Aroldo, the opera by Giuseppe Verdi performed for the first time on 16 August 1857 to inaugurate the "New Theater of Rimini", returns to the Galli theatre on 27 and 29 August 2021 in a production that sees the historic theater of the city as the first producer together with other theaters of the Emilia Romagna Region.
A work with a strong symbolic value, which marked the beginning of that 'first act' in the history of the Rimini theater then interrupted by the bombings of the Second World War, and which today presents itself as an opportunity to point the spotlight on the great live show again, after the prolonged period of forced closure due to the pandemic.
A new beginning therefore for the Lyric season of the city, proposing the opera for which the Maestro from Busseto decided to spend more than a month in Rimini, in company of Francesco Piave, Giuseppina Strepponi and Angelo Mariani, maintaining relationships with intellectuals, music lovers and an adoring citizenship. At its debut at the Teatro Nuovo it had a success  well told by the chronicles of the time.
What will be presented to the public in the new staging is an unusual “Aroldo”, with a reinterpretation in a current key. To emphasize the production of the melodrama is the involvement of important artists such as the conductor Manlio Benzi on the podium of the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra and the Choir of the Municipal Theater of Piacenza. Set designer Edoardo Sanchi signs the direction and dramaturgy of the performance that in its conception also intends to reflect the history of the Rimini theater.
Dress rehearsal are scheduled on 25 August.