Arena di Verona

When an amphitheatre was built around 2000 years ago in Verona to satisfy the desire of the roman people for ludus (games), of course they knew they were constructing something magnificent, but nobody could have really imagined that this building, originally used for gymnastic competitions, for choreographic sacrificial celebrations, for hunting games, fights and battles with humans or beasts, would have survived the passing of time always holding an important position in the public and cultural life of the city.
The festival in the Arena of Verona is a fascinating tradition because it is made up of eighty opera seasons, ballets and concerts which were performed one after the other on the enormous stage which offers great performances by prestigious artists. Some of these artists arrived in Verona when they were not very well known and left the city ready to engage in a successful career, thanks to the Verona amphitheatre.