At La Scala a great opportunity to discover a fun work by one of the great seventeenth-century authors, Francesco Cavalli, who was active in Venice, rich ruler of the seas, a favorable environment for the development of this new type of show that was the opera. In Florence, Rome and Milan, two great musicians together for the first time, with a pyrotechnic program. The Season of one of the great city institutions, the Roman Philharmonic Academy, opens in Rome.
Florence
On the 24th at the Niccolini Theater a special opportunity to listen to two musicians such as the cellists Mario Brunello and Giovanni Sollima, together for the first time, with a very well thought out program. The title is “Suite Italienne – two cellists and five cellos from Bach to Queen”. It opens with aire from La Traviata to move on to Stravinskij’s Italian Suite, then Bach’s Chaconne, Sollima’s Hunting Sonata, and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. For the Friends of Music Season, which continues until 6 June. Other dates: 25 in Rome at the Season of S. Cecilia, broadcast live by Rai Radio3; on 28 in Milan at the Conservatory, for the Season of Musical Evenings.
Milano
On 30-2-5-10-13 at La Scala, a good opportunity to see the new production of “La Calisto”, by the great seventeenth-century Francesco Cavalli, first performed on the Scala stage. As Franco Pulcini writes, “the Republic of Venice, unlike other countries, enjoyed a unique freedom in dealing with subjects. Were they mythological or historicizing, there was always some popular character who allowed himself salacious gags about the powerful, who would not have passed elsewhere. “La Calisto” is an amused “Cosi fan tutti” performed by Greek gods, nymphs and satyrs “. Directed by Christophe Rousset, directed by David McVicar; Scala Orchestra on historical instruments together with the Les Talens Lyriques ensemble. In the title role, soprano Chen Reiss (pictured).
Roma
On the 25th at the Argentina Theater the Season of the Roman Philharmonic Academy kicks off, with two fundamental cycles of Mahler’s Lieder – the Songs of the errant companion and the Rückert Lieder – interpreted by Sabrina Cortese and Monica Bacelli, with the Ensemble In Canto, conductor Fabio Masters.
