Opera Festival in Italy

Italian Opera Festivals is broadly divided into three periods and ages back to as early as the late XVIth cent period. The world opera has been derived from the Italian opera in musica or work in music. The Baroque period in the Italian Opera is classifies as the era which led to the introduction of such class musical expression. The Baroque appeared first at the beginning of the seventeenth century, approximately 200 years before the Romantic era. This was during the time of Henry IV of France and Marie de Medici performing at the Pitti Palace in Florence.

The Romantic Period emphasize on the imagination and the emotional themes that began not much later than the 19th century. Because of its arias and music, Romantic Opera possessed more sentimental and sensationalism.

Contemporary period or the Italian Opera of the Modern period was greatly contributed by Giacomo Puccini. His works like Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madam Butterfly and Turandot were majestic and world famous.

Another important feature of Italian Opera is the touch of melodrama that was invented in the late XVIth cent, and was considered to be the most complete expression of musical civilization.

Some of the most famous contemporary Italian Opera Festivals :

Name of the Festival: Venue : City

However, the cost of organizing an Italian Opera was harshly high. Hence to curb the cost, it became necessary to stage the same show several times for the public and later turned to be a fashion. Some of the world famous Italian Opera writers are Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Puccini and Verdi and modern time singers in Italy include Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni and Renata Scotto, Barbara Frittoli, Sonia Ganassi and Michele Pertusi and many more.