The programme of Ravello Festival 2024
The 72nd edition of the Ravello Festival, Italy’s oldest music and cultural festival after the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, is scheduled from 30 June to 25 August 2024. The extraordinary festival, which more than any other event has contributed to building Ravello’s identity as the “City of Music”, attracts music lovers (and not only) from all over the world. This edition’s rich calendar includes 6 symphonic concerts, 5 chamber music concerts, 1 jazz concert and 2 events that will combine words, music and theatre.
RAVELLO FESTIVAL 2024 PROGRAMME
Sunday 7 July
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8.00 p.m.
San Carlo Theatre Orchestra of Naples
Conductor, Giacomo Sagripanti
Marina Rebeka, soprano
Single seat € 50
Programme
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude
The Flying Dutchman, Ouverture
Lohengrin, Prelude III atto
Tannhäuser, Ouverture
Giacomo Puccini
La rondine, “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta “Manon Lescaut, “In quelle trine morbide” (In those soft laces)
Edgar, Act III Prelude
La bohème, “Yes, they call me Mimì”.
Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo
Tosca, “Vissi d’arte”.
Madama Butterfly, Intermezzo Act II, “Un bel dì vedremo”
Thursday 11 July
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 pm
Benevento Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Michele Spotti
Laura Marzadori, violin
Single seat € 50
Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concert for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Opus 35
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67
Saturday 13 July
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 p.m.
Orchestra and Chorus of the San Carlo Theatre of Naples
Conductor, Edward Gardner
Ailyn Pérez, soprano
Elisabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano
René Barbera, tenor
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Single seat € 50
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.9 in D minor for soloists, choir and orchestra op.125
Saturday 20 July
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 pm
The Eight Seasons
Chamber Orchestra Accademia di Santa Sofia
Sonig Tchakerian, violin and concertmaster
Single seat € 35
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons from op. VIII “Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Invenzione”
Astor Piazzolla
Cuatro Estaciones porteñas
Version for violin and orchestra by Luis Bacalov
Wednesday 24 July
Knights’ Hall of Villa Rufolo, 9 p.m.
Bello Tiempo Passato
The first Neapolitan comic intermezzo – 1673
Neapolitan Chapel
Conductor Antonio Florio
Giuseppe Naviglio, Olga Cafiero, Rosario Totaro, Pino De Vittorio, voices
Single unnumbered seat € 35
Sunday 28 July
Sala dei Cavalieri of Villa Rufolo, 7 p.m.
Pavel Berman, violin
Yenheniya Lysohor, piano
Music by Mozart, Prokofiev, Chausson, de Sarasate
Single unnumbered seat € 25
Sunday 4 August
Sala dei Cavalieri of Villa Rufolo, 7 p.m.
Francesco Libetta, piano
Music by: Bosso, Gluck, Mozart, Bach
Single unnumbered seat € 25
Wednesday 7 August
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 9 p.m.
Homage to Duke Ellington 50th
Danilo Rea & Salerno Jazz Orchestra
Conductor Demo Morselli
Ravello Festival production
Single seat € 35
Sunday 11 August
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 5.30 a.m.
Dawn Concert
G. Philharmonic Orchestra. Verdi of Salerno
Conductor Alessandro Bonato
Ravello Festival production
Single seat € 70
Programme
Giacomo Puccini
Symphonic Capriccio in F major, SC 55
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op.64
Sunday 18 August
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 p.m.
Slovenian POA Festival Orchestra
Conductor George Pehlivanian
Andrea Cicalese, violin
Production Ravello Festival
Single seat € 50
Programme
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade
Max Bruch
Violin Concert No.1 in G minor, Op.26
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Symphony No.4 in A major ‘Italian’, Op.90
Monday 19 August
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 p.m.
Tales and notes
with Michele Campanella and Maurizio de Giovanni.
The friendship between a writer and a musician can create an opportunity for dialogue and an unusual conversation with the audience during the performance of Liszt’s Sonata in B minor.
Single seat € 50
Wednesday 21 August
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 p.m.
Homage to Giacomo Puccini and Italian Opera
Italian Opera Quartet
Anna Pirozzi, soprano
Elda Laro, piano
Music by: Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti
Single seat € 35
Thursday, 22nd August
Knights’ Hall of Villa Rufolo, 7.00 p.m.
Trio i Virtuosi di Sansevero
Riccardo Zamuner, violin
Ludovica Rana, cello
Giuliano Mazzoccante, piano
Single unnumbered seat € 25
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio op.1 no.3
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Trio op.49
Sunday 25 August
Belvedere of Villa Rufolo, 8 p.m.
G. Philharmonic Orchestra. Verdi of Salerno
Choir of the Salerno Opera House
G. Verdi Theatre Children’s Choir of Salerno
Conductor Michele Spotti
Maria Sardaryan, soprano
Levy Sekgapane, tenor
Markus Werba, baritone
Single seat € 50
Programme
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
info
boxoffice@ravellofestival.com
tel. 089 858422
The programme may be subject to change
Featured photo © Ravello Festival