ArtsNaples World Festival's 2014 Events Schedule Released

NAPLES, Fla., March 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ArtsNaples World Festival – a ten-day festival centered in Naples, Florida that is designed to celebrate the cultural arts from around the globe one region at a time – is pleased to announce its 2014 events schedule.  This year's festival will take place May 1 through May 10 and will create an immersion into the exciting cultural arts of Italy!  Events include art, orchestral music, chamber music, virtuoso piano repertoire, opera, cuisine, and more.  Stay in May™ ... and we'll bring you the world.

The 2014 ArtsNaples World Festival events schedule is listed below. 

Thursday, May 1
Venetian Masquerade
7:00 p.m.
The Club at Olde Cypress

Friday, May 2
Verdi's Nabucco presented in partnership with Opera Naples
8:00 p.m.
North Naples United Methodist Church

Saturday, May 3
"Fazioli Introduzione – An Introduction to the Fazioli Piano"
2:00 p.m.
The von Liebig Art Center

Metamorphosis Theatrical Fashion Event:  Avant-Garde Haute Couture by Maria Malerba
7:00 p.m.
Naples Botanical Garden

Sunday, May 4
"Da Italia, con Amore - From Italy, with Love"
2:00 p.m.
The von Liebig Art Center

Monday, May 5
"Vivaldi – Le Quattro Stagioni - The Four Seasons"
2:00 p.m.
The Bower Chapel at Moorings Park

Quartetto Gelato
8:00 p.m.
Sugden Theatre

Tuesday, May 6
"la Gloria di Gabrielli - The Glory of Gabrielli"
2:00 p.m.
The Bower Chapel at Moorings Park

Wednesday, May 7
"Paganini - 24 Capricci per violin - The 24 Caprices for Violin"
2:00 p.m.
The von Liebig Art Center

Thursday, May 8
Italian Cooking Demonstration & Lunch
11:30 a.m.
Tulia Osteria

"Musica de Camera elegante - Elegant Chamber Music"
2:00 p.m.
The von Liebig Art Center

Friday, May 9
Italian Cooking Demonstration & Lunch
11:30 a.m.
Barbatella Restaurant

"Verdi – Opera Trascrizioni di Liszt - Opera Transcriptions by Liszt"
2:00 p.m.
The von Liebig Art Center

Italian Symphony, Roberto Abbado Conductor
8:00 p.m.
Artis-Naples

In addition to the above world-class cultural arts presentations, the ArtsNaples World Festival also offers several complimentary, educational outreach opportunities each year to inspire and motivate students through participation in the arts.  This year's outreach will feature the Aizuri String Quartet who will perform two interactive assemblies at seven middle schools and five high schools for over 950 middle and high school students in Collier County. 

For information about the 2014 ArtsNaples World Festival or to purchase tickets, please visit www.ArtsNaples.org or call 888.613.8488.

SOURCE ArtsNaples World Festival