Stresa Music Festival 2010

ROMANTICATOURS IS THE OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE STRESA MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore are with no doubt among the best-known European classical music festivals, every year they offer to their audience performances by internationally famous artists.

In 20010 the Stresa Festival will inaugurate its 49th edition with the Spring Concerts, five open-air events entitled Flowery staves performed in the beautiful gardens of the lake.

Now the first previews about the 2010 Spring Concerts are available!

Saturday, May 8 – 5.00 p.m.
Villa Pallavicino – Stresa
R. Galliano, Love day
Richard Galliano, accordion
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, piano

Sunday, May 16 – 5 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Goran Bregovic & Wedding and Funeral Band

Saturday, May 22 – 5 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
P. Glass, Koyaanisqatsi – Life out of balance
Philip Glass & Philip Glass Ensemble

And very soon news of all the 2010 Stresa Festival concerts:

Musical Meditations, from July 30 to August 7
Visions, from August 22 to September 5

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Arena di Verona: Musical Conversation and WINE TASTING

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You will have the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion

Anteprima Opera (Introduction to the Opera) is a pre-performance talk, whose aim is to introduce the audience to the plot and the main aspects of the opera event, which will take place on the same evening at the Arena amphitheatre.

We offers the guests the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion.

This is also the perfect occasion to meet the protagonists of the Arena di Verona Summer Opera Festival offering fascinating insights into the opera, which will be performed on the same evening.
The artists will sing accompanied by the piano and will guide the audience through the plot, the music and the composer’s life.

PROGRAM
Musical Conversation with Wine Tasting

18.15: Meeting at the Verità Poeta palace, in the city centre;
18.30: “Guided listening” of the Opera in program the same evening in the Arena, with piano, Maestro and Soloists;
19.15: “Wine tasting” of one of the best Doc wines presented by the wine Producer himself.
19.30: End of program.

Rate includes: entrance, libretto, musical conversation, talks in Italian with English and German translation. The buffet and the tickets for the opera are not included.
For the same event including the cocktail buffet, please click here.

ARENA VERONA CALENDAR

18 June – 1, 16, 24, 30 July – 13, 20 August
Turandot
di Giacomo Puccini

19, 25 June – 3, 8, 13, 18, 22, 25, 27, 31 July – 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26, 29 August
Aida
di Giuseppe Verdi

26 June – 2, 9, 14, 17, 21, 28 July – 6 August
Madama Butterfly
di Giacomo Puccini

10, 15, 20, 23, 29 July – 12, 18, 21, 24, 27 August
Carmen
di Georges Bizet

7, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28 August
Il Trovatore
di Giuseppe Verdi

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Arena di Verona: Musical Conversation and COCKTAIL DINNER

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You will have the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion

Anteprima Opera (Introduction to the Opera) is a pre-performance talk, whose aim is to introduce the audience to the plot and the main aspects of the opera event, which will take place on the same evening at the Arena amphitheatre.

We offers the guests the opportunity to spend a stimulating afternoon in an intimate atmosphere exploring the world of musical drama and tasting prestigious local wines and appetizers chosen for the occasion. A

This is also the perfect occasion to meet the protagonists of the Arena di Verona Summer Opera Festival offering fascinating insights into the opera, which will be performed on the same evening.
The artists will sing accompanied by the piano and will guide the audience through the plot, the music and the composer’s life.

PROGRAM
Musical Conversation with Wine Tasting

Anteprima OPERA Musical Conversation with Wine Tasting and Typical Cocktail Buffet
18.15: Meeting at the Verità Poeta palace, in the city centre;
18.30: “Guided listening” of the Opera in program the same evening in the Arena, with piano, Maestro and Soloists;
19.15: “Wine tasting” of one of the best Doc wines presented by the wine Producer himself.
19.30: End of the first part. Those wishing to remain can attend the typical “Cocktail Buffet” with the best foods of Verona;
20.30: End of program. Stroll towards the Roman Arena;
21.00: Start of performance in the Arena

ARENA VERONA CALENDAR

18 June – 1, 16, 24, 30 July – 13, 20 August
Turandot
di Giacomo Puccini

19, 25 June – 3, 8, 13, 18, 22, 25, 27, 31 July – 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26, 29 August
Aida
di Giuseppe Verdi

26 June – 2, 9, 14, 17, 21, 28 July – 6 August
Madama Butterfly
di Giacomo Puccini

10, 15, 20, 23, 29 July – 12, 18, 21, 24, 27 August
Carmen
di Georges Bizet

7, 11, 14, 19, 25, 28 August
Il Trovatore
di Giuseppe Verdi

Rate includes: entrance, libretto, musical conversation, talks in Italian with English and German translation, wine tasting and cocktail buffet.
Entrance tickets for the opera are not included.

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Concerts in Venice: Music at the Palace

Musica a Palazzo (Music at the Palace) wants to recreate teh magic of the ‘Salotto Musicale’ or ‘Mucial Parlour’: a piano, a few instruments and one or two singers who gave life to memorable evenings.

