Valery Gergiev to Return to Italy for Summer Festival
By Francisco Salazar(Photo by Valeri Guérguiev)
Valery Gergiev is set to return to Italy this summer.
The Putin-supporter will conduct during the Un’Estate da RE Festival at the Reggia di Caserta.
The concert will be held on July 27, 2025, and Gergiev will conduct the Orchestra filarmonica “G. Verdi” di Salerno with soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre.
This will mark his first appearance in Italy since being fired from the Teatro alla Scala in 2022 at the start of the War in Ukraine. Back in February 2022, the Mayor of Milan, Beppe Sala, ordered the company’s superintendent, Dominique Meyer, to fire the Russian conductor unless he came out promptly with a statement condemning the invasion of Ukraine. Sala said, “With the superintendent of the theater, Dominique Meyer, we are asking him to take a precise position against this invasion. If he does not do it, we will be forced to end the collaboration.”
Over the past year, Gergiev has slowly regained an international schedule conducting in Oman, Iran, and China. He is reportedly set to make a comeback to Spain next season.
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