Maggio Musicale 2023 has begun!

The 2023 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has begun, Italy’s oldest and most prestigious music festival, now in its 85th edition.

Concerts with internationally renowned performers and orchestra conductors, operas with innovative stagings, and a touch of rock, all are scheduled for the 2023 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The operas and concerts will continue until 8 July, starring the Orchestra del Maggio, as always.

The performances will take their usual place on stage at the Auditorium of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, easily reached from Residence Hilda thanks to the tramway and public buses that travel to the theater with stops very close to the apartments.

Here is the calendar of events for 2023 Maggio Musicale

Opera

• Don Giovanni, Opera, Mozart, conductor Zubin Mehta, Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Until 12 May.
• Othello, Opera, Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor Zubin Mehta, Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Until 31 May.
• La Historia de Carmen, Georges Bizet, conductor Giuseppe La Malfa, Italian Youth Orchestra. From 1 to 7 June.
• Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor Daniele Gatti, Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. From 16 to 23 June.

Concerts

• La Polverosa al Maggio. Banda La Polverosa, Tuscany Wind Group and Choir of the “Verdi”
• Comprehensive School of Florence. 21 May.
• Concerto for piano and orchestra, music by Beethoven. Conductor Zubin Mehta, Andrea Lucchesini on piano, Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. 25 May.
• Concerto for cello and orchestra with music by Shostakovich and Dvořák. Conductor Diego Ceretta, and Julia Hagen on the cello. 19 May.
• Concert by the Italian Youth Orchestra, directed by Daniele Giorgi. 10 June.
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3 and No. 5. Daniele Gatti conducts the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra. 22 June.
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 and No. 4. Daniele Gatti conducts the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra. 28 June.
• Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 1 and No. 6. Daniele Gatti conducts the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra. 1 July.
• Carmina Burana for soloists, choir, and orchestra. Paolo Carignani conducts the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale.