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Cantica Dantesca
13 - 19 May 2016
Cantica Dantesca
A journey through songs and readings, evoking the female figures Dante loved and celebrated. . .
Vespri solenni al modo di Venezia
13 - 19 May 2016
Vespri solenni al modo di Venezia
Francesco Cavalli: 5 o’clock Evensong. Laudate for double choir and organArcangelo Corelli, sonate da chiesa
20 - 26 May 2016
Arcangelo Corelli, sonate da chiesa
Arcangelo Corelli Church sonatas for two violins, cello and continuo Op. 1Searching for Paradise
20 - 26 May 2016
Searching for Paradise
searching for Dante's Paradise... on a bikeEvening Hymns
27 May - 02 June 2016
Evening Hymns
music by Henry Purcell, Alessandro Stradella, Dietrich BuxtehudeDeh peregrini che pensosi andate
27 May - 02 June 2016
Deh peregrini che pensosi andate
A fascinating journey into the silence of the cloisters, where the words of Boccaccio's Treatise in Praise of Dante will narrate the Supreme Poet's last years, from the exile to his death in Ravenna . . .
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
28 May 2016
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Building on a rich native vocal culture and on the choral tradition of colonial Christian churches, the South African black population has developed a sophisticated choral art since the nineteenth century.
Stefano Bollani Piano Solo
29 May 2016
Stefano Bollani Piano Solo
From the Music Academy to the world’s most prestigious stages, either solo or with big orchestras, Bollani has always managed to combine his extraordinary musical qualities with a bent for humour and fun-making.
Federico Buffa “Le Olimpiadi del 1936”
31 May 2016
Federico Buffa “Le Olimpiadi del 1936”
Starting from the story of one of the most controversial Olympic Games ever, the piece tells a tale of sports and war . . .
Recital di Mitsuko Uchida
01 June 2016
Recital di Mitsuko Uchida
“I spend all day around my pianos. My back, shoulders and brain need a rest, but my fingers never tire”. To Mitsuko Uchida, studying is the way to get to the core of music, to reach those special moments where sound opens up to ineffable joy . . .
La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura
02 June 2016
La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura
In 1985, Nono sighted an inscription on a monastery wall in Toledo, Spain, which became the motto for his late compositions: “Travellers, there are no paths, you must walk”. Dreaming . . .Nova vita
03 - 09 June 2016
Nova vita
It is a wish Dante expressed in immortal words: beholding the stars at last, after leaving the gloomy wood that forced his gaze to the ground, and being happy again . . .
Perduto in una città d’acque
03 June 2016
Perduto in una città d’acque
music by Salvatore Sciarrino, Michele Foresi, Alessandro Ratoci, Luigi NonoMedioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile
03 - 10 June 2016
Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile
Gregorian chants, motets, sequences, tropes and descants from XIII- and XIV-century manuscripts
Riccardo Muti
04 June 2016
Riccardo Muti
Only the great can afford the luxury of tackling the most celebrated scores, the music masterpieces everybody thinks they know . . .
Omaggio a Morton Feldman
05 June 2016
Omaggio a Morton Feldman
Only the scores by Morton Feldman (one of the greatest US composers of the 20th century), if any, can stir the same feelings aroused by Rothko’s large canvases
Messa nell’Europa medievale
05 June 2016
Messa nell’Europa medievale
Pieces from the codex Las Halgas and the collection of manuscripts Q.11 conserved in Bologna.
Quartetto Lyskamm
06 June 2016
Quartetto Lyskamm
music by Béla Bartók, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi
Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile
06 June 2016
Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile
L’Ensemble Korymbos riproporrà nei conventi il programma “Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile”, un erudito e suggestivo tributo alla vita nei conventi femminili. . .
The Blackmail Project
07 June 2016
The Blackmail Project
Blackmail is both the last British silent film and the first sound one . . .
Xebeche
08 - 10 June 2016
Xebeche
For the first time, Nanou confronts the choreographic structure of the octet through the rigorous process of a creative strategy built on the formalization of the human figure and its enclosure.Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile
09 June 2016
Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile
L’Ensemble Korymbos riproporrà nei conventi il programma “Medioevo musicale e monachesimo femminile”, un erudito e suggestivo tributo alla vita nei conventi femminili. . .
Mandela Trilogy
09 - 12 June 2016
Mandela Trilogy
All sorts of music tributes have been paid to Mandela in South Africa, but African Songbook, staged by Cape Town Opera’s Michael Williams in 2010, gets the very man on stage. . .Freedom in Our Time
10 June 2016
Freedom in Our Time
conductor Alex Fokkens Alessandro Benigni piano Mike Campbell from Freedom in Our Time “Freedom in Our Time” “Come to Kofifi” “Baby...
