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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