After the success of summer 2017, again we will see the exposition that anticipates, in some appealing locations in the province of Brescia, the great event of the Festa dell’Opera. In anticipation of Saturday, September 15th – the official date Festa dell’Opera 2018 – those of the public who are fans of the event, but also those who are not familiar with the ‘bel canto’, can enjoy the atmosphere of the festival in nine demonstrations which will prelude the main event.

From Sunday 1st July to Tuesday 4th September, nine locations, some of the most evocative in the province of Brescia, will welcome singers and musicians for fascinating Opera concerts, all with free admission (subject to availability).

The first event will be held Sunday, July 1st at 9 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity of Ponte di Legno, famously containing works by Giovanni Battista Ramus, founder of the well known family of carvers active in Italy in the seventeenth century. On Thursday, July 5th at 9 pm, opera melodies will echo between the lake landscapes of Toscolano Maderno, and then on Tuesday 10th July at 9 pm reach the shores of Lake Idro in the fourteenth-century Parish Church of Santa Maria in Undas. Following this will be an exhibition on Thursday, July 12th, again at 9 pm, at the splendid Castle of Padernello. The concerts will continue on Saturday 21st July at 9.00 pm in the Castle Park of Carmagnola di Clusane di Iseo, a fabulous fifteenth-century residence; on Wednesday, July 25th at 9.00 pm the Anteprima della Festa dell’Opera will arrive at the Bonoris Castle of Montichiari – one of the most important examples of neo-Gothic architecture in Lombardy – and the following day, Thursday, July 26th, the twentieth century park Villa Glisenti Villa Carcina. After the summer break, the final events are scheduled for Saturday, September 1st at Orzinuovi – during the traditional event of the Brescia lowland – and on Tuesday 4th September in Sirmione, in the park of the private residence Villa Callas

The pieces proposed in the programs will offer a selection of the most famous arias from Italian and international opera tradition, as well as some rarely heard gems. As a corollary of the artistic proposal, during the preview days, before the concerts, there will be some surprise moments that will involve citizens and tourists in unexpected lyrical performances.

For information about every concert check the page Festa Preview on the dedicated website.

The project Anteprima della Festa dell’Opera 2018 is realized by Fondazione del Teatro Grande and the Province of Brescia, in collaboration with the Fondazione Provincia di Brescia Eventi.

The theatre’s ticket office will be open for new subscribers from the 6^th to the 13^th of June 2018. In the same period it will also be possible to purchase subscriptions online at teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.it, and at authorized branches of UBI Banca in Brescia and its province.

There is the possibility for those who renew or sign up for a subscription to buy it in a single payment or to pay a deposit of 50 euros at the time of booking (from May 19^th to June 13^th) and the balance in September (from the 4^th to the 8^th). This can only be carried out at the Teatro Grande Ticket Office, and the season ticket will be received on the payment of the balance.

Tickets for all individual shows will be sold online from the 26^th of June (at teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.it), at the Ticket Office of Teatro Grande (we remind you that on the first day of sale, a maximum of 4 tickets per person per show may be purchased), and at authorized branches of UBI Banca in Brescia and its province. The holders of a TeatroGrandeCard can exercise their right to purchase tickets before general release from the 19^th to the 23^rd of June.

Buy your season ticket for the 2018 Opera and Ballet season – Round A – HERE

Buy your season ticket for the 2018 Opera and Ballet season – Round B – HERE

Holders of season tickets for seats in the stalls, I and II gallery for the 2017 Opera and Ballet Season can renew their subscriptions for the 2018 Opera and Ballet Season online (at teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.it) and at the Teatro Grande Box Office from the 19th to the 30th of May. The right of first choice of seats can be exercised only for the seats assigned in the last season and for the same round.

RENEW YOUR ROUND A SEASON TICKET HERE

RENEW YOUR ROUND B SEASON TICKET HERE

Holders of Season Tickets for Box seats for the 2017 Opera and Ballet Season can request renewal of their subscription by calling the Box Office (030 2979333) from the 19th to 30th of May. The actual availability will be announced by June 6th.

It is possible when renewing or signing up for a season ticket to buy it in a single transaction, or to pay a deposit of 50 euros at the time of booking (from the 19^th of May to the 13^th of June) and the balance in September (from the 4th to the 8th). The second option can only be implemented at the Teatro Grande Ticket Office and the subscription will be delivered on the payment of the balance.

