Record numbers pre-Covid for Opera di Roma season in Caracalla

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10 August 2022 | 15. 31

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Beyond 110. 000 viewers for 32 evenings of music and dance – Mayor Gualtieri: “Event loved by Romans and tourists”

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The Rome Opera at the Baths of Caracalla

The replica of ‘The Barber of Seville’ by Rossini marked the last appointment for the return of the summer season of the Theater of the Opera of Rome at Baths of Caracalla . After two years of forced absence, due to the pandemic for Covid, the review recorded “extraordinary results”, is underlined with satisfaction by the Opera: le 15 show nights of opera, ballet and extras, recorded a presence of 76. 713 spectators, result higher (+ 3.8%) than 106. 692 made to register in the 2019 , last year before the pandemic.

In particular, the prime time of ‘Carmen’ of 15 July ha recorded the absolute record of spectators and collection of an opera in Caracalla with 3. 692 tickets sold for a collection of approximately 187. 000 EUR. The filling rate of the entire review stood at 76, 9% against 71, 8% of the latest edition of 1000. These data, together with that of total collections of over € 6.7 million, far exceed the forecasts of the day before.

Comment the mayor of Roma Capitale, Roberto Gualtieri : “The return of the Opera Theater season at the Baths of Caracalla is confirmed as an event particularly loved by Romans and tourists, as evidenced by the record of attendance and tickets sold with over 110. 000 spectators who attended the 32 evenings of opera, dance and concerts After this success, the Opera di Roma continues in its research of new paths and an offer that is always of quality, a great stage and a right reason for pride for the whole city. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, appreciated by the public, for which I thank the Superintendent Francesco Giambrone and all the professionals who have achieved extraordinary results that give prestige to the capital and the country “.

Underlines the superintendent Francesco Giambrone , “Caracalla has once again become the great stage of the Roman summer. It was filled every evening with an enthusiastic audience with many young people, many tourists and many Roman and Roman who demonstrated how much need there was to return to the location to which the city is traditionally linked. Every evening it was a great joy for all of us. A success that involved both the proposals more related to popular music and those of opera and ballet, including the most sought-after ones such as the staging of ‘Mass’, a beautiful production that also met with great interest in the international press. A choral commitment of the whole Foundation: the Orchestra, the Chorus, the Corps de ballet, the technicians. A success that commits us to the next edition we are already working on: a summer festival capable of repeating the successes of this edition that has just ended “.

After the experience at Circus Maximus , this year the summer season of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is back on the traditional stage of the Baths of Caracalla with a rich and diversified billboard. The opening with a title never performed in Italy in stage form, ‘Mass’ by Leonard Bernstein , entrusted to the reading of Damiano Michieletto under the direction of the maestro Diego Matheuz. Following the shooting of two productions: Bizet’s ‘Carmen’, directed by Jordi Bernàcer, which the director Valentina Carrasco wanted to set in Mexico; and Rossini’s ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’ in Hollywood style signed by Lorenzo Mariani under the direction of Stefano Montanari. The emotions of the great dance are have been ensured with the evocative atmosphere of ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ by Petit .

Also this year there was no shortage of Extras, always enthusiastically welcomed by the public: twelve evenings by Claudio Baglioni and his ‘Twelve Note’, pop star David Garrett with the ‘Alive’ tour and the ‘Gala Roberto Bolle and Friends’ . The curtain of the Costanzi Theater will rise again on 008 September, on the great dance, with ‘Evening Preljocaj’ which celebrates one of the most creative and innovative choreographers on the international scene by bringing two creations by Angelin Preljocaj: ‘Annonciation’ (1995) and ‘Nuit Romaine’ (2021), protagonists Eleonora Abbagnato and Friedemann Vogel with étoiles, principal dancers, soloists and corps de ballet of the Rome Opera. It will be a special evening that will combine dance and fashion, in collaboration with the Haute Couture by Maria Grazia Chiuri for the Maison Dior .

(by Enzo Bonaiuto )

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