Along with its dose of Verdi offerings (including a performance of the Requiem on June 30), this festival features violin soloist Shlomo Mintz performing works by Brahms and Bruckner with Bologna's Teatro Comunale Orchestra on June 27. Teatro Comunale, Florence, Italy. www.maggiofiorentino.com



The former boy toy is now 42 and the mother of two. But Mrs. Guy Ritchie is still the hottest pop act around, which is why tickets to her July 4 concert at London's Earl Court (the expected highlight of a European tour kicking off in Barcelona on June 9) are going for up to $700 on Ebay.
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Amplified by 80 works not included in an earlier show at London's Royal Academy, this retrospective of the 16th century artist and his contemporaries returns to the country of Caravaggio's birth. At Rome's Palazzo Venezia until July 31.

"Echo of the Scream" (June 17-Sept. 15). How Munch's painting influenced such artists as Warhol and Bacon. Oslo. Tel: +47 23 24 14 00; www.munch.museum.non castello gardens and venice arsenal Venice Biennale (June 10-Nov. 4). Brings together young unknowns and established stars. Venice. www.labiennaledivenezia.net



Founder Gian Carlo Menotti turns 90 this year and in his honor the Roman Theater plays host to a global array of dancers and dance troupes, including the Paul Taylor Dance Company from New York, the Royal Danish Ballet (performing to works by Bach, Mahler and Stravinsky) and India's Madhu Gopinath. June 28-July 15. Spoleto, Italy. www.spoletofestival.it