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Saaremaa Opera Festival 2026<\/span><\/h3>
18\u201325 July<\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=””][vc_column][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” equal_column_height=”equal”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″ vertical_content_position=”bottom”][vc_custom_heading text=”MAIN ARTIST ITALY” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:14px|text_align:left|line_height:14px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1785920681611{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]
Teatro Goldoni di Livorno<\/span><\/h5>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ vertical_content_position=”bottom” tablet_sm_width=”hide” mobile_width=”hide”][vc_single_image image=”3667″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner columns_gap=”60″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]The Teatro Goldoni Foundation, based in Livorno, is one of the most active organizations on cultural, arts and art-related training and learning solutions and one of the 29 Theatres of Tradition in Italy. The main mission of the Foundation is to constantly invest on community cultural growth and on Arts as a tool to empower, inspire, engage and educate citizens. The dialogue between the Theatre and its community has been always used to boost innovation and self-empowerment of young generations. Specific initiatives address schools and performing arts for stakeholders engagement. <\/p>\n

Our core business is the management of cultural business, during the last 5 years we founded a new state Orchestra and a professional stable choir to support and promote Opera and Symphonic seasons. <\/p>\n

Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni<\/strong> is one of most important Orchestra in Italy, that manages more than 100 concerts per year becoming the true beating heart of the theatre\u2019s activity.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]The Mascagni Festival<\/strong> has also acquired great importance over the years, now recognized as one of the most important festivals in Italy and, in connection with its Mascagni Academy, a vehicle for international promotion and production. <\/p>\n

In the past 15 years, one of the most important activities of the Goldoni Foundation have been its in-house operatic productions, performed both in Italy and abroad: Bonn, Athens, Osaka and Bastia. Furthermore, a strong focus has been given to the creation and empowerment of an operational network, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of more than 50 countries, with a special focus on Serbia, USA, South Korea, China, Japan. <\/p>\n

This on progress network is a crucial tool of the Foundation\u2019s Promotional Strategic Plan, aimed to expand abroad its most significant activities; namely, implementation of the MOS in East Europe, East Asia and America.
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<\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]PROGRAM BOOK.pdf<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1785922394783{margin-top: 20px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=””][vc_column][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=”” padding_bottom_multiplier=”” equal_column_height=”equal”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″ vertical_content_position=”bottom”][vc_custom_heading text=”Richard Wagner\u2019s opera tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung” font_container=”tag:h5|font_size:20px|text_align:left|color:%23C2212C|line_height:20px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1785922327677{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]
Estonian National Theatre Vanemuine<\/span><\/h5>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ vertical_content_position=”bottom” tablet_sm_width=”hide” mobile_width=”hide”][vc_single_image image=”5013″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner columns_gap=”60″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]In cooperation with Eesti Kontsert<\/strong> and the Estonian National Theatre Vanemuine<\/strong>, the complete cycle of Richard Wagner\u2019s The Ring of the Nibelung will be performed in Estonia for the first time.<\/p>\n

Wagner\u2019s Ring cycle, completed in 1874, is considered one of the most awe-inspiring works in the operatic repertoire. In its entirety, it lasts up to 15 hours and consists of four operas: Das Rheingold, Die Walku\u0308re, Siegfried, and G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]\u201cDas Rheingold\u201d will be performed only once as part of the Saaremaa Opera Festival 2026 programme in Kuressaare.<\/p>\n

The following parts of the tetralogy will be performed at subsequent Opera Festivals in the following years.<\/p>\n

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18 July 8 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

DAS RHEINGOLD<\/h4>\n

Richard Wagner<\/strong>
\nTHE COMPLETE ESTONIAN PREMIERE (full staging)
\nEstonian National Theatre Vanemuine Opera Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
\nMusic Director and Conductor Risto Joost<\/strong>. Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
\nMichiel Dijkema<\/strong> (Netherlands), Costumes by Martijn Kramp<\/strong> (Netherlands)<\/p>\n

19 July 2 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

Children\u2019s musical SIPSIK<\/h4>\n

Ewert Sundja & Tauno Aints<\/strong>
\nEstonian National Theatre Vanemuine Opera Chorus, Symphony Orchestra, and Band
\nMusical Director Taavi Kull<\/strong>, Conductor Martin Sildos<\/strong>, Director Maria Annus<\/strong><\/p>\n

21 July 8 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA<\/h4>\n
Pietro Mascagni<\/strong><\/div>\n

GIANNI SCHICCHI<\/h4>\n

Giacomo Puccini
\n<\/strong>Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni Massimo De Bernart, Livorno Goldoni Theatre Chorus
\nConductor Myron Michailidis<\/strong>, Stage Director Giandomenico Vaccari<\/strong><\/p>\n

22 July 2 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

LA TRAVIATA<\/h4>\n

Giuseppe Verdi
\n<\/strong>EXTRA PERFORMANCE
\n<\/strong>Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni Massimo De Bernart, Livorno Goldoni Theatre Chorus
\nConductor Marcello Mottadelli<\/strong>, Stage Director Nicola Fanucchi<\/strong><\/p>\n

22 July 8 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

ITALIAN CINEMA AWARDS<\/h4>\n

Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni Massimo De Bernart
\nConductor Gianluca Greco<\/strong>, Soloist Noemi Umani<\/strong> soprano<\/em><\/p>\n

23 July 8 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

LA TRAVIATA<\/h4>\n

Giuseppe Verdi
\n<\/strong>Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni Massimo De Bernart, Livorno Goldoni Theatre Chorus
\nConductor Marcello Mottadelli<\/strong>, Stage Director Nicola Fanucchi<\/strong><\/p>\n

24 July 8 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

ELISIR D\u2019AMORE<\/h4>\n

Gaetano Donizetti<\/strong>
\nOrchestra del Teatro Goldoni Massimo De Bernart, Livorno Goldoni Theatre Chorus
\nConductor Marcello Mottadelli<\/strong>, Stage Director Marco Voleri<\/strong><\/p>\n

24 July 11 PM Kuressaare Castle Midnight Lounge<\/h6>\n

OPERA ROYAL<\/h4>\n

Gary Baldi Bros <\/strong>(Livorno, Italy) \u2022 DJ Sten Heinoja
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25 July 8 PM Kuressaare Castle Opera Hall<\/h6>\n

OPERA GALA<\/h4>\n

Livorno Goldoni Theatre Chorus, Choir Master Maurizio Preziosi<\/strong>
\nOrchestra del Teatro Goldoni Massimo de Bernart, General Manager Luciano Corona<\/strong>
\nConductor Marcello Mottadelli<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 July 11 PM Kuressaare Castle Midnight Lounge<\/h6>\n

OPERA ROYAL<\/h4>\n

Gary Baldi Bros <\/strong>(Livorno, Italy) \u2022 DJ Sten Heinoja<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text]

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