Opera Carlo Felice Genova in New York to celebrate Lorenzo Da Ponte and Italian opera in America<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Sunday 24 and monday 25 september 2023<\/p>\n
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PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n
Opera Carlo Felice Genova<\/strong>\u00a0will be in New York on Sunday\u00a024<\/strong>\u00a0and Monday\u00a025 September 2023<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0A Bridge of music, an Italian Journey to New York<\/em><\/strong>, a two-day event dedicated to Lorenzo Da Ponte. The project is a collaboration between the\u00a0Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice Genova<\/strong>,\u00a0Columbia University<\/strong>, the\u00a0Lorenzo Da Ponte Institute<\/strong>,\u00a0Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Italian Academy for advanced studies in America<\/strong>. Under the patronage of the Italian\u00a0Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/strong>.<\/p>\nBorn in Vittorio Veneto in 1749, poet and librettist, Da Ponte is known to the general public for the masterful librettos of Mozart’s trilogy\u00a0Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>\u00a0(1786),\u00a0Don Giovanni<\/em>\u00a0(1787) and\u00a0Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>\u00a0(1790). Not everyone knows, however, that in 1805 Da Ponte moved to the Big Apple, bringing with him the priceless heritage of Italian opera and was the first to establish a European opera tradition in the United States.<\/p>\nThe programme includes two concerts dedicated to Italian musical culture in America:\u00a0Lorenzo Da Ponte & Friends<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Two Centuries of Italian Music<\/em><\/strong>, and the presentation of two books that explore Da Ponte’s experience in America and the birth of opera culture in the New Continent:\u00a0Un ponte di musica, itinerari dell\u2019Opera italiana in America\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(A Bridge of Music, Itineraries of Italian Opera in America)<\/em>, edited by Claudio Orazi and\u00a0Italian Opera in the United States, 1800-1850: At the Origins of a Cultural Migration<\/em><\/strong>, edited by Giuseppe Gerbino and Francesco Zimei. A plaque dedicated to Da Ponte will also be unveiled in the courtyard of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nA Bridge of Music, an Italian Journey to New York<\/em>\u00a0is part of a cultural project that began in 2018, with the performance of\u00a0L\u2019ape musicale<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 the first Italian opera composed in America in 1825 by Lorenzo Da Ponte and dedicated to the citizens of New York \u2013 at Columbia University, and the\u00a0Oratorio for the Benefit of the Orphan Asylum<\/em>, conducted by Maestro Donato Renzetti. The project will also lead to the celebration, in 2025, of the bicentenary of the birth of Italian opera in America. \u00abWe hope that this musical journey \u2013\u00a0<\/em>comments Opera Carlo Felice Genova\u2019s General Manager Claudio Orazi \u2013\u00a0will continue to resonate passionately between the Lanterna, the lighthouse that for eight centuries has illuminated the port of Genoa, since the mid-19th century the main Italian departure point for immigration to the United States, and the Statue of Liberty<\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
On Sunday\u00a024 September<\/strong>, at\u00a03pm<\/strong>, the\u00a0Lorenzo Da ponte & Friends<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0concert will be held at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Manuel Garc\u00eda Sr., Franz Joseph Haydn, Antonio Salieri, Gioachino Rossini and Gregorio Allegri. Performing will be soprano Amani Cole-Felder (graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program), soprano Angelica Disanto (pupil of the Accademia di alto perfezionamento of the Opera Carlo Felice Genova, where she made her debut in June 2023 in the part of Norina in\u00a0Don Pasquale<\/em>), tenor Leonardo Cortellazzi, pianist Davide Cavalli and narrator Erik Hoover, with Jared Lamenzo on the 1868 Henry Erben organ and conducting the Schola Cantorum of the Basilica.<\/p>\nAfter the concert, a commemorative plaque dedicated to Lorenzo Da Ponte, \u00abto the eminent poet and playwright, pioneer of Italian language, culture, and music in America, cherished parishioner of this Basilica<\/em>\u00bb, will be unveiled in the courtyard of the Basilica.<\/p>\nFollowing at\u00a05.30 pm<\/strong>, Giuseppe Gerbino, Claudio Orazi and Francesco Zimei will present the book\u00a0Un ponte di musica, itinerari dell’Opera italiana in America<\/em><\/strong>, edited by Claudio Orazi, published by Zecchini Editore in 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
On Monday\u00a025 September<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a05 p.m<\/strong>., at Columbia University’s Butler Library, Julia Doe, Giuseppe Gerbino, Claudio Orazi and Francesco Zimei will present\u00a0Italian Opera in the United States, 1800-1850: At the Origins of a Cultural Migration<\/em><\/strong>, edited by Giuseppe Gerbino and Francesco Zimei, published by Libreria Musicale Italiana in 2023.<\/p>\nAt\u00a07 p.m<\/strong>., the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America will host Cecilia Molinari’s recital\u00a0Two Centuries of Italian Music<\/em><\/strong>, with music by Giuseppe Martucci, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Gioachino Rossini. At the piano Claudio Marino Moretti, Choirmaster of the Opera Carlo Felice Genova Chorus.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAt the following links you can view the tabs dedicated to the events of 24 and 25 September, and download the complete programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/operacarlofelicegenova.it\/spettacolo\/a-bridge-of-music-24\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/operacarlofelicegenova.it\/spettacolo\/a-bridge-of-music-25\/<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A BRIDGE OF MUSIC An Italian Journey To New York L\u2019Opera Carlo Felice Genova a New York per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,33,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-espectaculo","category-italiano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoitaliano.com.ar\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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