2024 – 17. Dilegua, o notte!

In occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the death of the composer, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, the X edition of 200.Com A project for the city, will be on stage at the Arena of Teatro Sociale di Como and will inaugurate the Festival Como Città della Musica, come at its seventeenth edition. As for the Night Season, the opera performances will be preceded by the PrimaGiovani, a preview, on Tuesday 25 June, reserved for the under-30s, on sale only at the theatre box office on presentation of an identity document, at a cost of €10.

On the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the composer's death, Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, the tenth edition of 200.Com Un progetto per la città, will be staged at the Arena of the Teatro Sociale in Como and will inaugurate the Festival Como Città della Musica, now in its seventeenth year. Three evenings are scheduled with the opera: Thursday 27, Saturday 29 June and Monday 1 July 2024, 9.30 p.m.. The director will be the Argentinian Valentina Carrasco, with Mauro Tinti signing the scenes and costumes. Conductor will be Maestro Jacopo Brusa.

On Friday 5th July, the Italian company of contemporary dance and physical theatre very loved by the public, Kataklò, will be back. The dancers will perform an Italian exclusive in the show Suite, a tribute to Italian culture and music. Confronting the most famous operatic arias, but also the most irreverent pop music, ranging from Rossini to Celentano, winking at contemporary electronics as well as retro jazz, the company immerses itself in solos, duets and choral moments, all united by the taste, athleticism and energy that characterise Kataklò's work.

Saturday 6th July with the duo composed of Paolo Fresu and Omar Sosa, one of the most popular and loved formations, both in Italy and abroad, capable to create sound and conceptual bridges between two different worlds. They will bring to Como the new project Food, which goes through the food topic and a world narrated with music and addresses the topic from the perspective of taste, aesthetic, and ethic.

Sunday 7th July an evening dedicated to a great American songwriter, with the show Un uomo chiamato Bob Dylan, produced by MyNina Spettacoli and Ponderosa Music and Art, written and interpreted by the journalist, writer, and musician Ezio Guaitamacchi, and with the local songwriter Davide Van De Sfroos in the new triple role of musician, actor and painter, taking on the role of Bob Neuwirth, songwriter friend of Dylan. While Andrea Mirò interprets the figure of Joan Baezcon, the great vocalist Brunella Boschetti to complete the cast.

Tuesday 9th July let’s move on to “the King of Rock’n’Roll”: Elvis the Musical a show that will be fast paced and rhythmic, in the name of success by Presley from the 50s ‘till 1977, on stage with 18 performers and a live band, accompanied by a rich scenography, video and obviously, the unforgettable Elvis songs.

Wednesday 10th July, in collaboration with MyNina Spettacoli, the Italian music will be protagonist with a great comeback, after fifteen years away from the stage, from the band La Crus.

Friday 12th July dance again with A midsummer night’s dream, the new choreographic project by COB Company Opus Ballet that celebrates one of the main exponents of the world´s culture, William Shakespeare, in a production that blends classic music dramaturgy and contemporary dance, in a national preview. The choreography is entrusted to Davide Bombana: a new artistic collaboration that understands to explore the relationship between the classic and the contemporary with a language that can speak directly to the public´s heart.

At the Arena of Teatro Sociale Como, the Festival Como Città della Musica closes Sunday 14th July, with tango. Piazzolla Passion was born from the great music of the Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, a show with a typically tango and seductive flavour with the ensemble of the Romae Capital Ballet company and the extraordinary participation of Amilcar Moret Gonzalez, known from the big public from the program Amici in the Italian TV, and live music. After a dance and music show, there will be a milonga open to the public, so it will be possible to dance the tango until late at night.

Saturday 13th July is the yearly comeback for the great celebration organized by SFM srl dedicated to the youngsters: A-real, a “one day festival” where from late evening ‘till night the arena will come to life thanks to street food, merchants, activities and music non-stop.