Notturno per Burri
10 June 2016
Notturno per Burri
A sculpture turned architecture, a broken bridge, hands outstretched in an impossible handshake, the hull of an upturned ship, the wings of a theatre that looks over the horizon, towards the sea . . .
Iván Fischer
10 June 2016
Iván Fischer
In the year of the Danubian Trilogy, a Hungarian atmosphere is also recreated by a most dynamic orchestra, animated by one of its founding fathers . . .10 June 2016
Enter and book
100Cellos
11 June 2016
100Cellos
improvisations on secular themes
Conflitti, giustizia, riconciliazione
11 June 2016
Conflitti, giustizia, riconciliazione
The project dedicated to the work of Nelson Mandela, a patient but resolute builder of bridges and freedom, is fully congenial to the theme of the Via Sancti Romualdi’s fifth edition . . .
100Cellos
11 June 2016
100Cellos
improvisations on sacred themes Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna must purchase the ticket for the admission to the monuments...Messa a Cape Town
12 June 2016
Messa a Cape Town
Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Choir100Cellos
12 June 2016
100Cellos
Riccardo Giovine and Francesco Malerba music by Gaspar Cassadó, Giovanni Sollima and Zoltán Kodály Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna...100Cellos
12 June 2016
100Cellos
Leila & Sara Shirvani cello and piano music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Enrico Melozzi
I Violoncellisti della Scala
12 June 2016
I Violoncellisti della Scala
direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima Ljuba Bergamelli soprano Massimo Polidori violoncello Simone Groppo violoncello Sara Anne Spirito violoncello Gianluca Muzzolon violoncello...100Cellos
13 June 2016
100Cellos
Mariano Bulligan / Hu Bin guitar music by Alvo Pärt, Giuseppe Verdi, Giovanni Sollima Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna must...
Giovanni Sollima & L’Arianna Art Ensemble – The Missing Link
13 June 2016
Giovanni Sollima & L’Arianna Art Ensemble – The Missing Link
unpublished music by Giovanni Battista Costanzi, also known as “Il Giovannino del Violoncello”
Concerto/Performance di Rushad Eggleston
13 June 2016
Concerto/Performance di Rushad Eggleston
direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima With the adventure of the 100cellos, Giovanni Sollima, with his valiant companion Enrico Melozzi, has shown...100Cellos
13 June 2016
100Cellos
Andres Lopez & Mariagrazia Lioy cello and piano music by Ludwig van Beethoven100Cellos
14 June 2016
100Cellos
Ludovico and Eleonora Armellini cello and piano Sonatas by Johannes Brahms e Dmitrij Šostakovič100Cellos
14 June 2016
100Cellos
Jacopo Francini Songs by Philip Glass Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna must purchase the ticket for the admission to...
Sankai Juku
14 June 2016
Sankai Juku
Amagatsu weaves the new plot for Utsushi without a chronological order, but rather as an ancient ritual where, in just over an hour, the viewer’s gaze is invited to become one with the hypnotic movements of his performers.
Trio Reijseger, Fraanje, Sylla
14 June 2016
Trio Reijseger, Fraanje, Sylla
direzione artistica Giovanni Sollima With the adventure of the 100cellos, Giovanni Sollima, with his valiant companion Enrico Melozzi, has shown that...100Cellos
15 June 2016
100Cellos
Abel Selaocoe Alastair Paul McMath basso Mandela Tribute
Effetti collaterali | Giovanni Sollima e i suoi allievi dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
15 June 2016
Effetti collaterali | Giovanni Sollima e i suoi allievi dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
music by Cirri, Chopin, Reich, Bellini, Modugno, Area100Cellos
15 June 2016
100Cellos
Luca Franzetti “Back to the Future” music by G. Ligeti, G. Sollima, E. Melozzi Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna...100Cellos
16 June 2016
100Cellos
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite no. 3
Giovanni Sollima
16 June 2016
Giovanni Sollima
direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima Concerto rotondo for cello solo cello Giovanni Sollima La sostanza dei sogni per 6 violoncelli dedicato...
Il Concerto fiume
16 June 2016
Il Concerto fiume
direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima With the adventure of the 100cellos, Giovanni Sollima, with his valiant companion Enrico Melozzi, has shown...100Cellos
16 June 2016
100Cellos
Mauro Valli Johann Sebastian Bach Suite no. 6 Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna must purchase the ticket for the...
