51st Itria Valley Festival

Celebrating its 51st edition, this prestigious festival brings together the very best of Italian opera and classical music, located in the baroque city of Martina Franca, a short drive from Taranto, with views of the Itria valley.

OPERAS

- TANCREDI by Gioachino Rossini | July 18, 26, 29, August 2
- OWEN WINGRAVE by Benjamin Britten | July 27, 30, August 3
- L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES by Maurice Ravel | July 19, 21, 24, 28

CONCERTS

- SACRED CONCERT Conductor Maurizio Lomartire | July 23
- SYMPHONIC CONCERT Conductor Fabio Luisi | August 1

IN-CHIOSTRO: BETWEEN NOTES AND WORDS - Dialogues about war and peace

- DEGENERATED MUSIC Reflections by Lucrezia Ercoli | July 20
- WAR AND PEACE Reflections by Paolo Nori | July 22
- WAR HAS A WOMAN’S FACE Reflections by Bianca Sorrentino | July 25
- MY STRUGGLING THOUGHTS Reflections by Luca Della Libera | July 31

TRAME IN MUSICA - Meetings with the authors in Valle d’Itria

- LUCREZIA ERCOLI, THE SPECTACLE OF EVIL With the participation of the Adorno Quartet | July 19,
- PAOLO NORI, I CLOSE THE DOOR AND SCREAM With the participation of the Adorno Quartet | July 23
- BIANCA SORRENTINO, THINKING LIKE MEDEA With the participation of the Artists of the Accademia di Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” | July 24
- LUCA DELLA LIBERA, THE LETTERS OF SCARLATTI With the participation of the Ensemble De Finibus Terrae and the Artists of the Accademia di Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” | July 30

CONCERTI DEL SORBETTO

- THE OTHER RAVEL With Sandro Cappelletto, Artists of the Accademia di Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” Music by Ravel | July 20
- THE OTHER TANCREDI With Ilaria Narici, Artists of the Accademia di Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” Music by Rossini | July 26
- L’ALTRO BRITTEN by Alessandro Macchia, Artists of the Accademia di Belcanto “Rodolfo Celletti” Music by Britten | August 2

INSIGHTS

- WAR AND PEACE IN THE OPERA Conference

IN ORBITA

- The festival between squares and districts, events in the city