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 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.
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- End Date: 16 June 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.