The October-December 2018 Season offers three types of carnets: the Gold Carnet, with which you can attend 5 shows in the Sala Grande, the Dance Carnet, which includes all the scheduled dance shows, and the Music Carnet, with which you can attend all the concerts scheduled in the smaller rooms of Teatro Grande. The same proposals with even more advantageous prices are reserved for those under 30, with the Carnet Gold Under30, the Carnet Dance Under30 and the Carnet Music Under30.

Tickets and carnets for the October-December 2018 season will be on sale online (teatrogrande.it e vivaticket.it), in authorized branches of UBI Banca in Brescia and its province, and in the Ticket Office from Friday 18^th May. The holders of TeatroGrandeCards will have the opportunity to purchase pre-release tickets for the season by presenting their card at the Teatro Grande Ticket Office from the 12^th to the 17^th May.

ORCHESTRA DELL’ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA e MIKKO FRANCK – MAURO MONTALBETTI – BALLET DU GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE – PAOLO FRESU QUINTET

DADA MASILO | THE DANCE FACTORY – ALESSANDRO SCIARRONI – BALLET DU GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE

ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE (7/10 e 9/12) – L’ESTRAVAGANTE – KIRA SKOV e MARIA FAUST – ENSEMBLE LA MAGNIFICA COMUNITÀ – SENTIERI SELVAGGI (28/11 e 11/12) – RAFFAELE PE e LA LIRA DI ORFEO

ORCHESTRA DELL’ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA e MIKKO FRANCK – MAURO MONTALBETTI – BALLET DU GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE – PAOLO FRESU QUINTET

DADA MASILO | THE DANCE FACTORY – ALESSANDRO SCIARRONI – BALLET DU GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE

ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE (7/10 e 9/12) – L’ESTRAVAGANTE – KIRA SKOV e MARIA FAUST – ENSEMBLE LA MAGNIFICA COMUNITÀ – SENTIERI SELVAGGI (28/11 e 11/12) – RAFFAELE PE e LA LIRA DI ORFEO

The 2018 Opera and Ballet Season includes six opera titles, five of which are co-produced within the OperaLombardia Circuit. Tosca will be the Puccini masterpiece that will inaugurate the Season; followed by Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, Rinaldo by composer Georg Friedrich Händel, Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc. The Season is also embellished with an unpublished title, a special project dedicated to one of the most significant contemporary composersViaggio musicale all’inferno by the Brescian Maestro Giancarlo Facchinetti. The playbill is finally completed with a ballet, which this year will be Cinderella by Sergej Prokof’ev, danced by the Scuola di Ballo dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala.

Tradition and contemporaneity are the salient features that once again distinguish the operatic proposals of Teatro Grande. As always, in addition to performances, the 2018 Season offers a series of cultural initiatives to approach the works and in-depth analysis of the genre, with events open to the public and appealing to a wide variety of demographics. These include the Student previews, the Pazzi for the Opera cycle, In diretta dalla Scala (A live broadcast from Milan’s Teatro alla Scala), Alla Scala con il Grande and the unmissable event of the Festival dell’Opera which will be held this year on Saturday 15^th September.

SEASON TICKET RENEWAL FROM 19^th TO 30^th MAY

NEW SEASON TICKETS FROM 6^th TO 13^th JUNE

TEATROGRANDECARD HOLDERS: PRE-SALE TICKETS FROM 19^th TO 23^rd JUNE

GENERAL PUBLIC: TICKETS ONLINE  AND IN TICKET OFFICE FROM 26^th JUNE

DOWNLOAD THE PLAYBILL OF THE 2018 OPERA AND BALLET SEASON

Teatro Grande presents the results of 2017. The billboard of Fondazione del Teatro Grande saw the traditional Opera and Ballet Season, and concerts – divided into events of symphonic music, chamber music, baroque and contemporary music, jazz and pop – and dance performances, as well as special projects for children and cultural events. The year focused on the presence of international artists and companies, but also on the development of young talents with the aim of making the area of Brescia of national and international excellence.

2017 has consolidated the path of renewal undertaken by the Foundation, awarded with the consent of critics and artists as well as the growing and numerous participation of the public. In 2017, at Teatro Grande there were 102 events directly organized by the Foundation, to which were added 2 shows organized in collaboration with other local organizations. The 2017 season was met with great enthusiasm by the public, once again recording a double-digit increase: 10% more than the previous year.

The trend of growth in attendance continues for the Foundation’s shows, which is seeing more than quadruple the amount of spectators since the time of its establishment.

The figures shown do not include the tens of thousands of spectators of 2017’s Festa dell’Opera, that on September 16^th, from dawn to midnight, brought to Brescia hundreds of artists in over 50 places in the city, both public and private.

