choose venue arena verona bologna busseto cagliari catania ferrara florence florence-maggio musicale genoa lucca-puccini st. john's basilica macerata milan naples palermo parma pesaro ravenna ravenna festival rome-accademia s. cecilia rome-teatro costanzi rome-baths of caracalla festival rome-new operafestival torre del lago trieste turin venice-baroque concerts venice-teatro la fenice verona	Performances commmence at 20.30h and matinees at 15.00h unless otherwise stated AIDA by Verdi. Conducted by Steinberg; 11, 12, 14*(m), 15(m), 16*(m), 18, 19, 21, 23(m), 25*(m), 26, 27 Oct L'HISTOIRE DE MANON (BALLET) Music by Massenet, Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan. Étoiles: Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle; (8, 9,10 Nov). 8, 9, 10, 11 (m* & 20.30h), 12 (m), 13 (m), 15 (m* & 20.30h), 16 Nov IL TURCO IN ITALIA by Rossini. Conducted by Corrado Rovaris; 9, 10, 11 (m), 13, 14, 15, 17, 18(m) Dec MANON LESCAUT by Puccini. Conducted by Evelino Pidò. Soloists include Svetla Vassileva, Roberto Alagna; 7, 18, 20, 21, 22(m), 24*(m), 25, 26, 27, 29(m), Culture Olympics: 21, 22, 24, 25 Feb (all at 21.00h) LA BOHÈME by Puccini. Conducted by Evelino Pidò. Soloists include Svetla Vassileva, Roberto Alagna. Culture Olympics; 11, 12(m), 14, 15 Feb (all at 21.00h unless otherwise stated) THE TEMPEST by Purcell/Galante. Conducted by Ottavio Dantone. Soloists include Laura Cherici, Gemma Bartagnolli. Culture Olympics; 13, 15, 17, 19 (m) Feb. Held at TEATRO CARIGNANO CARMEN by Bizet. Conducted by Patrick Fournillier; 14, 16, 17, 18,19(m), 21*(m), 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (m) Mar THE CONSUL (English version) by Gian Carlo Menotti. Conducted by Mark Stringer. Soloists include Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Vladimir Stoyanov, Ursula Ferri; 11, 13, 19, 22 (m), 23 (m) Apr DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL by Mozart. Conducted by Tomas Netopil. Soloists include Victoria Loukianetz, Roberto Saccà, Elisabeth Vidal; 5, 6, 7 (m), 9* (m), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14(m) May DON CARLO by Verdi. Conducted by Semyon Bychkov/Paul Weigold; 15, 18(m), 21, 23*(m), 25(m), 27, 28, 29 Jun, 2 Jul CONCERTS. Details on request.