repertoire that blends modern gospel with the most spiritual roots. The Veneto ensemble "New Generation Gospel...
“The Emperor of Atlantis” on stage at the Teatro Filarmonico. Two appointments to celebrate Memorial Day
The one-act opera "The Emperor of Atlantis" by Viktor Ullmann, with a libretto by Petr Kien, was created between 1943 and 1944 while the authors were detained in the...
“Mozart a Verona,” a month-long festival of concerts, lectures, and performances
The fifth annual “Mozart in Verona” festival has begun. Throughout January, 35 events will be held to honour Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Austrian composer whose...
Opera singing has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
"The practice of opera singing in Italy" has been officially inscribed on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. This was announced by...
“Arena young” is ready to start between performances for students and families, meetings with artists, and premiere concerts and ballets
Arena Young, the Fondazione Arena‘s project, will begin on January 17, 2024, and will include performances for students and families, meetings with artists, premiere...
Chamber concerts and guided tours: Arena Foundation’s Museo in Musica season kicks off on January 28
The Fondazione Arena's new chamber concert season will be a conversation between music and art. The Museo in Musica will begin on January 28 with eight chamber...
“Alexia’s Christmas”: Teatro Ristori dinner show in Verona
“Cene spettacolo”. Instead of the classic red armchairs, elegant round tables with dinner served and, to follow, top-class performances. An enthralling format that...
Italy’s best cultural experience is made in Verona. Fondazione Arena wins the British magazine Luxlife’s award
Luxlife’s “Best Cultural Experience 2023 in Italy” award has gone to Fondazione Arena. Every year, the British magazine lists the top travel, hospitality, and...
Philharmonic Theater, countdown to the 2024 artistic season
Five opera titles, ten symphony concerts, world premieres, and the grand return of ballet. It's countdown time for the 2024 artistic season at the Philharmonic Theater,...
Fucina Machiavelli welcomes internationality with a new artistic season
A European group and an Argentine composer will be performing in Verona as part of the 2023–2024 Fucina Machiavelli season, which began with an Iranian author. The...
The future of the earth as seen through the eyes of six international artists. The exhibition Tomorrows runs until 12 november
"Tomorrows. Notes on the Future of Earth" brings six international artists to Verona in an exhibition that explores the effects of globalization, the environmental...
ArtVerona 2023 returns to Verona Fair this weekend
Verona Fair will once again host the exposition ArtVerona from 13 to 15 October, for the third consecutive year curated by Stefano Raimondi. The event inaugurates the...
Music from the balconies: emerging artists take over Verona
Balconies in Verona turn into stages for emerging artists. Music from the balconies will conquer the city again next Saturday, September 30, beginning at 5 p.m. It...
Museum entry is only one euro on the first Sunday of the month
Visit museums with only one euro. From October to May, you can take advantage of the initiative that allows you to visit the Civic Museums and monuments of Verona at a...
The new opera season at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona
The Fondazione Arena presents the rich programme for the 2023 opera season at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona (Via dei Mutilati, full downtown), which includes six...
Lift the curtain on! Ristori Theater’s artistic season begins with a legendary jazz trio
Jazz from around the world and pictures of the best performers to have graced the Ristori Theater stage. With the Blicher-Hemmer-Gadd trio and...
Season subscriptions and carnets for the 2024 artistic season at the Philharmonic Theater
The Philharmonic Theatre has scheduled numerous operas for the next season, including opera titles, special events, and varied collaborations. In addition, after...
The Veronese photographer who takes his students around the world
Students from the Veronese photographer Luciano Perbellini arrive in Pantelleria to present his latest photography book, "Emozioni sospese" (Suspended Emotion). "This...
Lisa Wolpe on stage at the Shakespeare Fringe Festival
Lisa Wolpe has triumphed in Verona. 55-minute monologue in which she presented her personal interpretation of gender themes in Baldo literature to the Shakespeare...
25 young aspiring actors for Romeo&Juliet #generazionesacrificio
The rehearsals for Romeo&Juliet #generazionesacrificio (sacrifice generation) continue, set to debut at Verona’s Roman Theater on September 1st and 2nd during the...
For the first time in its history, the billboards for the 2024 and 2025 Arena Festival were presented two years in advance
Before the end of the 100th Arena Festival, the Arena Foundation looks ahead to its new century of great music and entertainment by unveiling the program for the...
