2021 marked the 100th anniversary of Macerata Opera Festival. The 2021 edition was inaugurated with Aida, the same opera chosen in 1921 by Count Pier Alberto Conti for the love of the soprano Francisca Solari (who was the protagonist). In this way, the Sferisterio, formerly a stadium for an ancient ball game, was turned into a venue for opera performances. It was actually a double celebration: Aida, one of the most loved operas, premiered in Cairo in 1871, so this marked its 150th anniversary.

The most representative and iconic production of the last thirty years, La Traviata “of the mirrors” conceived in 1992 (and then restaged seven more times before 2018) by Josef Svoboda and Henning Brockhaus, returned for the 100th anniversary of the festival.

Casts:

Aida
- Il Re: Fabrizio Beggi
- Amneris: Veronica Simeoni
- Aida: Maria Teresa Leva
- Radamès: Luciano Ganci
- Ramfis: Alessio Cacciamani
- Amonasro: Marco Caria
- Un Messagero: Francesco Fortes
- Una Sacerdotessa: Maritina Tampakopoulos

La Traviata
- Violetta Valéry: Claudia Pavone
- Flora Bervoix: Valeria Tornatore
- Annina: Estíbaliz Martyn
- Alfredo Germont: Marco Ciaponi
- Giorgio Germont: Sergio Vitale
- Gastone: Marco Puggioni
- Il barone Douphol: Francesco Auriemma
- Il marchese D’Obigny: Stefano Marchiso
- Il dottor Grenvil: Francesco Leone