Not only cinema, but also music is the focus of an ambitious online project to promote Italian culture, as the country and parts of the world increasingly resume activities following the gradual easing of Covid restrictions.
“Estate all’Italiana Festival” is brought to you by Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, in cooperation with Associazione Italiafestival, an association which brings together some of the most important Italian festivals. This Summer-long festival features more than 20 high quality musical events which will be available for free online – in streaming and on demand for 48 hours. ItaliaFestival is involved, among others, with the Ravenna Festival, the Puccini Festival, the Napoli Teatro Festival, the Festival of Itria, the Santarcangelo Festival, the Emilia Romagna Festival, Borgate dal vivo in Piedmont, Armonie d’Arte in Calabria and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto.
Anyone wishing to follow the festivals will just have to register prior to the events on www.italiafestival.it and will receive an email from that platform providing access details.
Estate all’Italiana has started with the inaugural concert of the Ravenna Festival on Sunday, 21 June with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, soprano Rosa Feola, directed by Riccardo Muti.
Forthcoming events:
30 July: O Oriens, a concert of sacred music and motets from the Codice di Cipro, dating back to the 15th Century. Part of the Ravenna Festival.
4 August: Concerto tra scrittura e trascrittura, by Roberto De Simone, a musical exploration of the transcriptions of works by Chopin, Bach, Satie, Stravinsky and Debussy, part of the Napoli Teatro Festival.
6 August: Pandemonium, by Vinicio Capossela, a narrative concert from the Festival Internazionale di Mezza Estate di Tagliacozzo.
7 August: ARMONIE D’ARTE FESTIVAL – Nuove rotte mediterranee Archaeological Park of Scolacium (CZ)
8 August: ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL – La cambiale di matrimonio – Directed by Laurance Dale
10 August: Umbria Jazz – Jazz in August, from Perugia the concerts of Gianluca Petrella with Cosimic Reinessance, Gino Paoli and Danilo Rea with guests Fabrizio Bosso e Funk Off.
11 August: OPERA ESTATE FESTIVAL – Mephistopheles eine Grand Tour di Anagoor
14 August: PUCCINI FESTIVAL – Tosca
20 August: FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI – Orfeo of Claudio Monteverdi
21 August: PUCCINI FESTIVAL – Madama Butterfly
28 August: FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI – Le creature di Prometeo – Le cerature di Capucci
All details HERE