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Press Release
Florence 21 June 2013
The Return of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
to Pitti Palace for the first time since 1984
With 14 offerings of operas, ballets and concerts
29 June to 27 July 2013
Pitti Palace, Courtyard of the Ammannati
The sixteenth Courtyard of Palazzo Pitti is one of the most evocative places of Medici Florence. It takes its name from
the architect Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511-1592) who was entrusted with the task of expanding the Pitti Palace and
offers a stage of natural beauty. The patina and charm of time create an ideal atmosphere, capable of harmoniously
merging art, music, dance, prose and architecture.
Palazzo Pitti is a place dear to the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, which since its origins has made use of this space to
transform views and panoramas into ideal stage settings. Spectacles have been attended by the Florentine in its
many locales - Boboli Gardens, Neptune Nursery, Piazzale della Meridiana, Piazzale di Bacco, Vasca dei Cigni, Prato
delle Colonne, the Amphitheatre, Sala Bianca, etc - from 1933 to 2009 in hundreds of shows.
The most recent concerts were in 2009 but we must go back almost 30 years since an opera has been performed for
the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino at Palazzo Pitti, when Pier Luigi Pizzi staged Orfeo by Monteverdi/Berio in May 1984.
A special thanks to Cristina Acidini, Superintendent of the Special Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic and
Ethno-anthropological Heritage and for the Museums of the City of Florence and Mauro Linari, Director Department of
Parks and Gardens of the Museums of Florence.
PROGRAM
Orpheus in the Underworld
by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor Xu Zhong
Stage Director Marco Carniti
Scenes Carlo Centolavigna
Costums Maria Filippi
Coreography Paolo Arcangeli
Light Designer Gianni Paolo Mirenda
Euridice Marina Bucciarelli
Plutone-Aristeo Roberto Covatta
Giove Leonardo Galeazzi
Orfeo Blagoj Nacoski
John Styx Antonio Pannunzio
Mercurio Saverio Bambi
Marte Biagio Pizzuti
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Diana Romina Casucci
Opinione Pubblica Romina Tomasoni
Venere Arianna Donadelli
Cupido Irene Favro
Giunone Irene Molinari
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus Master Lorenzo Fratini
In collaboration with Maggio Fiorentino Formazione
New Production
Palazzo Pitti, Cortile dell' Ammannati
Friday 19 July 2013, 21:30 h
Saturday 20 July, 21:30 h
Monday 22 July, 21:30 h
Tuesday 23 July, 21:30 h
Wednesday 24 July, 21:30 h
Thursday 25 July, 21:30 h
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ANIMA – Dance Triptych
Ballet
THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS
Choreography
George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
Music Paul Hindemith
STEPTEXT
Choreography William Forythe
Music Johann Sebastian Bach
A NIMA
First première for MaggioDanza
Choreography Giorgio Mancini
Music Fryderyk Chopin
Étoile Alessandro Riga
Letizia Giuliani, Gisela Carmona Gálvez
MaggioDanza
Director of MaggioDanza Giorgio Mancini
Palazzo Pitti, Cortile dell’Ammannati
Tuesday 9 July 2013, 21:30 h
Wednesday 10 July, 21:30 h
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Friday 12 July, 21:30 h
Saturday 13 July, 21:30 h
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CONCERTS
SERGIO ALAPONT
Conductor Sergio Alapont
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Smetana La sposa venduta, Ouverture
Verdi Otello, “Fuoco di gioia”
Dvořák Rusalka, Polonaise
Verdi La traviata, Preludio atto I
Verdi La traviata, “Noi siamo zingarelle… Di Madride noi siam mattadori”
Dvořák Sinfonia n. 9 in mi minore op. 95 Dal nuovo mondo
Palazzo Pitti, Cortile dell’Ammannati
Saturday 29 June, 21.30 h
YORAM DAVID
Conductor Yoram David
Soprano Valeria Esposito
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi, “Eccomi in lieta vesta… Oh! quante volte, oh! quante”
Verdi Macbeth, Ballabili atto III | Verdi Falstaff, “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio”
Verdi Otello, Ballabili atto III
Gounod Roméo et Juliette, “Je veux vivre”
Mendelssohn Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, musiche di scena op. 61 per soli, coro e orchestra
Palazzo Pitti, Cortile dell’Ammannati
Wednesday 3 July, 21.30 h
JADER BIGNAMINI
Conductor Jader Bignamini
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Verdi Nabucco, Sinfonia e Coro “Gli arredi festivi”
Verdi Giovanna d’Arco, Sinfonia
Verdi I Lombardi alla prima crociata, “O Signore, dal tetto natio”
Verdi Ernani, Preludio atto I e Coro “Evviva!... Beviamo!”
Rossini Guglielmo Tell, Sinfonia
Verdi Macbeth, “Patria oppressa”
Verdi Luisa Miller, Sinfonia
Verdi Il trovatore, “Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie”
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Verdi Don Carlo, “Spuntato ecco il dì d’esultanza”
Palazzo Pitti, Cortile dell’Ammannati
Saturday 6 July, 21.30 h
DANIEL COHEN
Conductor Daniel Cohen
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Glinka Russlan e Ludmilla, Ouverture
Rimskij-Korsakov La grande Pasqua russa op. 36
Borodin Il Principe Igor, Danze Polovesiane
Dvořák Sinfonia n. 8 in sol maggiore op. 88
Palazzo Pitti, Cortile dell’Ammannati
Thursday 25 July, 21.30 h
Tickets
Opera 20 Euro
Ballet and Concerts Euro 15
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