Cultural events
Alongside its weekly concerts, over the years Lirica Sala Girelli has hosted cultural initiatives from around Verona. These are some of the events we have had the pleasure of welcoming.
A concert for the Più di un Sogno foundation
20 September 2026
An evening whose proceeds went in full to the Più di un Sogno ETS foundation of Zevio, with Arianna Cimolin, Serena Romanelli, Nicolò Dal Ben, Tiziano Rosati and Nicola Dal Cero at the piano.
The Day of the War Disabled
21 November 2025
The hall hosted the thirteenth Day of the War Disabled, promoted by the Verona branch of ANMIG, in the presence of the civil and military authorities, the veterans' associations and students and teachers from several Verona schools. The Pietro Torri Chamber Orchestra of the Montanari music school played; the operatic interludes were sung by Serena Romanelli and Rodrigo Trosino. One line in the visitors' book summed up the day: “We are in the world to leave footprints, not scars.”
An evening of French music
25 September 2025
For the fiftieth anniversary of Verona's Association Universitaire Francophone, founded in 1975, the hall welcomed an evening of French language and culture: talks, recollections and the songs of the Passepartout ensemble. Supported by the Fondazione AnnaRosa Poli, under the patronage of the University of Verona, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Department of Cultures and Civilisations.
The Undiscovered Music Festival
October and November 2024
For five evenings the hall hosted Harmony Hub's Undiscovered Music Festival: Schubert and Wagner with Benedetta Marchesi and Niccolò Morello, a lecture on the music of Liszt with Eugenio Poli and Giulia Iijima, Brahms and Tchaikovsky, a programme for mandolin and guitar with Eugenio Palumbo and Roberto Guarnieri, and finally Schumann and Clara Wieck with Costanza Principe. Each concert ended with a drink with the performers.
Opera in Love, for Verona in Love
February 2024
For Verona in Love, the festival the city devotes to Romeo and Juliet, the hall hosted four evenings: an Opera Concert, two performances of Romeo and Juliet with Casa Shakespeare, Anteprima Opera and Opera in Love, and the Saint Valentine's Concert. On those same nights “A cuore aperto” was on show, the sculpture by Piera Legnaghi that has become a symbol of love for Verona. Under the patronage of the Regional Council of Veneto, the Province and the City of Verona.
The San Filippo Neri music school
every year
The students of the San Filippo Neri music school gave their end-of-year recital here. Lirica Sala Girelli gladly opens its doors to those studying music in Verona.
Verona Festival Singers
The international choir Verona Festival Singers, conducted by Pearl Shangkuan, rehearsed in the Sala Antonio Girelli in collaboration with Choral Planet, and then gave a concert of sacred choral repertoire at Isola Rizza, with free entry.
Musical workshops for schools
Meetings open to schools, where young people hear opera live and discover how a voice and a piano work together.
In 2023 Lirica Sala Girelli was among the nominees for the Premio Verona Network, in the Shows and Events category.
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