Verona Arena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Verona Arena (Italian: Arena di Verona[aˈrÉ›Ëna di veˈroËna; aˈreËna]) is a Romanamphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy built in the first century. It is still in use today and is internationally famous for the large- scale opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved ancient structures of its kind. In ancient times, nearly 3. Arena. Nowadays, for security reasons, the maximum attendance is 1. Amphitheatre[edit]The building itself was built in AD 3. The ludi (shows and games) staged there were so famous that spectators came from many other places, often far away, to witness them.[citation needed] The amphitheatre could host more than 3. The round façade of the building was originally composed of white and pink limestone from Valpolicella, but after a major earthquake in 1. Nevertheless, it impressed medieval visitors to the city, one of whom considered it to have been a labyrinth, without ingress or egress.[1]Ciriaco d'Ancona was filled with admiration for the way it had been built and Giovanni Antonio Panteo's civic panegyric De laudibus veronae, 1. Musical theatre[edit]The first interventions to recover the arena's function as a theatre began during the Renaissance. Some operatic performances were later mounted in the building during the 1. And in 1. 91. 3, operatic performances in the arena commenced in earnest due to the zeal and initiative of the Italian opera tenor Giovanni Zenatello and the impresario Ottone Rovato. The first 2. 0th- century operatic production at the arena, a staging of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, took place on 1. August of that year, to mark the birth of Verdi 1. Musical luminaries such as Puccini and Mascagni were in attendance. Since then, summer seasons of opera have been mounted continually at the arena, except in 1. Europe was convulsed in war. In modern times, at least four productions (sometimes up to six) are mounted each year between June and August. During the winter months, the local opera and ballet companies perform at the L'Accademia Filarmonica. Modern- day travellers are advised that admission tickets to sit on the arena's stone steps are much cheaper to buy than tickets giving access to the padded chairs available on lower levels.
The Verona Arena (Italian: Arena di Verona [aˈrɛːna di veˈroːna; aˈreːna]) is a Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy built in the first century. It is still in use today and is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there.Candles are distributed to the audience and lit after sunset around the arena. Every year over 5. Once capable of housing 2. In the post- World War II era, they have included Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi and Renata Tebaldi among other names. A number of conductors have appeared there, too. The official arena shop has historical recordings made by some of them available for sale. The opera productions in the Verona Arena had not used any microphones or loudspeakers until an electronic sound reinforcement system was installed in 2. In recent times, the arena has also hosted several concerts of international rock and pop bands, among which Elisa, Laura Pausini, Pink Floyd, Alicia Keys, One Direction, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Deep Purple, The Who, Dire Straits, Mike Oldfield, Rod Stewart, Sting, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Björk, Muse, Leonard Cohen,Paul Mc. Cartney, Jamiroquai, Whitney Houston, Mumford & Sons, Kiss (band), Spandau Ballet and 5 Seconds Of Summer. In 1. 98. 1, 1. 98. Giro d'Italia with thousands packing the arena to watch the prizes being handed out. The 2. 01. 1 Bollywood film Rockstar directed by Imtiaz Ali starring Ranbir Kapoor with music composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman opens and closes with musical concerts shot here. On 2. 4 September 2. Leonard Cohen performed here as part of the First European Leg of his "Old Ideas" World Tour. On 2. 5 June 2. 01. Welcome to the official website of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival! Watch the oldest open-air opera festival in the world and book the show now on GeTicket.it! Paul Mc. Cartney performed at the venue as part of his 2. Tour. British- Irish boy band One Direction performed on 1. May 2. 01. 3 as part of their Take Me Home Tour. Spandau Ballet played a concert at Verona Arena on 6 July 2. Soul Boys Of The Western World Tour. On 2. 1 September 2. Il Volo performed in Verona for their final date of the Grande Amore Tour. The evening was recorded and broadcast by Rai. On May 1. 3th 2. 01. Australian band 5 Seconds Of Summer performed in Verona as part of their 2. Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour. On May 2. 8th and 2. English singer Adele performed in Verona as part of her Adele Live 2. Tour. See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Coordinates: 4. N1. 0°5. 9′4. 0″E / 4. N 1. 0. 9. 94. 44°E / 4.
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