Monday night concert
On Mondays the Arena di Verona stays dark to give all the people who work there a day off. So on the Monday evening when I was there I went Read More …
Author: Nemorino
Hello, my name's Don. I'm an American living in Frankfurt am Main, Land Hessen, Germany, where I teach, ride a bicycle and go to the opera.
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Teatro Romano
In addition to the Arena, the ancient Romans had a smaller theater on the other side of the Adige River in Verona, with stone steps built into a hillside. This Read More …
Seating in the Arena
In this daytime photo you can see the various seating categories in the Arena of Verona. The most expensive seats look white in the photo because they are protected during the Read More …
Operas in the Arena
On my visit to Verona in August 2006 I saw three open-air opera performances in the Arena: Verdi’s Aida, Bizet’s Carmen and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. What they had in common Read More …
Building the Aida stage set
The stage for Zeffirelli’s production of Verdi’s Aida in the Arena of Verona is dominated by two large statues of ancient Egyptian pharaohs (rulers), which between performances are stored out Read More …
Candles in the Arena
If you are sitting on the steps (reserved or unreserved) for an opera performance in the Arena di Verona, don’t forget to pick up a candle from the large unmarked Read More …
The ice cream girls
There were three intermissions during the Aida performance, two during Carmen and one during Madama Butterfly. Before each intermission (‘interval’ to you) there is a ritual in which the singers Read More …
Romeo’s Juliet in Verona
Okay, so Juliet might have been a fictional character, but that didn’t stop her from having a house and a balcony. Supposedly this house really did belong to a 14th Read More …
Museums in Innsbruck
The Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck is a museum for pre-history, early history, art history, music history, graphics and natural sciences, in other words just about everything. My first photo Read More …
Opera in Innsbruck
Looking at this sturdy little theater today, you’d never guess that it used to have the reputation of being one of the most totally botched and bungled construction projects of Read More …