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OPERA - EVENTS

24th Rossini Opera Festival -Pesaro 8-22 August 2003
Palafestival 8, 11, 14, 17, 20 August
SEMIRAMIDE Melodramma tragico in due atti by Gaetano Rossi Music by Gioachino Rossini New production
Auditorium Pedrotti 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 August
ADINA Farsa in un atto by Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini Music by Gioachino Rossini 1999 production
new staging Teatro Rossini 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 August
LE COMTE ORY Opˇra in due atti by Eugene Scribe and Charles Gaspard Delestre-Poirson Music by Gioachino Rossini New production

39th Macerata Open-Air Opera Festival Macerata Sferisterio - 19 July to 13 August, 2003
19, 27 July, 5, 8, 12 August at 9.30pm
La Traviata Music by Giuseppe Verdi
26 July, 3, 7, 10 August at 9.30pm
Lucia di Lammermoor Music by Giuseppe Verdi
2, 6, 9, 13 August at 9.30pm
Cavalleria Rusticana Music by Pietro Mascagni
I Pagliacci Music by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Fano
Fano Jazz by the Sea, July. tel +39 0721 8292883
Polverigi
Festival Internazionale Inteatro - contemporary theatre festival, Villa Comunale Nappi, July. tel +39 071 909007
Ancona
Klezmer Music Festival at the Mole Vanvitelliana, July. tel. +39 071 203045.
Fano
Il Violino e la Selce, mid-July to earlyAugust, an open-air season of modern music, dance and opera with an impressive array of artists. tel +39 0721 887412
Urbino
Early Music Festival, July. tel +39 0722 309601
Jesi
2003 Jesi Opera season, Teatro G.B.Pergolesi, end September to November. tel +39 0731 538351 San Severino Marche
Blues Festival, July, tel. +39 0733 41252
Osimo
International Dance Festival, July,Piazza Duomo, tel. +39 071 7249271
Senigallia
International Piano Competition, Teatro La Fenice, August-September. tel. +39 071 6629350 Falerone & Urbisaglia
Teatro Classico, Classical theatre productions staged in two of the Marche's finest Roman amphitheatres, July & August, tel. +39 0734 710115 (Falerone) or +39 0733 506385 (Urbisaglia) Amandola
International Theatre Festival, end August to early September. tel. +39 0736 840704
Castelfidardo
International Accordion Festival early October. One of the world's leading events dedicated to the instrument. Tel +39 071 7829349.
Ancona
Ancona Jazz Festival - Teatro Sperimentale, early November. tel. +39 071 217 4239

Eating events or Sagre

Pretty well every town and village throughout the Marche has some food or wine event during the summer months. Here are just a few of them.
June
Pianello (near Cagli) - Sagra della Lumaca (snails), mid June
Apiro (near Cingoli) - Sagra del formaggio pecorino (pecorino cheese)

July
Sefro (near Camerino) - Festa della Pizza, early July
Matelica - Sagra della Rana (frogs)
Ostra Vetere (near Corinaldo) - Festa della trota (trout), earlyJuly
Montemarciano (near Senigallia) - Sagra del pesce (fish)
Corinaldo - polenta festival on third Sunday in July to commemorate the time when the town's people successfully resisted a siege thanks to copious supplies of the stuff.
Sefro (near Camerino) - Festa del Tortellino alla boscaiola (pasta), late July
Castelplanio (near Jesi) - Sagra della crescia sul panaro (stuffed flat bread), last Sunday of July
Ostra Vetere (near Corinaldo) - Sapori ed Aromi di Casa Nostra, late July , local food, music and a procession of old farm machines

August
Monte Vidon Combatte (near Fermo) - Sagra delle quaglie (quails), 1st Sunday
Sassoferrato - Sagra del Cinghiale (wild boar) Cingoli - Sagra di prosciutto e melone
San Severino Marche - Sagra della ceca (chick peas)
Staffolo (near Cingoli) - Festa del Verdicchio (verdicchio wine festival)
Fermo - Sagra delle vongole (shell fish)
Serra San Quirico (near Fabriano) - Sagra del coniglio in porchetta (roast rabbit with fennel) Monteprandone (near San Benedetto del Tronto)- Sagra delle olive fritte (fried stuffed olives)
Pedaso - Sagra Nazionale delle cozze (mussels)
Massignano (near Ascoli Piceno) - Sagra delle frittelle (omelettes)
Venarotta (near Ascoli Piceno) - Sagra della vitella allo spiedo (spit-roast veal)
Loro Piceno - Sagra del Vin Cotto (a sweet "cooked" wine)

September
Apiro (near Cingoli) - Sagra della polenta
Montecassiano - Sagra del pesce (fish)
Cupramontana - grape festival in the heart of Verdicchio wine country in September.
Piandimileto (near Urbino) - Mushroom fair
Lapedona (near Fermo) - Sagra del Vino Cotto (the Marche version of Vin Santo)
Fermo - Sagra della Polenta
Arcevia - Sagra dell'uva (grape festival)

October
Acqualagna (near Cagli) - Fiera nazionale del tartufo (truffle fair), last weekend in October and first three weekends in November in the town that calls itself the "truffle capital".
Acquasanta Terme (near Ascoli Piceno) - Festa d'autunno (autumn produce)
Montemonaco (near Ascoli Piceno) - Sagra della Castagna (chestnut)
Castelsantengelo sul Nera (near Visso) - Sagra del Marrone Castellano (chestnut)
Sant'Agata Feltria - White Truffle fair
Sant'Angelo in Vado (near Urbino) - Mostra del tartufo bianco (white truffle)

November
Talamello (near San Leo) - Formaggio di Fossa cheese fair
Acqualagna (near Cagli) - truffle fair, last weekend in October and first three weekends in November in the village that calls itself the "truffle capital".

Fun & Games

Ascoli Piceno - La Quintana - jousting in Ascoli's main square on the first Sunday of August. The most authentic "medieval" goings on in the Marche.

Urbino - Festa del Duca - a jamboree in honour of Duke Federico on the third Sunday in August.

Cagli - Palio dell'Oca - medieval games in the piazza to win a golden goose in mid-August.

Mondavio - Wild Boar Hunt - a medieval chase in the square - very jolly. mid-August.

Fermignano - Palio della Rana - yes, a race with frogs in wheelbarrows - the joint is really jumpin' on the first Sunday after Easter.