Andrea Chénier Premièred at La Scala back in 1898, Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier returns to Italy's premier opera stage in a new production by Nicolas Joel, conducted by Daniel Oren. Marcelo Álvarez and Piero Guiliacci share the title role.
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Start Date: 3 June, 2008 - End Date: 27 June 2008Giro d' Italia The Giro d'Italia is Italy's top cycling competition. Twenty-two teams of professionals take part in the three-week race for the "pink shirt".
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Start Date: 10 May, 2008 - End Date: 1 June 2008
Ancient Greek art wows Mantua An astonishing collection of ancient Greek art brought together under the same roof for the first time opened this weekend in the northern town of Mantua.
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Start Date: 1 April, 2008 - End Date: 6 July 2008Cornetto Free Music Festival The Cornetto Free Music Festival consists of three free outdoor concerts by big international artists in three of the best-known squares in Italy, Milan's Piazza Duomo, Rome's Piazza del Popolo and Naples' Piazza del Popolo.
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- End Date: 1 June 2008Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band continue to tour their first new studio album together for five years - Magic. This date is at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.
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- End Date: 25 June 2008The Gambler In a co-production with his "other" opera house, Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Daniel Barenboim conducts Prokofiev's Igrok (The Gambler), directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov.