Also noteworthy is the significant increase in under30 audience members, which in 2017 reached the highest amount in the last seven years, with an increase of 39% compared to the previous year. Also in 2017 the important collaborations with Brescian universities and schools have been organised in order to bring young audience members closer to live shows in a wide variety of ways. The participation of young people was sought not only through dedicated programming, but also with special price policies, targeted communication campaigns, and thanks to participation projects that have made the children the protagonists of some performances.

This strategy has resulted in successful years, with a steady increase in the under30 audience, which today accounts for 29% of the total public.

In 2017, the Fondazione del Teatro Grande involved 1,505 artists in its activity, generating for the city over 130,000 euros in expenses for food and lodging. The additional, significant, economic impact generated by the public has not been counted.

Also, we remind you that Teatro Grande is a partner of the OperaLombardia Circuit, a brand that brings together the five Traditional Lombardy Theatres (Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como, Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, Teatro Fraschini di Pavia and Fondazione Donizetti di Bergamo), with the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Regione Lombardia and Teatro alla Scala as partners. The operatic productions of Teatro Grande on tour in the theatres of the OperaLombardia Circuit were seen by around 30,000 people in 2017.

Lastly, it should be noted that, in 2017, Teatro Grande was confirmed as one of the most attractive places for cultural tourism in Brescia and its province with an 18% increase in visitors (excluding audience members) compared to the previous year.

After the extraordinary success of the debut of 2017, La Grande Notte del Jazz returns on Saturday 7^th April from late afternoon until late night, to invade all the spaces of the Theatre.

7 hours of non-stop music, 15 concerts, and 37 artists from all over the world: Italy, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark and United States.

Three paths have been designed for this initiative

AIR provides more ethereal, reflective, introspective paths

GROUND expresses a more rooted – but not exclusive – relationship with the languages ​​of the past (jazz tradition, folk song, rock)

FIRE is more “expansive”, energetic and risky music.

All three routes will open at 7.00 pm in the Sala Grande with a concert by Fulvio Sigurtà, Federico Casagrande and Paolino Dalla Porta.

During the intervals between the concerts in the smaller rooms, the spectators of the three routes will be invited to meet in Sala Grande for two improvised performances: the first, at 9.30 p.m., will be “Tivoli of the Mind” with Ned Ferm (tenor saxophone, effects) and Emanuele Maniscalco (electric piano, synth, drums). At 11.15pm the second exciting intermission will be “Horns!”: Among the guest artists of the evening, a large team of wind instrumentalists will occupy the stages of the theatre and give life to an improvised musical conversation.

The carnet of the three routes (full €30.00, reduced under30 and over65 €20) will be on sale from the 23^rd March at the Ticket Office of Teatro Grande, at teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.it, and in all authorized branches of Ubi Banca in Brescia and its province (opening hours of the Teatro Grande ticket office: from Tuesday to Friday from 1.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. and Saturday from 3.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.). The concerts will not be sold individually.

La Grande Notte del Jazz will have events throughout the day. From 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., it will be possible to freely access the Sala delle Statue of the theatre for “Ascolti Jazz“. At 11.00 a.m., the rehearsal for Horse Orchestra will be reserved for first and second graders from secondary schools. At 5.30 pm jazz will cross the threshold of the theatre for an unusual performance open to everyone in Corso Zanardelli, organized by Pulsar Ensemble. Finally, the big news of the 2018 edition will be the “Late Night Jam“: at 01.15 a.m. the artists will find themselves in a secret place of the theatre for a jazz club evening style closing. The places to participate in the “Late Night Jam” are limited and can be purchased at the Ticket Office at a cost of €5.00 only in conjunction with a carnet.

La Grande Notte del Jazz is a project by the Fondazione Teatro Grande di Brescia, realised with the artistic collaboration of Emanuele Maniscalco and Luigi Radassao.

PROGRAMME OF LA GRANDE NOTTE DEL JAZZ

In addition to the usual discounts reserved for under30 and over65, the season January-June 2018 offers three types of carnet: the Carnet Danza for 80 euros, the Carnet Musica for 150 euros and a special Carnet Gold for 160 euros. The same proposal with even more advantageous prices is reserved for those under30: the Carnet Danza Under30 for 70 euros, the Carnet Musica Under30 for 100 euros and the Carnet Gold Under30 for 110 euros.

Tickets and season tickets can be purchased not only at the Ticket Office of Teatro Grande and online teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.it, but also in all authorized branches of Ubi Banca in Brescia and the province.

