Sferisterio Live turns up the volume. The concert season kicks off.

Gianna Nannini 's 9 pm live performance today turns the page at the Arena, where the curtain has just fallen on the 61st Macerata Opera Festival. The Sienese rocker opens the 12-day Sferisterio Live + program, which features music , entertainment, and musicals. The artists who will be performing at the Sferisterio until September, after Gianna Nannini, are Diodato (tomorrow), Francesco Gabbani "Dalla tua parte Summer Tour" (Friday 22 August), Massimo Ranieri "Tutti i sogni ancora in volo" (Saturday 23), Serena Rossi "SereNata a Napoli" (Wednesday 27), Steve Hackett (Friday 5 September), Francesco De Gregori on the 50th anniversary of "Rimmel" (Saturday 6 September), Vincenzo Salemme "Ogni promessa è debito" (Monday 8 September), West Side Story musical-colossal by Massimo Romeo Piparo (Saturday 13 September), Edoardo Leo "Ti racconto una storia lettura semiserie e tragicomiche | Summer edition" (Sunday 14 September), Maurizio Battista (Friday 19 September) and Edoardo Bennato (Saturday 20 September).

"Following the resounding success of the MOF, our wonderful Arena," says Mayor Sandro Parcaroli, "is ready to host the Sferisterio Live + events, which each year draw huge crowds to the city with high-quality concerts and shows for all tastes. This edition will also be enhanced by the synergy with Confartigianato, which will allow businesses to open in the evenings; thus, Sferisterio Live + will also confirm its role as a vehicle for promoting the local area." "Tonight," adds Councilor Riccardo Sacchi, "a renewed project begins, one that grows and looks beyond: more music, more entertainment, more emotion. And who better than an Italian rock icon like Gianna Nannini to open this new season? Her voice, her energy, her story kick off a festival that, until September, will bring beloved names and diverse genres to the stage. Sferisterio Live + is an invitation to open up, to be surprised, to fully experience summer. Because Macerata is also music, theater, but above all, it is alive."

Thanks to the collaboration between the Municipality and Confartigianato, several businesses in the city have joined "Macerata Live," a call to bars, restaurants, and shops to make the city more welcoming during the evenings of Sferisterio Live +, ensuring they remain open after the Arena shows or setting up themed window displays.

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