Sacre Corde
16 June 2016
Sacre Corde
La Magnifica Comunità, one of the most renowned and beloved early music ensembles, have shown a true vocation for the re-proposal of the most genuine meaning of ancient sounds ever since their adventure began, in 1990, over 25 years ago.100Cellos
17 June 2016
100Cellos
Concerto Giovani Talenti professional musicians conducted by Andres Lopez Non-residents of the municipality of Ravenna must purchase the ticket for...
Mario Brunello e il Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
17 June 2016
Mario Brunello e il Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sofija Asgatovna Gubajdulina100Cellos
17 June 2016
100Cellos
100Cellos
18 June 2016
100Cellos
Monika Leskovar Capriccio per Palm by Krzysztof Penderecki Hannah Eichberg Trois Strophes by Henri Dutilleux Non-residents of the municipality of...
Il Concorso di Composizione
18 June 2016
Il Concorso di Composizione
direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima With the adventure of the 100cellos, Giovanni Sollima, with his valiant companion Enrico Melozzi, has shown...
Let’s Dance!
18 June 2016
Let’s Dance!
direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima con la partecipazione straordinaria di Davide Sciortino Le donne della Notte della Taranta Miguel Ángel Berna...100Cellos
18 June 2016
100Cellos
a programme by Gianluigi Fiordaliso
Tra Anguille e Tarante
18 - 19 June 2016
Tra Anguille e Tarante
Ambrogio Sparagna in collaboration with other artists such as Francesca Trenta e Peppe Servillo will combine the rhythm of "his" taranta with folk lullabies and sea songs.
Daniel Harding
19 June 2016
Daniel Harding
What have Beethoven’s symphonies got in common with the scores of Edgar Varèse? An answer is provided by Daniel Harding: from the rostrum of the Mahler Chamber OrchestraUna Messa tra Romagna e Giappone
19 June 2016
Una Messa tra Romagna e Giappone
music by don Vincenzo Cimatti (Faenza 1879 - Tokyo 1965)La musica sacra nella voce dei bambini
19 - 23 June 2016
La musica sacra nella voce dei bambini
music by Alessandro Grandi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint Saëns, Andrew Lloyd WebberDaemones
19 - 23 June 2016
Daemones
A dreamlike journey through Dante's Inferno, among seductive demons, monsters and such bestial hybrids as the Harpies, the Minotaur, Malacoda and his gang of demons, Malebranche . . .
For Mandela
20 June 2016
For Mandela
British jazz was not alone in being affected by the musical and human story of South African jazz in its European exile, which has also enthralled the Italian jazz avant-garde ever since the Seventies.
Louis Moholo-Moholo 5 Blokes
21 June 2016
Louis Moholo-Moholo 5 Blokes
after Keith & Julie Tippett “Couple in Spirit”
Folia Shakespeariana
22 June 2016
Folia Shakespeariana
created by and starring Chiara Muti and Elena Bucci
Hugh Masekela
23 June 2016
Hugh Masekela
Trumpeter, flugelhornist and vocalist Hugh Masekela, together with pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, is the emblem of the large-scale relationship South Africa early established with jazz . . .
Twyla Tharp Dance
24 June 2016
Twyla Tharp Dance
Eclectic Twyla Tharp, celebrating five decades of dance-making in 2015, is an “outsider” for her ability to range from post-modern experiment to Hollywood’s pop flavours . . .Dante Muore
24 - 30 June 2016
Dante Muore
Dante Alighieri died and was reborn, made immortal in our memory by his poetry . . .Musica della Chiesa Ravennate fra XI e XVII secolo
24 - 30 June 2016
Musica della Chiesa Ravennate fra XI e XVII secolo
music by Pandolfo Zalamella, Giovanni Ghizzolo, Benedetto Magni (musicians at the Ravenna Archbishop's Chapel in the XVI and XVII centuries) and songs from scrolls found in the Ravenna Municipal and National Historical Archives, dating back to the XI and XII centuries
La lunga notte irlandese
25 June 2016
La lunga notte irlandese
Lúnasa feat. Karan Casey, Caítlin Nic Gabhann, Mick O'Brien, Ciara Ni Bhriain & Birkin TreeMessa nella Roma della Controriforma
26 June 2016
Messa nella Roma della Controriforma
Missa Papae Marcelli by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
In bicicletta con Olindo
26 June 2016
In bicicletta con Olindo
Wandering through farmyards, music, and forgotten food
La lunga notte romagnola
26 June 2016
La lunga notte romagnola
Ivano Marescotti reads Stecchetti
The Tallis Scholars
27 June 2016
The Tallis Scholars
music by Pärt, da Palestrina, Taverner, Allegri, Byrd, Tallis, Mouton, Philips, Tallis, Sheppard
Chanteuse Des Rues
28 June 2016
Chanteuse Des Rues
una nuova creazione di Micha van Hoecke arrangiamenti originali Simone Zanchini con Viola Cecchini, Rimi Cerloj, Gloria Dorliguzzo, Yuri Mastrangeli, Miki...
