INAUGURATION CELEBRATIONS 700th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
Dante’s tomb, Piazza San Francesco
05 September 2020 | 9:30 pm (Israel time)
PROGRAM
- 9.30 pm (Israel time) at the Tomb of Dante Alighieri
Voces Suaves Vocal Ensemble
Christina Boner soprano
Jan Thomer countertenor
Paolo Borgonovo tenor
Dan Dunkelblum tenor
Tobias Wicky baritone
Davide Benetti bass
to introduce the inauguration of the restored monument
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1577-1637)
Quivi sospiri
from the Second Book of the five-voices madrigals, 1576
(Inferno, Canto III, vv. 22-27)
at the end of the ceremony
Joanne Metcalf (1958)
Io sono amore angelico
from Il nome del bel fior, 1998
(Paradiso, Canto XXXIII, vv. 103-111)
- 10:00 pm (Israel time) Piazza San Francesco
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Après une lecture de Dante. A Fantasy almost Sonata, 1849
piano Yulianna Avdeeva
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Count Ugolino for baritone and piano, 1826
(Inferno, Canto XXXIII)
baritone Luca Micheletti
piano Davide Cavalli
Elio Germano reads Canto XXXIII of Paradise
- The event scheduled in Ravenna on September 5 can be followed in live streaming @ www.ravennafestival.live, in the specific section https://www.ravennafestival.live/events/dante700/.
