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Summer Opera Travel: Verona Opera Festival
Tune up your tenor and soprano appreciation level a huge notch this summer with one of the world's most renowned opera festivals, the annual Verona Opera Festival in Italy's fairest city.
Kicking off this coming weekend, this year's festival (the 86th!) offers tons of live performances of amazing classics like Aida, Carmen and Tosca, but it's the setting that truly makes them magical. The entire festival is held in a sonically perfect 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheater, the Arena di Verona.
Tickets to individual performances are sold through many online dealers, but check out one like Keith Prowse that offers packages for travelers that include both tickets to the major shows and decent local hotel rates, too.
An insider tip? Just like any other opera make sure you're on time for Act One. The locals apparently aren't friendly if you're cutting through the massive rows five minutes after start time. Feel free to BYOB though, concession stands are few and far between.
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