Teatro Verdi (Brindisi)

[1] In the first fifteen years of activity the Nuovo Teatro Verdi represented the most significant cultural movement in Brindisi with a devotion to prose thanks to important guest artists.

In August 2023, just after the conclusion of the first symphonic season of the Nuovo Teatro Verdi Orchestra, despite having recorded positive budgets, unanimous acclaim and sold out all concerts, Stefano Miceli, president of the Nuovo Teatro Verdi Foundation, decided to leave the presidency immediately after the election of the new Mayor of the City of Brindisi, Giuseppe Marchionna, the latter elected from the ranks of Forza Italia.

Stefano Miceli, who is reputated a worldwide acclaimed musician previously appointed as the president of the Nuovo Teatro Verdi foundation for his well-known extraordinary abilities in arts, had strong discrepancies in cultural visions with Giuseppe Marchionna, followed by his voluntary resignation.

A few months later the Orchestra del Nuovo Teatro Verdi was already supposed to undertake its first tour in China under Stefano Miceli’s previous invitation, clearly impossible anymore.

Citizens of Brindisi continued to demand the return of Stefano Miceli to the presidency of the Nuovo Teatro Verdi foundation and of the newly formed orchestra, but various petitions made by thousands of people were never accepted by the mayor Giuseppe Marchionna.