Major Opera Houses & Auditoriums
It's not easy to purchase advance tickets for musical events in Italy, but some of the beautiful opera houses have online booking

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Bologna TEATRO COMUNALE
Largo Respighi 1 - 40126 Bologna
Tel. 39 051 529011 or 529999
Fax 39 051 529934
email: boxoffice@comunalebologna.it
2011 program: Click here
Website: Click here (Italian Only)  
Cagliari TEATRO LIRICO DI CAGLIARI
Via Sant'Alenixedda - 09128 Cagliari
tel. 39 070 4082230 or 4082249
email: biglietteria@teatroliricodicagliari.it

Catania TEATRO MASSIMO BELLINI
Via Perrotta 12 - 95131 Catania
Tel. 39 095 7150200
Fax 39 095 321830
Ticket Office: 39 095 7150921
  

Firenze TEATRO COMUNALE
Corso Italia 16 - 50123 Firenze
Tel. 39 055 211158 or 213535
Fax 39 055 2779410
 
 
TEATRO VERDI
Via Ghibellina 99 - 50122 Firenze
Tel. 39 055 212320
Fax 39 055 288417
 

Genova TEATRO CARLO FELICE
Galleria Cardinale Siri 6 - 16121 Genova
Tel. 39 010 589329 or 591697 (no phone bookings)
Fax 39 010 5381335
General Information - 39 010 5381305
Fax 39 010 5381233
 

Jesi   TEATRO G.B. PERGOLESI
Jesi (AN)
Tel. 39 0731 202944
Fax 39 0731 226460
 
Milano TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Via Filodrammatici 2 - 20121 Milano
Tel. 39 02 860787 (24-hour ticket booking service)
Tel. 39 02 72003744 (Information office for ticket availability)
Fax 39 02 861778 (to confirm your booking)
 
Napoli TEATRO SAN CARLO
Via San Carlo 98F - 80132 Napoli
Tel. 39 081 7972331 or 7972412 or 7972111
Fax 39 081 7972306
Ticket Office open every day
10:00AM -1:00 PM and 4:30 to 6:30 PM (except Mondays)
email: biglietteria@teatrosancarlo.it

Palermo TEATRO MASSIMO
Via R. Wagner 2 - 90139 Palermo
Information on ticket availability
39 091 6053249 by phone
39 091 6053325 by fax
e-mail: infotm@teatromassimo.it

 
Parma TEATRO REGIO
Via Garibaldi 16A - 43100 Parma
Tel. 39 0521 218910 or 218685
Fax 39 0521 206156
e-mail: tregio@provincia.parma.it

Roma TEATRO DELL'OPERA
Piazza B. Gigli 8 - 00184 Roma
Tel. 39 06 481601
Fax 39 06 4881755 or 4881253
 
 
PICCOLO LIRICO TEATRO FLAIANO
Via Santo Stefano del Cacco 15 - 00186 Roma
Tel. 39 06 6796496 or 39 06 69922077
email: teatro.flaiano@yahoo.it
 
 

Torino TEATRO REGIO
Piazza Castello 215 - 10124 Torino
Tel. 39 011 8815241 or 8815242
Fax 39 011 8815214
email: info@teatroregio.torino.it
 

Trieste TEATRO COMUNALE "GIUSEPPE VERDI"
Riva III Novembre 1 - 34121 Trieste
Tel. 39 040 6722111
Fax 39 040 366300
e-mail: info@teatroverdi-trieste.com 
 

Venezia GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE
San Marco 1965 - 30124 Venezia
39 041 786580 (booking by phone)
Website: Click here
For online reservations: If you are in Italy, call 147 882211 
 

OPERA HOUSE
Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista
39 041 426 6559
 
Verona ARENA DI VERONA
Via Dietro Anfiteatro 6/B - 37121 Verona
Tel. 39 045 8005151
Fax 39 045 8013287

Opera Festival will be set in the enchanting natural scenery of the Boboli Gardens within the Pitti Palace in Florence, and in the sumptuous Medicean Villa of Cafaggiolo, in Barberino di Mugello, in the period between June and August 2006.
The monumental park of Boboli is the perfect continuation of the Pitti Palace and the courtyard built by Ammannati, and is probably the greatest example in the world of an Italian garden. It is of no wonder that the gardens are generally considered to be a true open-air museum of extraordinary scenic effect. The Villa, once the Medici families favourite summer residence, is, with its wonderful park, a natural setting of extraordinary value where to enjoy great music.
The Opera Festival 2006 programme schedules two of the most famous operas in the world, Carmen by G. Bizet and La Traviata by G. Verdi, presented for this occasion in two new fancy productions, and various symphonic concerts, including the choral-symphonic concert of great impact Carmina Burana, by C. Orff, and the Vivaldi's masterpiece Le Stagioni. In addition to its own productions, Opera Festival will once more host some very prestigious events.

Boboli Gardens (Palazzo Pitti )- Firenze
The Pitti Palace was designed by Brunelleschi, and built in the second half of the 15thc. by the Florentine merchant Luca Pitti. In 1550 it became property of the Medici family, the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, who made it their royal palace for the time of their two-century rule. The
family gave immediate attention to the famous garden. It took a period of four centuries, from the 15thc. to the 19thc., to give the gardens their present form. This monumental park, which covers an area of five hectares, is the perfect continuation of the Pitti Palace and the
courtyard built by Ammannati, and is probably the greatest example in the world of an Italian garden. The Boboli Gardens contain a rare architecturally conceived botanic and works of art, regarded as masterpieces of Architecture and of Sculpture. These artistic treasures range from the Mannerism to the Neoclassical style (e.g. the grotto created by Buontalenti and the Egyptian obelisk from Luxor situated in the centre of the"verzura" amphitheatre). It is of no wonder that the gardens are generally considered to be a true open-air museum of extraordinary scenic effect.
As the Medici family died out, the Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens became the seat of the Lorena family dynasty and, later, of the Savoia, during the period of Florence capital city of Italy.
The palace still houses the famous Palatine Gallery, a museum that is second only to the Uffizi Gallery, with its splendid collection opened by Cosimo II, displaying under one roof masterpieces of fine art ranging from the 15th c. to the 18th c.

Medicean Villa - Cafaggiolo - Barberino di Mugello
The term "Cafaggiolo" has ancient origins. In fact, the Longobards used it to indicate a woodland area. The villa, which was built as a fortress with a defensive purpose, became later a farm. During the first half of the 15thc. the ancient castle was transformed into a sumptuous country house by Cosimo the Elder, who entrusted the project to the already famous architecht Michelozzo. The new villa, surrounded by an extensive garden and one of the most beautiful hunting reserves, became the favorite summer residence of the Medici family and in particular of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Here he hosted artists and friends, including Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola. Next to the castle is the Ceramics Factory, which produced both objects for everyday use and objects of great value. The 18thc. transformations wanted by the prince Marcantonio Borghese partly changed the original look of the villa and of the gardens, which were restructured according to the English style.

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