The Festival della Valle d’Itria di Martina Franca is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024.

The festival will include three operas and will run from July 17 through August 6, 2024.

Operas 

The festival will open with Bellini’s “Norma” in a new production conducted by Fabio Luisi. The cast will include Jacquelyn Wagner (Norma), Valentina Farcas (Adalgisa), Airam Hernandez (Pollione), and Simon Lim (Oroveso). Nicola Raab directs the production.

Performance Dates: July 17-August 2, 2024

Nino Rota’s “Aladino e la lampada magica” will be conducted by Francesco Lanzilotta and will star Marco Ciaponi (Aladino), Claudia Urru (Principessa), Marco Filippo Romano (Mago e Re), and Alexandr Ilvakhin (Il genio dell’anello). Rita Cosentino directs the production.

Performance Dates: July 30-August 4, 2024

Händel’s “Ariodante” will be directed by Torsten Fischer and will star Cecilia Molinari (Ariodante), Teresa Iervolino (Polinesso), Biagio Pizzuti (Re di Scozia), Theodora Raftis (Dalinda), and Manuel Amati (Lurcanio). Federico Maria Sardelli conducts.

Performance Dates: July 22-28, 2024

Riccardo Frizza conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Jacquelyn Wagner, Miriana Lacarbonara, Ladislav Elgr, and Simon Neal.

Performance Dates: August 3, 2024

Song Recitals

Louis Guenter, Zachart McCullough, Aleksandr Ilvakhin and pianist Liubov Gromoglasova perform music by Beethoven, Brahms, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Schumann, among others.

Performance Date: July 18, 2024

Teresa Iervolino and pianist Andrea del Bianco perform music by Mercadante, Rossini, Donizetti, Berlioz, Bizet, and Saint-Saëns.

Performance Dates: July 20, 2024

Anna Cimmarrusti, David Zaccherini, and pianist Ettore Papadia present music by Tosti, Costa, di Capua, de Curtis, Falvo, and Lama, among others.

Performance Dates: July 31, 2024