The ''Festival della Valle d'Itria'' is a summer
opera festival held in the south eastern
Italian town of
Martina Franca in the
Apulia
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region. The Festival was founded in 1975 and performances are given in July and August each summer on a specially constructed stage in the outdoor courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale.
[''The Rough Guide to Italy'' Robert Andrews, Martin Dunford - 2011- Page 821 1848367171 "Southern Italy's top performing-arts festival, the Festival della Valle d'Itria (T080.480.5100, www.festivaldellavalleditria.it), takes place in Martina Franca in late July / early August every year. On a par with the Maggio Musicale in Florence (see"]
The primary aim of the festival is to present obscure, neglected or rarely performed works, and often works in the
standard operatic repertoire are given in their original versions (such as
Verdi's original 1857 version of ''
Simon Boccanegra'').
Notable revivals include:
*33rd Festival 2007
Marcella by
Umberto Giordano
*34th Festival 2008
Pelagio (opera)
''Pelagio'' is an opera (tragedia lirica) in four acts by Saverio Mercadante. The Italian-language libretto was by Marco D'Arienzo. It premiered on 12 February 1857 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, to great success.
The opera had further succe ...
by
Saverio Mercadante
Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond ...
*2012
Artaserse (1730 Venice version) by Hasse
*2015
Medea in Corinto
''Medea in Corinto'' (''Medea in Corinth'') is an 1813 opera in Italian by the composer Simon Mayr. It takes the form of a ''melodramma tragico'' in two acts. The libretto, by Felice Romani, is based on the Greek myth of Medea and the plays on t ...
by Mayr
*2017
Margherita d'Anjou by
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...
References
External links
Official Festival website, in English
Opera festivals
Italian music
Martina Franca
Tourist attractions in Apulia
Classical music festivals in Italy
1975 establishments in Italy
Music festivals established in 1975
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