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Monteverdi Festival

One of the most important appointments of the Foundation Theatre A. Ponchielli

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Teatro Ponchielli
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 52, Cremona

Monteverdi Festival
One of the most important appointments of the Foundation Theatre A. Ponchielli

OPERA
L'ORFEO
Friday the 18th of June, 8 p.m.
Thursday the 24th of June, 8 p.m. - Theatre A. Ponchielli

BALLO DELLE INGRATE
COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA
Saturday the 19th of June, 8.00 p.m.
Friday the 25th of June, 8.00 p.m. - Theatre A. Ponchielli

MUSIC
SELVA MORALE E SPIRITUALE
Monday the 21st of June, 8.00 p.m. - Auditorium G. Arverdi (Violin’s Museum)

DANCING
FIGLI DI UN DIO UBRIACO
Tuesaday the 22nd of June, 08.00 p.m. - Theatre A. Ponchielli

MUSIC
SCHERZI MUSICALI
Wednesday the 23rd of June, 08.00 p.m. - Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi (Violin’s Museum)

MUSIC
FACCE D'AMORE
Saturday the 26th of June, 08.00 p.m. - Theatre Ponchielli

L'OPERA SI RIVELA
Musical and direction of productions curiosities concerning: “L’Orfeo, Ballo delle Ingrate/ Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda” which will be staged on June 18th, 19th, 24th and 25th, will be released on Sunday June 13th (11.00 a.m.), in the Ridotto hall of the theatre.
The conductors Antonio Greco and Francesco Corti, the producers Andrea Cigni and Simone Derai and the musicologist Angela Romagnoli.
Free entrance till seats availability.

ANTEPRIMA MONTEVERDI FESTIVAL
Operas, concerts, dance, conferences, unusual places and further more, to celebrate Claudio Monteverdi.
Gianluca Galimberti, Mayor and President of the theatre A.Ponchielli Foundation
Andrea Cigni, Superintendent Theatre A.Ponchielli
Antonio Greco, Main Musical Director Monteverdi Festival
 
…and from h. 19.00 p.m.
# THE OTHER MONTEVERDI / DJ SET
… musical digressions between the contemporary and the baroque
Thanks to Deejay Dave

#MONTEVERDIINCURSIONI
O COME SEI GENTILE
Monday the 21st of June, 11.00 a.m. - Palazzo Fodri
Tuesday the 22nd of June, 11.00 a.m. –St. Omobono Church
Friday the 25th of June, 5.00 p.m. – Palazzo Fodri
MONTEVERDI AND FRIENDS
Monday the 21st of June, 4.00 p.m. – Sant’Omobono Church
Tuesady the 22nd of June, 4.00 p.m. – Museum Ala Ponzone
MADRIGALI
Monday the 21st of June , 5.00 p.m.*(concerto ad ingresso riservato) and 6.30 p.m. – Palazzo Grasselli
Tuesday the 22nd of June, 6.00 p.m. – Palazzo Fodri
Friday the 25th of June,11.00 a.m. – St. Omobono Church
 

#MONTEVERDIDAPPERTUTTO
LE CITTÀ MONTEVERDIANE
Saturday the 19th of June, 11.00 a.m. - Ospedale Maggiore di Cremona
Saturday the 19th of June, 2.30 p.m. – Casa Circondariale di Cremona
Monday the 21st of June, Midday – Corazzi Fibre
I concerti in programma sono ad ingresso riservato.

#MONTEVERDISOTTERRANEO
n collaboration with Cremona Sotterranea
An unusual Monteverdi, overnight, charming, in a place usually not open to the public.
The initiative, born thanks to the cooperation with the Association “Cremona Underground”, will lead us to the discovery of the palace Mina Bolzesi glacier and of some episodes from Claudio Monteverdi’s life by means of some “Letters” played by the actor and director Beppe Arena.
June the 22nd, 11.00 p.m.
June the 23th, 11.00 p.m.
June the 24th, 11.00 p.m.

Ghiacciaia di Palazzo Mina Bolzesi Cremona, via G. Platina 66

#SLAP
Thanks to the initiative “MonteverdiJam” promoted in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Cremona, will be arranged a free space for Performing Arts in the centre of Cremona where musicians, dancers, actors and performers will have the opportunity to exhibit.
The 2021 edition will be open to professional and not professional artists, experimenting and proposing all the performing arts so that Monteverdi Festival can be identified as open event, rich of several occasions, able to animate the town with different cultural exhibitions.
This initiative will be from June 18th till June 27th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

 

L'ORFEO DISEGNATO
Several projects and collaborations at the Monteverdi Festival, from June 4th to June 26th, it will be possible to visit the exhibition “L’ORFEO DESIGNATO – DIETRO LE QUINTE DELLA BIOGRAFIA AVVENTUROSA DI CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI”. This exhibition is the result of the deep cooperation between Ponchielli Theatre and the “Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza” in Cremona, and it will open on Friday June 4th at 18.30, in the pre-foyer of Ponchielli Theatre. It will be a new way to get closer to Monteverdi’s life.

DISCOVERING THE TOWN OF  MONTEVERDI
 For foreign groups bigger than 12 units, it is possible to book by means of private agreements at CrArT a tour of Cremona or a tour dedicated to Montevedi in their own language, 48 hours in advance of the requested date.
 
 
For further information: https://www.teatroponchielli.it/


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