Season 2015/16

Al canto, al ballo

How the opera was born in Florence

An original, dynamic show tells of how in the year 1600 in Florence, opera  was “invented", the musical genre that would dominate Europe for the next three centuries. While preparations were underway for the first performance of Euridice by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini at Pitti Palace, discussions were flaring between the members of the Camerata de’ Bardi, and love affairs between prima donnas and the chroniclers of the times were rampant.  Orpheus was searching for his wife and opera was beginning its journey with many composers musically enriching this marvelous adventure.

Artists

Conductor
Carlomoreno Volpini

Direction
Manu Lalli

Scenes
Roberta Lazzeri

Coro di voci bianche di Opera in campo e della Scuola secondaria di I grado dell’Istituto San Giuseppe di Firenze

Ensemble of Ancient Music and the Instrumentalists of the Music Conservatory “Luigi Cherubini” of Florence
Actors
Francesco Pomicino (Giulio Caccini/Ruffo)
Michele Monasta (Jacopo Peri/Bastiano)
Chiara Casalbuoni (Francesca Caccini/Flora)
Gabriele Zini (Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane/Ruffo)
Cecilia Russo (Isabella)
Luca Baldini (Ulio)
Federico Zini (Liso)
Andrea Landi (Ottavio Rinuccini/Baccio)

Singers
Dioklea Hoxha
Beatriz Oyarzabal Pinan
Yerzhan Tazhimbetov
Paolo Breda Bulgherini
Dates

Mon 16 November, ore 10:00
Wed 18 November, ore 10:00
Tue 17 November, ore 10:00
Fri 13 November, ore 10:00
Thu 12 November, ore 20:00
Wed 11 November, ore 10:00
Wed 18 November, ore 20:00
Sat 14 November, ore 16:30

Prices
One seating area € 15