LA TRAVIATA
Tuesday – Thursday – Sunday
8.30PM – 2 hours
Act I: Salone delle Feste / Act II: Sala Tiepolo / Act III: Camera con Alcova Reale
Progressive opera: every act is in a different room

The Traviata is bases on the novel ‘La Dame aux Camelias’ by Alexandre Duma fils, published in 1848 telling the story of Marie Duplessis, a noted courtesan an idol of the 1840s’ Parisian society.
With La Traviata, Verdi created history’s first major opera dealing with a contemporary social theme. This was only one of the work’s several aspects that proved unpalatable for the audience at its premiere in Venice, in 1853: beyond that, the audience was similarly shocked by the principal part being assigned to a courtesan, and that moreover, she was portrayed as a heroine.
The premiere ended consequently by a fiasco, nonetheless, soon thereafter, Verdi’s La Traviata scored its first triumphsm, and ever since then has remained a hugely loved repertoire staple.
This production with its refined costumes offers exquisite moments of involvement with the viewing public while walking through the rooms and the ‘stanze di Traviata’.

DUETTI d’AMORE – LOVE DUETS
Monday -Friday
8.30PM – 1.5 hours
Act I: Sala Tiepolo / Act II: Camera con Alcova Reale
Progressive opera: every act is in a different room

Among the most beautiful voices in Italy interpret La Boheme, manon Lescaut, La Traviata and Cavallera Rusticana
Languid love and burning passion in the duets taken from Italian melodramas are exalted by the magnificient colours of the Tiepolo frescoes.
‘Intermezzo’ – Cavalleria Rusticana di Pietro Mascagni
‘Quando men vo’ – La Boheme di Giacomo Puccini
‘Liebesleid’ di Fritz Kreisler
‘Le Cygne’ di Camille Saint-Saens
‘Intermezzo’ – Manon Lescaut di Giacomo Puccini
‘Tace il labbro’ – La Vedova Allegra di Franz Lehar
‘Musica Proibita’ di Stanislao Gastaldon
‘Madamigella Valery’ – La Traviata di Giuseppe Verdi
‘Meditation’ – Thais di Jules Massenet
‘La ci darem la mano’ – Don Giovanni di W.A. Mozart

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Wednesday – Saturday
8.30PM – 2.15 hours

Who hasn’t yet heard of Figaro, the famous barber of Seville?
When young Count Almaviva leaves Madrid for Seville to pursue the call of his heart, he not only leaves the court and his family but also the arranged marriage they would make for him. He woos his beloved in disguise to insure that if she will have him it will not be for his title or money, but because she loves him for himself.
By portraying the count’s title and wealth as an impediment to be disguised, Beaumarchais gave voice to the rising revolutionary tide of the 1780s which would soon swamp the once thriumphant Enlightenment and its decaving aristocracy. Similtaneously, his play heralded the beginning of the Romantic era and the rise of democracy.
His portrayal of the Count’s and Rosina’s happy union attacks the aristocracy by endorsing the idea that feelings not property are the desirable basis for marriage. It affirms that in feelings, particularly in love, we are all equal.
Staged amid the exquisite setting of paintings, furnishings and architectural details of the splendid Palazza Barbarigo-Monotto.
Extraordinary voices of virtuoso singers in an evening of sparkling gaiety.

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Stresa Music Festival – Lake Maggiore

The Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore are with no doubt among the best-known European classical music festivals, every year they offer to their audience performances by internationally famous artists.

In 20010 the Stresa Festival will inaugurate its 49th edition with the Spring Concerts, five open-air events entitled Flowery staves performed in the beautiful gardens of the lake.

Now the first previews about the 2010 Spring Concerts are available!

Saturday, May 8 – 5.00 p.m.
Villa Pallavicino – Stresa
R. Galliano, Love day
Richard Galliano, accordion
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, piano

Sunday, May 16 – 5 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Goran Bregovic & Wedding and Funeral Band

Saturday, May 22 – 5 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
P. Glass, Koyaanisqatsi – Life out of balance
Philip Glass & Philip Glass Ensemble

And very soon news of all the 2010 Stresa Festival concerts:

Musical Meditations, from July 30 to August 7
Visions, from August 22 to September 5

For informations and packages:
info@romanticatours.com

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Opera time

Piccolo Lirico – Teatro Flaiano, via S. Stefano del Cacco, 15. Info 066796496 
From 2 Oct to 30 May 2009: Tosca 

Piccola Lirica’s edition of “Tosca” is a novelty that breaks all boundaries of operatic traditions. The Puccini classic is performed in a small theatre, with the main roles portrayed by emerging artists. The music is performed by a diminutive orchestra. Ninety minutes of art, during which melodrama and theatre meld within a set designed to take the viewer beyond the literal and into the symbolic. h20.

Information / Booking:
info@romanticatours.com

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Uto Ughi to Rome

Auditorium della Conciliazione, via della Conciliazione, 4 

From 1 to 8 Oct: “Uto Ughi per Roma“ 

1 Oct: Concert marking the awarding of the “Una vita nella Musica” prize to Wolfgang Sawallisch. With the “I Filarmonici di Roma” Chamber Orchestra. Violin and conductor Uto Ughi 
3 Oct: Uto Ughi and the “Orchestra Sinfonica della Toscana”. Conductor Mosche Atzmon 
8 Oct: Incontro di solisti. With Uto Ughi (on the violin) and Franco Petracchi (on the double-bass), Aleksandar Madzar (on the piano), Francesco Fiore (on the viola) and Luca Signorini (on the cello) 
28 Oct: Burt Bacharach 

 

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