- Art & Culture
Margherita the invention of a queen
Conference
The centennial of Queen Margherita’s death will be observed in 2026. A leading figure in the history of a unified Italy and an icon of the monarchy, Italy’s first queen has been the subject of works and studies that make her the most successful figure—at least from a historiographical perspective—of the Savoy dynasty.
The conference taking place on Saturday, November 14, at the Teatrino in Villa Reale is dedicated to her.
PROGRAM:
10:30 a.m.: Official greetings
Paolo Pilotto (President of the Royal Palace of Monza, Mayor of Monza)
Valentina Minosi (Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the Provinces of Monza-Brianza and Pavia)
Bartolomeo Corsini (Director of the Royal Palace of Monza)
MUSIC FOR MARGHERITA Moderated by Bartolomeo Corsini (Royal Palace of Monza)
11:00 a.m.:
Carlo Catacchio (Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the Provinces of Monza-Brianza and Pavia) Music and Theater in Monza: From the Court Theater to Borgo Milano
11:20 a.m.: Bianca Maria Antolini (Società Editrice di Musicologia)
Margherita, a Musical Queen
12:00 p.m.
Lecture and concert by Maestro Massimiliano Genot (Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Turin)
Margherita’s Teachers
Giuseppe E. Marchisio Fantasy from Rossini’s *Mosè*
Carlo Rossaro Adagio non troppo – Intermezzo (Allegretto vivace) from the Sonata “A Wagner”
Giovanni Sgambati Serenade from the Symphony in D, Op. 16, dedicated to H.M. Margherita of Savoy (piano version by G. Sgambati) &
Giuseppe Unia Allegro from the Grande Sonata Appassionata, Op. 148
Opening hours
from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m.
