Theatrical Suite with Readings and Music at the Duca di Martina Museum in Floridiana
Readings, songs, guitar pieces, and dialogues drawn from the great classical and popular literature of the international European, Campanian, and Neapolitan scene between the late 18th and late 19th centuries: this is the menu offered by the theatrical suite entitled GRAND TOUR IN NAPLES, scheduled for Sunday, October 8th at 11:00 a.m.
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"Casa Bagaria" and the "Tutti a Bordo" association: a discussion to unite culture, rights, and inclusion.
The suite is inspired by the beautiful pages on Naples and the pleasant mythological places of Campania written by many special travellers including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Anne Marie du Boccage, Charles de Brosses, Stendhal, the Marquis de Sade, Alexandre Dumas père, Mary Shelley compared to lively and evocative pages of Neapolitan authors such as the abbot Ferdinando Galiani and Matilde Serao; these are intertwined with pieces sung from the musical and poetic works of Gaetano Donizetti, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Pasquale Mario Costa, Guillaume Louis Cottrau, Raffaele Calace, Giuseppe Saverio Mercadante, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Salvatore Di Giacomo, Giovanni Paisiello.
Grand Tour a Napoli aims to be a journey into the atmospheres experienced by cultured travellers of the time; clear references to the Neapolitan pictorial gouaches increasingly widespread from the second half of the eighteenth century onwards. The suite is part of the ICRA PROJECT project approved by the MiC Ministry of Culture and the Campania Region, in the Memorie Future VII edition section. The songs in Italian, Neapolitan and French will be performed by: Lina Salvatore, Lorenzo Marino, Gabriele Bacco, Michele Monetta. The musical arrangements are by Maestro Lorenzo Marino. Entrance fee €5,00 with a contribution for the flood victims of Emilia.
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