From Campiello to the Tuscan Canzoniere: quarrels and sighs, amorous languor and pute da maridar
Curated by Il Foyer
British Institute of Florence (Lungarno Guicciardini 9)
Sept. 23, 16:00
Conversation-concert by Silvano Sanesi
Soprano: Chiara Pieretti
Piano: Elisabetta Sepe
Santuzza and the other: the “desperate” in fin-de-siecle melodrama
Curated by Il Foyer
Deutsches Institut Florenz (Borgo Ognissanti, 9)
18 October, 18:15
Conversation-concert by Vincenzo R. Bisogni
The appeal of Compare Alfio, sentenced in the first degree
Curated by Florence Opera, in collaboration with Associazione Culturale ACUSIF Sicily Florence
St. Mark’s English Church (Via Maggio, 16)
October 20, 21:00
The characters come to life in Cavalleria Rusticana a plea of lawyers of the hole and between the notes opera by Mascagni, edited by Joseph Cardillo and Caesar Orselli
Setting and staging of Gianna Corsini and Rossana Sieni
Falstaff: Hymn to Youth
Curated by Florence Opera, in collaboration with the Association Consonanze
St. Mark’s English Church (Via Maggio, 16)
November 17, 21:00
Conversation concert by Cesare Orselli and Nicoletta Arbusti
With music from Falstaff and scenes from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Speaking voices: Angela Tozzi, Roberto Andrioli, Vincenzo De Caro
Before and after Verdi’s Falstaff: musical transformations from Shakespeare
Curated by Il Foyer
British Institute of Florence (Lungarno Guicciardini 9)
November 25, 16:00
Conversation concert by Luca Berni
Soprano Paola Leggeri
Piano: Elisabetta Sepe
The difficult vocal style of the Puritans: Dino Borgioli, great Florentine Arturo, and his time
Curated by Il Foyer
Enrico Caruso Museum – Lastra a Signa
24 January, 16:00
Conversation-concert by Filippo Bozzi
Tenor: Marco Miglietta
Piano: Elisabetta Sepe
During the conversation-concert will be possible to visit the Museum of Enrico Caruso
Gods and Heroes work. Mythological themes and classic melodrama
Curated by Il Foyer
British Institute of Florence (Lungarno Guicciardini 9)
February 24, 16:00
Conversation-concert by Filippo Bozzi
Soprano Monica Benvenuti
Piano: Elisabetta Sepe
Remember me: Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Organised by Clemente Terni, in partnership with the British Institute of Florence
Conversation concert and presentation of the book Genesi e prassi esecutiva del Dido and Aeneas di Henry Purcell by Donatella Righini (LoGisma Publisher, 2015)
British Institute of Florence (Lungarno Guicciardini 9)
25 February, 18:00