The celebrations for the centenary of Giuseppe Verdi's death have been the main event for the year 2001, they consisted of a rich theatrical season all over the region for the lovers of concerts, operas, plays and ballets.

Not only The Verdi Theatre in Busseto, the Regio and the Stabile Theatres in Parma played a leading role in this special musical season, but also other Theatres: the Municipal Theatre of Bologna, Ferrara, Modena, Piacenza, the Alighieri Theatre in Ravenna and the Valli Theatre in Reggio Emilia, just to mention some of them.

The places where Verdi had lived and worked have been object of careful restorations, in order to preserve the atmosphere of that time.

This is the land of other great musicians like Toscanini and the contemporary Pavarotti, famous conductors like Muti (Ravenna) and Abbado (Ferrara), movie directors like Fellini and Bertolucci, artists like Morandi and Guido Reni and writers like Umberto Eco.

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