Macerata Opera festival closes with almost 1.3 million receipts and 35 thousand spectators
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Results in line with pre-Covid editions. New sold-out for the fourth and last replica of the ‘Barber of Seville’ on Sunday 21 August
Closes with receipts and attendance in line with pre-Covid editions on 37 th Macerata Opera Festival , signed by the superintendent Luciano Messi and the artistic director Paolo Pinamonti. I tickets sold out as a whole for the Macerata review , including the opening at the end of May-beginning of June dedicated to families (the Macerata Opera Family with three shows staged at the Sferisterio and at the Lauro Rossi Theater) were 35thousands. They had been 37 thousand in 2019 And 34 thousand in 2018. The total proceeds are close to 1 million and 300 thousand euros for a program that included ‘ Tosca ‘by Giacomo Puccini (directed by Valentina Carrasco, directed by Donato Renzetti),’ Pagliacci ‘by Ruggero Leoncavallo (directed by Alessandro Talevi and Timothy Brock on the podium) and’ The Barber of Seville ‘by Gioachino Rossini (directed by Daniele Menghini, director Alessandro Bonato), alongside some symphonic concerts , novelty of the 58 th edition, which they saw on the podium Zubin Mehta, Myung-Whun Chung and Jan Lisiecki (in the dual role of pianist and conductor).
The fifth weekend of the Festival, moreover, with the two performances of the ‘Barber of Seville’ and the flamenco show ‘ Fuego ‘saw the presence of over 6 thousand spectators. Over the weekend, a new sold out was reached for the fourth and last replica of the ‘Barbiere’ (15 August), “a production that represented a real successful programming challenge, well received from the local public and tourists who have found in the festival and in Macerata an unmissable stop on their August tour in the Marche “, reads the note of the event.
The Macerata Opera Festival is organized by the Arena Sferisterio Association with the Municipality and Province of Macerata, the Ministry of Culture, the Marche Region, the Sferisterio Civil Society, the Marche Chamber of Commerce and a group of private individuals including Banco Marchigiano (Major Sponsor), APM, Giessegi, MedStore and Sardellini Costruzioni (Top Sponsor) and the Hundred Patrons, individuals, companies and associations that support the festival through Art Bonus, based on the model of those who founded the monumental building in 1829.