Alice in Wonderland lands in Verona with Kiev Circus Theatre Elysium
From 1 to 6 August, at the Roman Theatre in Verona, 30 dancers from the Elysium Circus Theatre in Kiev promise ‘Wonderland’ in a unique show combining dance, acrobatics...
Puccini’s Tosca in the Hugo de Ana’s show will be staged in the Arena of Verona on July 29
Beginning the seventh production of the 100 Festival in Arena, Puccini's Tosca will be performed four times from July 29 to September 1 with some of the best...
Alessandro Preziosi narrates his King Lear in Verona for the first time in English
The famous Neapolitan actor Alessandro Preziosi returns to the theatre with ‘Aspettando Re Lear’ – ‘Waiting for King Lear‘, a new adaptation of the British tragedy...
Australian Aboriginal music at the Roman Theatre. The last stop of Xavier Rudd’s tour will bring to Verona the iconic Fred Leone
A concert ranging from the soft resonances of Hawaiian music to the jarring vibrations of Australian Aboriginal sounds. Fred Leone arrives in Verona to join Xavier Rudd...
“Roberto Bolle and friends” comes to Verona on July 19th
Roberto Bolle will once again perform on the prestigious stage of the Arena di Verona. A night of classical and modern dance. The violinist Alessandro Quarta and other...
Teatro Ristori in the centre of Verona: from September the new Artistic Season with jazz, baroque, dance and dinner shows
It will start on 14 September and end on 15 May 2024. In between, "One Season, many souls" (Una Stagione, tante anime). This is the claim chosen by the Ristori Theatre...
Shakespeare at Large, the roundtable that brought to Verona scholars from all around the world
A new roundtable titled “Shakespeare at Large: Law and the First Folio” has brought together scholars with expertise in law and the humanities from all over the world....
Saturday 8 July is the night of Zeffirelli’s opera La Traviata staged at the Arena in Verona
Zeffirelli's Traviata was the last to be signed by the great Tuscan maestro, who worked on it for a long time, but was unable to see the success and feel the affection...
Una Nessuna Centomila returns to the Arena to fight violence against women
The Arena di Verona is back in the battle against domestic abuse towards women. Fiorella Mannoia will be on stage with Alessandra Amoroso, Annalisa, Samuele Bersani,...
Summer at Villa Spinola: the cultural festival of Bussolengo. Theatre, dance, music and literature for all ages
Once again this year in the Municipality of Bussolengo in the province of Verona (20 minutes from the city centre, the same distance from Lake Garda) "Summer at Villa...
“It’s all one song” wins The Hemingway Prize for photography. First place for the photobook by Marco Zanta from Treviso
“It’s all one song” wins the Hemingway Prize for Photography. Capitalism, globalization, and homologation in the photobook by Marco Zanta, a work that focuses...
Silent garden, a journey into nature to stop the time of San Vigilio, on Lake Garda
With headphones in place, the Silent Garden begins. A journey guided by six dancers in Lake Garda's outstanding Cala delle Sirene, to stop the time and live the moment....
A futuristic Aida for the 100th anniversary of the Opera Festival in Arena di Verona. Special effects and more than 500 people on stage
Speechless. It was an Aida that, in line with expectations, hit the nail on the head. A brand new production of a great opera classic, futuristic but faithful to the...
Riflessi sul Garda, from 30 June the first edition of the Festival interweaving different arts in Castelnuovo del Garda and surroundings. Literary meetings with free admission
This summer sees in the Province of Verona the first edition of a new musical event, the Festival Riflessi del Garda, organised by the Niccolò Piccinni ODV Fund, which...
Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival, eight national premieres with companies from all over around the world
Back to the Camploy Theatre "Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival". Eight performances in original language (with subtitles) and in English to enhance in an experimental...
The Opera Festival turns 100 and the premiere in the Arena will be broadcast worldwide
This year the Arena di Verona Opera Festival celebrates its first century of existence. In fact, it was in 1913 that the first edition was held in the city of Verona....
The Shakespeare Summer in Verona. 14 national premieres and 48 evenings on the stage of the Teatro Romano for the longest Italian festival dedicated to The Bard of Avon
Theatre, dance and music. From 20 June to 13 September, the festival will bring 14 national premieres and 7 co-productions to Verona. No less than 48 evenings of live...