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Festival Di Caracalla 2022

The summer season of Rome's opera house was finally returned to its historic venue at the Baths of Caracalla in 2022, leaving behind the Circus Maximus after two years.

The open-air opera festival took place at the Terme di Caracalla from 1937 until 2020 when the majestic setting among the ruins was ruled incompatible with Italy's covid social distancing rules.

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Once again the summer programme of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma mixed opera classics with dance, theatre and popular music, kicking off with 12 concerts by Italian singer-songwriter Claudio Baglioni, accompanied by an orchestra (3 June-17 July).

Claudius Baglioni

Leonard Bernstein's Mass, a theatrical musical piece "for singers, musicians and dancers", was conducted by Diego Matheuz and directed by Damiano Michieletto on 1, 3 and 5 July.

Leonard Bernstein's Mass

David Garrett, the German classical and crossover violinist, performed on 25 July, while dancer Roberto Bolle and Friends will take to the stage from 12-14 July.

David Garrett

Carmen, an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet, was performed on five nights from 15 July to 4 August, conducted by Bertrand de Billy and directed by Valentina Carrasco.

Roberto Bolle

Roland Petit's Notre-Dame de Paris lighted up the stage over four nights from 21 July to 3 August, while the summer opera season ended on a high note with The Barber of Seville by Rossini, under the baton of Stefano Montanari, on 2, 5, 7 and 9 August.

About the Festival Di Caracalla

There’s no better way to spend a balmy summer night in Rome than enjoying an opera, ballet or concert at the Baths of Caracalla. A cultural hub and vibrant social spot back in Ancient Rome, the Baths were the equivalent of a community day spa, where Romans would go to bathe and socialize. It was a place to entertain and to be entertained. Fast-forward thousands of years later, and the ruins have become an open-air, improvised stage that welcomes thousands of locals and tourists every summer.

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The music festival Caracalla Festival takes place in June-August in the famous Roman baths of Caracalla. The second largest public baths, built in the early 3rd century by order of the Roman emperor Antonino Caracalla, are now the most important archaeological site in Italy. In addition, it is one of the largest open-air theaters in Europe, where since 1937 the Music Festival at the Baths of Caracalla (Caracalla Festival) has been held.

Festival Di Caracalla, photo 2

The majestic ruins of the Baths of Caracalla have become a natural backdrop for such great operas as Aida, Carmen, Tosca, Nabucco, Turandot. The spacious stage with a hall for 20,000 seats turned into the main theater stage of the Roman summer. Over the years, the voices of Maria Callas and Beniamino Gigli sounded here, the first performance of three legendary tenors took place: Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti. In 1993, theatrical performances were stopped for some time due to restoration work, but already at the beginning of the new millennium, the performances of the summer musical seasons resumed, again attracting the world's best performers to the festival.

Plácido Domingo

The basis of the festival program in the Baths of Caracalla is the performances of the Rome Opera (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma).

José Carreras

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