The Festival of Two Worlds, founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and now directed by Giorgio Ferrara, reaches its 63rd edition.
The review was initially scheduled in the usual period (end June-beginning July), but due to the health emergency linked to Covid-19 it was moved to the weekends 20-30 August and 27-30 August..
Some previews: opening with Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (August 20th) with direction, scenes and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi, and final concert directed by maestro Riccardo Muti (August 30th). In between, in addition to Monica Bellucci’s tribute to Maria Callas (August 27) and the concert of the young pianist Beatrice Rana (August 23), Emma Dante will return to Spoleto with the show-concert I messaggeri (August 21).
Silvia Colasanti will perform Arianna, Fedre and Didone three monodramas for actress, female choir and orchestra, based on text taken from Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum (22 August). The scenic concert Le creature by Prometeo with original costumes by Roberto Capucci and music by Ludwig van Beethoven will be held in Piazza Duomo and performed by the Orchestra del Carlo Felice di Genova conducted by Andrea Battistoni (August 28), while Luca Zingaretti will perform on the last Saturday of the Festival (29 August) with the reading of La Sirena from the story Lighea by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
VISIT THE FESTIVAL’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.festivaldispoleto.com
Tickets available online from July 10th
2019 promo video:
The Festival of Two Worlds, founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and now directed by Giorgio Ferrara, reaches its 63rd edition.
The review was initially scheduled in the usual period (end June-beginning July), but due to the health emergency linked to Covid-19 it was moved to the weekends 20-30 August and 27-30 August..
Some previews: opening with Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (August 20th) with direction, scenes and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi, and final concert directed by maestro Riccardo Muti (August 30th). In between, in addition to Monica Bellucci’s tribute to Maria Callas (August 27) and the concert of the young pianist Beatrice Rana (August 23), Emma Dante will return to Spoleto with the show-concert I messaggeri (August 21).
Silvia Colasanti will perform Arianna, Fedre and Didone three monodramas for actress, female choir and orchestra, based on text taken from Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum (22 August). The scenic concert Le creature by Prometeo with original costumes by Roberto Capucci and music by Ludwig van Beethoven will be held in Piazza Duomo and performed by the Orchestra del Carlo Felice di Genova conducted by Andrea Battistoni (August 28), while Luca Zingaretti will perform on the last Saturday of the Festival (29 August) with the reading of La Sirena from the story Lighea by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
VISIT THE FESTIVAL’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.festivaldispoleto.com
Tickets available online from July 10th
2019 promo video:
The Festival of Two Worlds, founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and now directed by Giorgio Ferrara, reaches its 63rd edition.
The review was initially scheduled in the usual period (end June-beginning July), but due to the health emergency linked to Covid-19 it was moved to the weekends 20-30 August and 27-30 August..
Some previews: opening with Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (August 20th) with direction, scenes and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi, and final concert directed by maestro Riccardo Muti (August 30th). In between, in addition to Monica Bellucci’s tribute to Maria Callas (August 27) and the concert of the young pianist Beatrice Rana (August 23), Emma Dante will return to Spoleto with the show-concert I messaggeri (August 21).
Silvia Colasanti will perform Arianna, Fedre and Didone three monodramas for actress, female choir and orchestra, based on text taken from Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum (22 August). The scenic concert Le creature by Prometeo with original costumes by Roberto Capucci and music by Ludwig van Beethoven will be held in Piazza Duomo and performed by the Orchestra del Carlo Felice di Genova conducted by Andrea Battistoni (August 28), while Luca Zingaretti will perform on the last Saturday of the Festival (29 August) with the reading of La Sirena from the story Lighea by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
VISIT THE FESTIVAL’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.festivaldispoleto.com
Tickets available online from July 10th
2019 promo video:
The Festival of Two Worlds, founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and now directed by Giorgio Ferrara, reaches its 63rd edition.
The review was initially scheduled in the usual period (end June-beginning July), but due to the health emergency linked to Covid-19 it was moved to the weekends 20-30 August and 27-30 August..
Some previews: opening with Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (August 20th) with direction, scenes and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi, and final concert directed by maestro Riccardo Muti (August 30th). In between, in addition to Monica Bellucci’s tribute to Maria Callas (August 27) and the concert of the young pianist Beatrice Rana (August 23), Emma Dante will return to Spoleto with the show-concert I messaggeri (August 21).
Silvia Colasanti will perform Arianna, Fedre and Didone three monodramas for actress, female choir and orchestra, based on text taken from Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum (22 August). The scenic concert Le creature by Prometeo with original costumes by Roberto Capucci and music by Ludwig van Beethoven will be held in Piazza Duomo and performed by the Orchestra del Carlo Felice di Genova conducted by Andrea Battistoni (August 28), while Luca Zingaretti will perform on the last Saturday of the Festival (29 August) with the reading of La Sirena from the story Lighea by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
VISIT THE FESTIVAL’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.festivaldispoleto.com
Tickets available online from July 10th
2019 promo video:
The Festival of Two Worlds, founded by M° Gian Carlo Menotti and now directed by Giorgio Ferrara, reaches its 63rd edition.
The review was initially scheduled in the usual period (end June-beginning July), but due to the health emergency linked to Covid-19 it was moved to the weekends 20-30 August and 27-30 August..
Some previews: opening with Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (August 20th) with direction, scenes and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi, and final concert directed by maestro Riccardo Muti (August 30th). In between, in addition to Monica Bellucci’s tribute to Maria Callas (August 27) and the concert of the young pianist Beatrice Rana (August 23), Emma Dante will return to Spoleto with the show-concert I messaggeri (August 21).
Silvia Colasanti will perform Arianna, Fedre and Didone three monodramas for actress, female choir and orchestra, based on text taken from Ovid’s Epistulae Heroidum (22 August). The scenic concert Le creature by Prometeo with original costumes by Roberto Capucci and music by Ludwig van Beethoven will be held in Piazza Duomo and performed by the Orchestra del Carlo Felice di Genova conducted by Andrea Battistoni (August 28), while Luca Zingaretti will perform on the last Saturday of the Festival (29 August) with the reading of La Sirena from the story Lighea by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
VISIT THE FESTIVAL’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.festivaldispoleto.com
Tickets available online from July 10th
2019 promo video: