Festivals in Italy
Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi
28 June-14 July. The theme of the festival is Ocean of Inspiration and this year's poster featuring David LaChapelle's picture Sister Moon sets the Siren against the constant movement of the waves...
21 June to 7 Sept. This year the operas are Verdi's La Traviata (11- 30 Aug and 5 Sept) with Placido Domingo singing the role of Germont on 1 Aug; Verdi's Aida with the 1913 set designs (5-28 July, 3...
Teatro Romano Ostia Antica Festival
21-30 July. Under the theme The Myth and the Dream, his open-air festival of theatre, dance and music takes place against the magnificent backdrop of the Ostia Antica archaeological park, with events...
22 Sept-5 Nov. This festival, which explores the connections between science and the contemporary arts, resumes after a summer break.
The programme offers interactive meetings, masterclasses, conc...
Isola del Cinema: Australian Focus
1-3 Sept. The Isola del Cinema festival on Rome's Tiber Island dedicates three evenings to Australian cinematography, with the Australian Focus event from 1-3 September.
The first screening, which...
Genzano flower festival near Rome
28-30 May. The annual flower festival, or "infiorata", takes place at Genzano south of Rome from 28-30 May.
The ancient festival, now in its 238th edition, is held each year on the weekend of Corp...
13 May-13 July. This year's festival is dedicated to Nelson Mandela and the theme of freedom.
This year the programme's festival is dedicated to the value of freedom and in particular to Nelson M...
4-8 Dec. The 14th edition of Piú libri piú liberi, the national fair for small and medium Italian book publishing houses, offers a five-day literary programme of conferences, lectures, readings, theat...
Panettone and Pandoro fair in Rome
21-22 Nov. The seventh edition of the National Fair of Panettone and Pandoro takes place at the Chamber of Commerce in Piazza di Pietra on the weekend of 21-22 November, from 10.30-19.30 on both days....
Outdoor street art Festival in Rome
2-31 Oct. Under the theme Here Now, the sixth edition of the urban art festival Outdoor is based at a 30,000-sqm disused military barracks on Via Guido Reni, nea...
30 June- 5 Sept. When other summer festivals are winding down the Ravello festival is in full swing throughout August. Located in the lovely Villa Rufolo above Amalfi, where Wagner lived and drew his...
Puccini festival Torre del Lago
24 July-30 Aug. This is the only all-Puccini festival and and this year's four operas are the same as last year, although there is a new production of Tosca to mark the 115th anniversary of its first...
24-31 July. This short festival is held at La Foce, the one time home of Anglo-American-Irisheristerio writer author Iris Origo, made famous in her book War in Val d'Orcia.
The festival gradual gr...
17 July-9 Aug. The operas this year at the Sferisterio open-air theatre in Macerata are Rigoletto (17, 25, 31 July and 8, 9 Aug), Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci (18, 24 July, 2, 8 Aug) and La Bohe...
15 July-4 Aug. This festival in Martina Franca specialises in rare and seldom performed works. To celebrate its 41th birthday it presents the new opera Le Braci by Italy's prolific composer Marco Tuti...
