“La Spezia Opera Forum”: opera performances with international protagonists

“La Spezia Opera Forum”: opera performances with international protagonists.

The Municipality of La Spezia expands its summer cultural offer with three shows dedicated to opera, which add to the many events of the Jazz Festival, the Concerts in Piazza Europa and the La Spezia Summer Festival.

The program consists of 3 events, with free access while places last (it will be possible to book via email or by telephone), with prominent protagonists of the national opera and concert scene, as well as young promises of Italian opera coming from the most prestigious schools and masterclasses of the sector.

The initiatives were organized in collaboration with the “Comitato Amici del Loggiato” association, a non-profit association whose President is Dr. Maurizo Caporuscio and the Honorary President, as well as a historical figure of the association, Fiammetta Gemmi, whose objective of the Association is to promote lyrical music and opera and to nurture young talents.

The events were presented by the Mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini, the manager of Cultural Services Dr. Rosanna Ghirri, the manager of Educational Services Dr. Massimiliano Curletto, the Professor and music critic Giancarlo Landini, the honorary President of the “Comitato Amici del Loggiato” Association Fiammetta Gemmi and the President Maurizio Caporuscio.

The mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini declares: “We are happy to also add opera to our musical offer. A very refined genre, suitable for listeners with solid experience, but which manages to amaze and involve even those who are not passionate about it. With this series of shows we complete the musical offering, with many events and concerts aimed at people of all ages and for all tastes, which includes opera, jazz, pop music and much more. The events of the now imminent summer in La Spezia continue to grow and we are creating a very rich and heterogeneous season. I thank the “Comitato Amici del Loggiato” association for organizing the shows in our city”.

Concert program

24nd June
Long live Mozart
Piazza Verdi, 21.15pm

Concert by the students of the Mozart masterclass, held by Natale De Carolis as part of the "Sarzana Opera Festival". Natale De Carolis has performed Leporello and Don Giovanni in all the theaters of the world and has often performed Mozart's masterpiece under the direction of Riccardo Muti.
He will accompany Maestro Dragan Babjc on the piano.
The event will be presented by the well-known journalist and music critic Sabino Le Noci.

25nd June
Inside Don Giovanni
Dante Room, 21.15pm
I'll tell you about Don Giovanni, Maestro Michele Gamba on the piano narrates the masterpiece and guides us to discover the work: an original storytelling; the public will be led into the secrets of Mozart's work through a lesson-concert which aims to illustrate the musical and dramaturgical world of the Salzburg composer
Michele Gamba: young emerging conductor, to whom La Scala entrusted the new production of Rigoletto directed by Mario Martone last season; refined pianist, frequent accompanist at lieder concerts in the most prestigious European halls, lecturer. In the next season he will direct the opera Médée by Luigi Cherubini, on stage at La Scala from 14 to 28 January 2024.
Professor Giancarlo Landini (music critic and musicologist) will introduce the evening.

26nd June
Don Giovanni on the couch and at the dock - Don Giovanni at the psychiatrist and in court
Hall of the Provincial Council, 21.15 pm
Giancarlo Landini, professor, music critic (National Association of Italian Music Critics) and musicologist, interviews a well-known therapist, Dr. Maria Rita Parsi (psychotherapist, essayist and teacher) and Dr. Alberto Bazzano (lawyer of the Turin Court, former Public Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office of Asti, Expert in the Matter at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Turin).
Speakers in the conversation will include Dr. Rosanna Ceglie (a well-known psychiatrist from La Spezia), the actor from the Piccolo Teatro di Milano Andrea Sorrentino (reciting voice), the bass baritone Natale De Carolis and two students of the Mozart masterclass. Dragan Babjc at the piano.