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Un Ospite di Venezia n-7 luglio 2023

series of three concerts by Laura Pausini, one of the best-known Italian singers on the international scene nowadays, who will perform five years after the album that garnered her the Latin Grammy and her latest live concert (30 June, 1,2 July), then continuing with La Fenice Theatre which will present an extraordinary performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by the great Slovak maestro Juraj Valčuha (8 July).

series of three concerts by Laura Pausini, one of the best-known Italian singers on the international scene nowadays, who will perform five years after the album that garnered her the Latin Grammy and her latest live concert (30 June, 1,2 July), then continuing with La Fenice Theatre which will present an extraordinary performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by the great Slovak maestro Juraj Valčuha (8 July).

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SAINT MARK'S SQUARE WITH THE STARS

From Pausini and Conte to Beethoven

Almost a century has passed since La Fenice Theatre

won over the Piazza for the first time, and, in

Venice, we refer by Piazza to the only square acknowledged

in town, at least by Venetians, Saint

Mark's Square.

It was 1928 when, in a scenario outlined by the

ancient Procuratie, the Napoleonic wing and

the millenary Basilica consecrated to Mark the

Evangelist, the audience was able to attend two

operas by Ruggero Leoncavallo: “Cavalleria Rusticana”

and “Pagliacci”.

They were conducted by the great Pietro Mascagni

and, needless to say… it was a great success.

Over the years, shows of all kinds followed, including

the ones conceived by the Venice Biennale

with memorable evenings featuring Merce

Cunningham, Maurice Béjart and the famous

Moscow Bolshoi ballet and other ones, starring

rock stars such as Paul McCartney, who made his

debut with his new band right here in 1976 after

the Beatles’ breakup, and Sting, who performed

during an equally historic evening with La Fenice

Philharmonic, in 2011.

In recent years the Piazza has shone its limelight

again with the Fenice in 2020 and 2022, with a

masterful performance by Fabio Luisi of the Carmina

Burana.

This year, the "most beautiful salon in the world"

is once more offering moments which will remain

etched in memory, for those that are lucky

enough to attend.

We begin from the series of three concerts

by Laura Pausini, one of the best-known

Italian singers on the international scene

nowadays, who will perform five years after

the album that garnered her the Latin

Grammy and her latest live concert (30

June, 1,2 July), then continuing with La

Fenice Theatre which will present an extraordinary

performance of Ludwig van

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the

Theatre Orchestra and Chorus, conducted

by the great Slovak maestro Juraj Valčuha

(8 July).

Closing on the following day, is the new

show by much-beloved and sophisticated

Italian singer and songwriter Paolo Conte,

hailing from his latest great success garnered

at the Scala Theatre in Milan.

LUGLIO CON...

REDENTORE, BIENNALE E MOSTRE D'ARTE

Se i grandi concerti in Piazza San Marco non

mancheranno di attrarre un pubblico selezionato

di appassionati, altrettanta attenzione in questo

mese sarà per alcune manifestazioni che da sole

valgono la visita in città.

C’è poi per chi ama il relax, l’attrazione per eccellenza

dell’estate, quella offerta dal mare, in

questo caso dalla spiaggia del Lido, nota per la

composta eleganza e il suo fascino, un po’ fuori

dal tempo.

Al tutto si affianca una manifestazione che prosegue

una secolare tradizione nota come la Festa

del Redentore, ancor oggi, tra gli eventi più sentiti

e attesi dell’anno.

Il suo fulcro è la chiesa del Redentore, edificio

affacciato sull’ampio Canale della Giudecca e lo

scenografico bacino di San Marco.

L’antica tradizione risale al 1575 quando una devastante

epidemia di peste affligge l’intera città.

In seguito ad un voto popolare per la sua cessazione

il Senato decise per la costruzione di una

chiesa. L’incarico venne assegnato all’architetto

più famoso del tempo, Andrea Palladio

Dall’anno della consacrazione, era il 1592, ogni

terza domenica di luglio (e il sabato antecedente)

la festa di ringraziamento si ripete intrecciando i

due antichi valori che da sempre la identificano:

quello cristiano, distinto dal pellegrinaggio lungo

uno scenografico ponte galleggiante e dalla funzione

solenne celebrata dal Patriarca e l’aspetto

profano, rappresentato dalla suggestiva festa

sull’acqua culminante con l’ineguagliabile spettacolo

pirotecnico.

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