The return of the Orchestra della Toscana to the stage of the Teatro del Giglio: a fresh encounter between great music and one of Lucca’s most iconic venues, where tradition is revitalised and sound once again fills a space steeped in history, celebrating The Lily of Lucca. When you think of Lucca, the city walls, bicycles
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Notes in the Golden City
The Orchestra della Toscana at the Centro de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música in Salamanca with Diego Ceretta and Kevin Spagnolo. This performance was truly one of the highlights of Notes in the Golden City. There is a Salamanca that dazzles with its golden stone and university façades that tell centuries of history.
In Ferrara on stage
At the Teatro Comunale, where carriages once crossed the Rotonda Foschini and illuminated stages have echoed with applause night after night, more than two centuries of history, music and city life unfold at the heart of the city — on stage in Ferrara. In the heart of Ferrara, near the Castello Estense, lies the Teatro
Masterpieces or forgeries? Unveiling the truth
New this season, a small gallery of “art fakes.” Alternative elaborations of great visual art classics that still have a reference to music. From month to month we will add them in this article, questioning if they are masterpieces or forgeries? Unveiling the truth about these artworks will be fascinating for all. We asked a
A prison underfoot
Not everyone knows that the Verdi Theater was built on the rubble of a 14th-century prison. Among its illustrious “guests” were Niccolò Machiavelli and Benvenuto Cellini. Come and discover it with us. “Oportet misereri” is the inscription that can still be read today on the plaque at the entrance to the apartment building on Via Ghibellina