Everything is available for purchase from the 9^th December 2017.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE, LORENZA BORRANI E YUJA WANG – STEFANO BOLLANI – BALLET PRELJOCAJ – ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE E MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG – EZIO MAURO

 
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE, LORENZA BORRANI E YUJA WANG – FULVIO LUCIANI E MASSIMILIANO MOTTERLE (2 concerti) – GIULIA PERI E GREGORIO NARDI – ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE E MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG – DÈDALO ENSEMBLE – ANDREA REBAUDENGO – EMANUELE MANISCALCO E THOMAS MORGAN – ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE (18/3) – TRIO HEGEL – ANCA VASILE E ALESSANDRO TREBESCHI

BALLET PRELJOCAJ – EMANUEL GAT DANCE – HOFESH SHECHTER / SHECHTER II – ELISABETTA CONSONNI – ANNAMARIA AJMONE E ALBERTO RICCA – DEWEY DELL – MICHELE RIZZO

 
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE, LORENZA BORRANI E YUJA WANG – STEFANO BOLLANI – BALLET PRELJOCAJ – ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE E MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG – EZIO MAURO

 
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE, LORENZA BORRANI E YUJA WANG – FULVIO LUCIANI E MASSIMILIANO MOTTERLE (2 concerti) – GIULIA PERI E GREGORIO NARDI – ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE E MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG – DÈDALO ENSEMBLE – ANDREA REBAUDENGO – EMANUELE MANISCALCO E THOMAS MORGAN – ENSEMBLE DEL TEATRO GRANDE (18/3) – TRIO HEGEL – ANCA VASILE E ALESSANDRO TREBESCHI

BALLET PRELJOCAJ – EMANUEL GAT DANCE – HOFESH SHECHTER / SHECHTER II – ELISABETTA CONSONNI – ANNAMARIA AJMONE E ALBERTO RICCA – DEWEY DELL – MICHELE RIZZO

The new season of Fondazione del Teatro Grande confirms its international callings and its attention to the most interesting, young and established entities around. The artists come from thirteen countries: Albania, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Norway, Syria, Switzerland and the United States. A diverse range of inspirations and visions are seen across the programming and characterise its versatile and cosmopolitan identity: the journey and the story, the reinvention of the classics, the contemporary repertoire, the relationship with history and the world of childhood and adolescence. We see a route, therefore, that continues to march between research and experimentation, attention to tradition and curiosity for the discovery and synergetic potential of languages ​​and genres.

In addition to the usual discounts reserved for under30 and over65, the season January-June 2018 offers three types of carnet: the Carnet Danza for 80 euros, the Carnet Musica for 150 euros and a special Carnet Gold for 160 euros. The same proposal with even more advantageous prices is reserved for those under30: the Carnet Danza Under30 for 70 euros, the Carnet Musica Under30 for 100 euros and the Carnet Gold Under30 for 110 euros.

For all the shows of the season, students also receive a 50% discount on tickets. The Fondazione del Teatro Grande is a part of the members of App18 and Carta Docente.

The TeatroGrandeCard initiative with Ubi banca also continues. The TeatroGrandeCard for 2018 can be purchased at the Box Office and entitles you to a 15% discount on tickets (regardless of the pricing category you would normally belong to), discounts at the Caffé del Teatro Grande Berlucchi, as well as several other exclusive discounts on activities at the Theatre. Cards that have already been activated in previous years can also be renewed at the Box Office for 2018. We are pleased to remind you that, thanks to our collaboration with Ubi Banca it was possible to combine all of the features of the Enjoy-TeatroGrande card with the TeatroGrandeCard, giving it the added value of a ‘pre-paid credit card’ with no charge for activation and management.

Tickets and season tickets can be purchased not only at the Ticket Office of Teatro Grande and online teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.it, but also in all authorized branches of Ubi Banca in Brescia and the province (See HERE the complete list).

Everything is available for purchase from the 9^th December 2017.

Owners of TeatroGrandeCards will be able to buy tickets for the January-June 2018 season on the 5^th, 6^th and 7^th December by presenting their TeatroGrandeCard at the Teatro Grande Ticket Office.

Updates about the season’s programming and theatre’s activities will be made available in real time online at teatrogrande.it. Please note the opening hours of the Teatro Grande Ticket Office: Tuesday to Friday from 13.30 to 19.00 and Saturday from 15.30 to 19.00.

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME OF THE SEASON JANUARY-JUNE 2018