Stabat Mater
29 June 2016
Stabat Mater
Soqquadro Italiano’s bubbly recipe can be trusted to get guaranteed inspired results . . .
Svetlana Zakharova, Mikhail Lobukhin, Denis Rodkin
30 June 2016
Svetlana Zakharova, Mikhail Lobukhin, Denis Rodkin
and other étoiles of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
Il doppio volto della montagna
30 June 2016
Il doppio volto della montagna
How immense are the mountains, whose magnificence easily pervades art and the human feelings! The same happens in La doppia anima della montagna . . .
Gran Galà del Danubio
01 July 2016
Gran Galà del Danubio
When classical music meets the most attractive forms of communication, there come the “virtuózok”.L’inferno dei viventi
01 - 07 July 2016
L’inferno dei viventi
The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together . . .Salve virgo virginum salve lumen luminum
01 - 07 July 2016
Salve virgo virginum salve lumen luminum
motets, laude, ballads and hymns by XIII-century anonymous authors, Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume Dufay
Le vie dell’Amicizia: Ravenna-Tokyo
03 July 2016
Le vie dell’Amicizia: Ravenna-Tokyo
. . . after the concert that saw Riccardo Muti and “his” Cherubini join the Harusai Festival Orchestra in Tokyo last March, these musicians will meet again in Ravenna in a mutual embrace . . .Messa a Westminster
03 July 2016
Messa a Westminster
Mass with Gregorian chants (celebrated in Latin as customary in Westminster Abbey) and liturgical pieces by Jean Langlais and César Franck
Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir
04 July 2016
Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir
music by Crivelli, Grancini, Lalouette, Bach, Britten, Poulenc, Purcell, Hurford, Schubert, Holst
Riccardo Muti
05 July 2016
Riccardo Muti
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francesco Cappa
Batsheva Dance Company
06 July 2016
Batsheva Dance Company
excerpts from Sadeh 21, Zachacha, Bolero, Mabul, Three, Naharin's Virus, Zina
Human
08 - 09 July 2016
Human
starring David Marzi, Noemi Medas, Elisa Pistis, Luigi PuscedduLetteralMente Divina
08 - 13 July 2016
LetteralMente Divina
An actor and music will project the audience into a world of syllables, words and rhythms, with images that will evoke verses and sensory rhetorical figures from Dante's Comedy . . .Le campane all’Ave
08 - 13 July 2016
Le campane all’Ave
music by Léon Boëlmann Anton Pichler, Jehan Alain, Gerhard Bunk, Louis Vierne
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
09 July 2016
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
An admirer of Balanchine and a dancer with both Alvin Ailey and the American Ballet Theatre, Alonzo King has left his company a dual choreographic legacy. . .
Kent Nagano
11 July 2016
Kent Nagano
piano Martin Helmchen
An evening with Joan Baez
13 July 2016
An evening with Joan Baez
The most famous folk singer ever, one of the best-known female voices, an icon of pacifism and of the struggle for civil rights . . .
Water Dances
23 July 2016
Water Dances
Michael Nyman & Michael Nyman Band
Gräfin Mariza
14 - 18 October 2016
Gräfin Mariza
Gräfin Mariza (La Contessa Maritza) music by Emmerich Kálmán booklet by Julius Brammer e Alfred Grünwald direttori d’orchestra Dániel Somogyi-Tóth, László...
Die Fledermaus
15 - 21 October 2016
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus (Il pipistrello) musica di Johann Strauss libretto di Karl Haffner e Richard Genée adattamento scenico György Böhm direttore d’orchestra...
Die lustige Witwe
16 - 20 October 2016
Die lustige Witwe
Die lustige Witwe (La vedova allegra) music by Franz Lehár booklet by Victor Léon e Leo Stein direttori d’orchestra Dániel Somogyi-Tóth,...
I 100 violini zigani
23 October 2016