Eni is a partner for the 2010/2011 opera season of the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara

Since the early 1990s the theatre’s operatic activities have involved Claudio Abbado, who has overseen some of the most important productions in Ferrara in recent years: from Ronconi’s staging of Rossini’s Viaggio a Reims, and the Mozart trilogy The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte, to the Verdi masterpieces Falstaff and Simon Boccanegra. In addition to the great repertoire from the 18th and 19th centuries, which has also featured lesser-known works that are more rarely performed in Italy, a number of demanding productions of contemporary opera have been staged (Divara by Azio Corghi, Le Grand Macabre by Gyorgy Ligeti, Prova d’orchestra by Giorgio Battistelli, and The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams).

Programme

Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Nicola Paszkovski – Saturday 8 January 2011 at 8:00 pm; Sunday 9 January 2011 at 4:00 pm. 

The Magic Flute according to the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio – Tuesday 15 February 2011 at 8:00 pm and Wednesday 16 February 2011 at 8:00 pm.

Giulio Cesare by G.F. Handel, conducted by Ottavio Dantone - Friday 11 March 2011 at 8:00 pm; Sunday 13 March 2011 at 4:00 pm.

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, conducted by Roberto Zarpellon – Saturday 7 May 2011 at 8:00 pm; Sunday 8 May 2011 at 4:00 pm.