VERONA.
 Verona is a city that combines history, culture,
entertainment and style.
The best time to visit is during the opera season.
The 2009 Season commences on Friday 19th June with
Carmen and ends on Sunday 30th August with Aida.
In between are performances of Turandot, The Barber
of Seville, Gala Domingo, and Tosca.
Anyone interested in the
operas should plan a visit so
that the last opera in the visitor's timetable is
AIDA.
This worked for me in 2005, when I attended three
productions. The audience reaction spoke
volumes.
LA GIOCONDA, a new production, was
listened to politely.
NABUCCO was acclaimed
warmly, but
Franco Zeffirelli's production of AIDA, was
wildly applauded.
AIDA is now an embedded part of Italian culture.
The staging is a riotous matrix of reds and golds.
The entire vast stage is used. The triumphal
chorus is just that. A triumph. Trumpets
blast from the entire semi-circle of the amphitheatre
and frame the music of the chorus and orchestra.
Ticket prices for 2009 range from €18.00 to €218.
For €18.00 you get a stone seat gradinata.
Rent a cushion (I rented two at a time!).
They cost from €3up ...proceeds to
The Green Cross. Bring a small battery-operated fan as it can be very
humid. However, in the
Settore Gradinata
you get the best atmosphere, the best music value
in Europe, the best acoustics and share that with up to
22,000 others in the Verona
Arena
For that special romantic break a visit to
Juliet's
balcony is a must. You have to suspend
judgment, however, given that
Romeo and Juliet were characters
built in
William Shakespeare's imagination. Verona is
also an ideal honeymoon
destination for the same reason.
Verona has excellent
shopping streets just off the main
piazza,
Piazza Bra.
Verona is an ideal base for excursions to Lake Garda,
Milan, Bergamo and
Venice and there are regular day
excursions to these destinations. |
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