Volkswagen Group Italia is the Automotive Partner of the 101
st Opera Festival of the Arena di Verona
Verona, May 31st, 2024. Volkswagen Group Italia renews its support to the Fondazione Arena di Verona as Automotive Partner for the 18th consecutive year. Over the years, the collaboration, started in 2006, has consolidated as cornerstone of Cultural Engagement’s activities of Volkswagen Group Italia.
Marcus Osegowitsch, CEO of Volkswagen Group Italia, states: “As a testament to our strong bond with the city that has been hosting us for half a century, we care about supporting the Arena di Verona Opera Festival year after year. The event par excellence has been marking the summers for over a hundred editions by giving great vitality and excitement to the city’s cultural scene, bringing it to international attention. Our closeness with opera takes on even greater value from this year, since in December 2023 'The Practice of Opera Singing in Italy' officially entered the representative list of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.”
This important recognition will be celebrated on June 7th with the opening night of the festival titled La Grande Opera Italiana Patrimonio dell'Umanità: an international gala at the Arena di Verona broadcasted live worldwide that pays tribute to the world of opera with an orchestra led by Maestro Riccardo Muti and consisting of 154 musicians and about 300 chorus artists from Italy's most important opera foundations and opera orchestras.
The program will continue with Turandot by G. Puccini from June 8th, Aida by G. Verdi from June 14th and Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini from June 21st. This will be followed by Carmen by G. Bizet from July 5th, La Bohéme by G. Puccini from July 19th, and finally Tosca by G. Puccini and Aida by G. Verdi in the production staged in 1913, from August 2nd and 10th, respectively. These operas will be joined by several events: Roberto Bolle and Friends on July 23rd and 24th, the concert IX Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven on Aug. 11, the Plácido Domingo Noche Española on Aug. 21st, the ballet Zorba the Greek on Aug. 27th and 28th (at the Roman Theater), the Viva Vivaldi. The Four Seasons Immersive Concert on Aug. 28th and finally Carmina Burana on Sept. 1st.