August 11, 2025 – 5:30 AM
From night to day, from darkness to light—every year, on the night of San Lorenzo, the ritual of Ravello’s Dawn Concert captivates and enchants. The highlight of the Ravello Festival, which in 2025 will mark its 73rd edition, never fails to live up to expectations, offering 300 fortunate spectators the unique thrill of music accompanying the birth of a new day.
The concert takes place on the panoramic belvedere of Villa Rufolo, the breathtaking villa whose gardens once enchanted Richard Wagner. On May 26, 1880, he found inspiration here for the setting of the second act of Parsifal, exclaiming, “I have found Klingsor’s magic garden.”
Performed by a world-class symphony orchestra, under the baton of a renowned conductor, the Dawn Concert is a moment of pure enchantment.
Tickets for this unique event are sold online, usually starting in June, through the Fondazione Ravello website, which organises the festival. It’s highly recommended to check the official site: https://ravellofestival.info/—as one of the most spectacular events on the Amalfi Coast, tickets tend to sell out in just a few hours.
Why experience the Ravello Festival Dawn Concert?
- To witness one of life’s most extraordinary emotions, as the transition from night to day unfolds over the breathtaking panorama of the Amalfi Coast, made even more magical by symphonic music.
- To enjoy the performance of some of the world’s finest Maestros.
- To take part in one of Italy’s most exclusive cultural events.
- Because this is the Dawn Concert—its magic is beyond words. It must be experienced.
What to pair for a weekend of unforgettable moments:
- A visit to Villa Cimbrone’s gardens, a masterpiece of beauty and tranquillity.
- The E.R. Forster Trail, a mix of urban and mountain trekking, tracing the steps of Eustace, the young protagonist of The Story of a Panic, the British author’s early work inspired by Ravello’s landscapes.
- Urban trekking in Atrani, discovering the maze of stairways and alleyways that inspired Escher’s lithographs—which, after this visit, will no longer seem like “impossible structures” but rather a fascinating reflection of reality.
- Dinner at Hotel Caruso before the concert, for a memorable experience in an 11th-century palace perched on a cliff overlooking the Amalfi Coast.
