Fruit of an agreement between the Municipality of Ancona and the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Ancona and Pesaro Urbino, from June 21st the Roman Amphitheater will come back to life with a full program that will continue throughout the summer. With its 780 seats made available after the reorganization of the spaces, the Amphitheater will host high-level meetings and performances.
A new space
After the first interventions by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Ancona and Pesaro Urbino, the municipal administration has planned another series of maintenance works on the structures present on site for the Roman Amphitheatre. The amphitheater will therefore be the setting for a series of different performances, in addition to those of the united ancient theaters (Tau).
A new season
It starts on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd June with the appointments of Popsophia, which will propose the first edition of Ankoneide, promoted by the Municipality of Ancona and the Marche Region. The calendar includes two philoshows of philosophy and music to celebrate the symbolic date of the summer solstice. The two evenings will be dedicated respectively to the moment of transition that marks the beginning of the summer season and to the iconic and revolutionary figure of Raffaella Carrà.
In July it will be the turn of Ancona Jazz, which will start on Tuesday 16 July at the Amphitheater with the quartet of pianist and singer Sergio Cammariere, augmented by Giovanna Famulari’s cello. It continues on Friday 19th with Rossana Casale and her group, who will present the new album Almost Blue and ends on Friday 26th July with the duo Fresu and Marcotulli (trumpet and piano).
The program of the Ancient United Theaters (Tau) includes two shows, scheduled for Monday 22 July and Thursday 8 August. On July 22nd, Plautus’ Amphitryon will be performed, performed and directed by Emilio Solfrizzi. For the evening of August 8, Tau presents Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, adapted and directed by Giuseppe Argirò. The four Adriatic Mediterranean events will close the Amphitheater’s summer season. The complete AdMed program will be presented in the traditional press conference. The ticket office will be handled by Amat, with advance sales on Vivaticket.
The statements
“We had announced a rich and intense summer and our proposal materializes not only with the richness of the contents – states Mayor Silvetti but also with particularly valuable containers, such as the Amphitheatre, which we are very proud to reopen to all the people who they will come to visit us and who will make the city of Ancona alive and vital. I thank the superintendent architect Cecilia Carlorosi because she immediately showed great availability, understanding the importance of this moment of giving back to the city a space, not only physical, but above all. profoundly identifying for Ancona, of which it is the beating heart. The Amphitheater represents a formidable triangle for Ancona, together with the Mole Vanvitelliana and the Arena del Mare, which characterizes an ideal route within the city”.
Giovanni Seneca – Artistic director of the Festiva Adriatico Mediterraneo: «Certainly the reopening of the Roman amphitheater, which had been closed for twelve years, is an epochal event for Ancona. A very beautiful space returns to the city and this makes us happy. The 2024 edition of Adriatico Mediterraneo will focus on Greece. As always, national and international artists will participate. The program will be presented with a specific press conference, in which the events that will take place at the Roman Amphitheater from 26 to 29 August will be illustrated”.
