Amman – From July 19 to 22 it will be held the Amman Opera Festival, the first opera festival in the Arab world under the royal patronage of his Royal Highness Muna Al Hussein, which will feature “La Traviata” by G. Verdi. The performance will take place in the charming setting of the historic Roman Amphiteater in the heart of the capital, and will include 150 musicians, singers and dancers of 10 different nationalities. Jordanian soprano Zeina Barhoum will be Violetta, Spanish Andres Veramendi Alfredo, Slovak Simon Svitok Germont. The protagonists will be accompanied by the Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra, with Teatro della Scala and local musicians and a choir of the Batumi Opera Theater in Georgia led by Lorenzo Tazzieri and directed by Luigi Orfeo. The event, first of its kind in the history of the Arab world, received the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Kingdom of Jordan for “the important role of music and art in the affirmation of peace and Interreligious dialogue between different peoples “. For the Italian Lorenzo Tazzieri another important affirmation on the international scene, following his new role as chief of Tokyo Metropolitan Opera Foundation, one of Tokyo’s three most important opera companies. (9colonne)
