![Italian baritone Leo Nucci bows after singing the title role in Rossini’s ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’ at the Verona Arena, in Verona, Northern Italy, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. After the colossal Roman-era Verona Arena amphitheater lost audience and prestige, nearly closing two seasons ago under a mountain of debt, artists and public that have sustained it are putting hopes for a relaunch in 57-year-old former singer Cecilia Gasdia, in her first season as general manager. (AP Photo/Martino Masotto)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6QE2KLMTG6EJF6QX2WTSUIJVUA.jpg?smart=true&auth=34490fd498c241e9bcc4b7facdabdbe9f2cc941a2bd0c197c3a4814a9325ba26&width=400&height=225)
Leo Nucci will perform at the next Verona Arena Opera Festival, despite announcing his retirement last year Martino Masotto
Leo Nucci will perform at the next Verona Arena Opera Festival, despite announcing his retirement last year Martino Masotto
Reprising Verona’s greatest Opera House after it fell on hard times
The art of opera isn’t filling piazzas any more. Italian soprano Cecilia Gasdia hopes to change that