Valle d'Itria Festival – Mediterranean Concert in Locorotondo

The Valle d'Itria Festival in Locorotondo

The Valle d'Itria Festival is Puglia's most important opera event and one of the most respected opera festivals in Italy. Founded in 1975 and organized by the Paolo Grassi Foundation, it is historically based in Martina Franca, but has always radiated its programming throughout the villages and masserie (fortified farmhouses) of the Murgia plateau. Every summer, a selection of concerts reaches the towns of the Valle d'Itria, and in 2026 it also visits the Town of Locorotondo, one of Italy's most beautiful villages, known for its characteristic concentric layout and homes with pitched 'cummerse' roofs.

The Mediterranean Concert

The Locorotondo event is titled Mediterranean Concert and will be held on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 9 PM in the courtyard of the Leonardo Trulli Resort, in Contrada Semeraro, immersed in the countryside surrounding the town. The stars of the evening are the young talents of the "Rodolfo Celletti" Belcanto Academy, the advanced vocal training school that the Festival dedicates to the new voices of the international opera scene. The recital is designed as a journey through the sung Mediterranean, featuring pages by Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Gioachino Rossini, and Charles Gounod.

The Theme: The Mediterranean

The 52nd edition of the Festival, under the artistic direction of composer Silvia Colasanti, is dedicated to the theme "The Mediterranean: cradle of myth, crossroads of cultures, a sea that welcomes." The Locorotondo concert is part of the widespread "Mediterranean in Music" series, four events that bring music into masserie, cloisters, and churches of the territory, seeking a dialogue between classical repertoire and the landmarks of Apulian identity.

Why it's worth it

• Listen to the new voices of belcanto in a cozy, intimate setting before they take flight to major theaters.
• Experience opera music in a courtyard among trulli, under the summer sky of the Valle d'Itria.
• Discover Locorotondo, a white village in the Province of Bari, and its countryside dotted with vineyards and masserie.

An opportunity to combine the discovery of an internationally renowned opera festival with the charm of one of Puglia's most beloved landscapes.