Italian
As for this last work, it was composed by a 45-year-old Donizetti, suffering from syphilis, after a wasted youth, as Elena Filini described in the presentation. This comic opera was born in a musical context where Rossini had retired from the stage and Bellini had passed away. Thus, Donizetti was left as the sole representative of Italian bel canto.
The protagonist of the work is not a young seducer, but an old bachelor who deludes himself into thinking he can regain his youth by marrying a woman much younger than him. But he is deceived.
The evening concluded with an encore from La Traviata, featuring the famous aria Libiamo ne i lieti calici and with thanks to the numerous sponsors, almost all shops and businesses located in the Pescheria district of Treviso, and to the main sponsor, Banca delle Terre Venete, which in its statute has the mission of transforming dividends into services for the community.
After the show, the singers took a photo in the same position as the poster from 2013. An inspiring and interesting before and after.
But what touched me the most was seeing how many people in the audience went to personally thank Anna Mancini for what she has done and is doing for their loved ones and for the community.
A perfectly successful gala both for the beautiful singing that could be heard and for the charitable purpose of this initiative, which enhances the values of solidarity within a community.
We then entered the heart of the concert with the presentation of Mozart’s work, Don Giovanni, of which the Pasqualini sang some excerpts. This is a very beloved opera by the audience, because this character represents the archetype of a man who is disdainful of death and meets it with an immaturity that makes him unaware of what is happening to him.
The premise of this work is the Marriage of Figaro that Mozart writes in Vienna. Then from there he goes to Prague, where he meets Lorenzo Da Ponte, the librettist of Vittorio Veneto, with whom he will later collaborate to create the trilogy, among other things the first Italian in New York. But the inspirations for a topical character like that of Don Giovanni were already present in a Spanish author, Tirso De Molina, and in the same Giacomo Casanova, who will probably inspire the famous aria of Leporello The catalog is this.
The concert began thanks also to the valuable support of Maestro Federico Brunello on the piano, who regularly collaborates with the Verona Foundation, but also engages in an intense concert activity that has led him to perform on prestigious stages, including a performance at the renowned Carnegie Hall in New York.
The succession of pieces from Don Giovanni highlighted the vocal and theatrical abilities of the various singers (Leonardo Cortellazzi, Alex Martini, Anna Sohn, Simone del Savio, and Jean Vendassi). But even more, these were emphasized in the performance of the pieces from Don Pasquale, which they have recited and sung together time and time again.
As for this last work, it was composed by a 45-year-old Donizetti, suffering from syphilis, after a wasted youth, as Elena Filini described in the presentation. This comic opera was born in a musical context where Rossini had retired from the stage and Bellini had passed away. Thus, Donizetti was left as the sole representative of Italian bel canto.
The protagonist of the work is not a young seducer, but an old bachelor who deludes himself into thinking he can regain his youth by marrying a woman much younger than him. But he is deceived.
The evening concluded with an encore from La Traviata, featuring the famous aria Libiamo ne i lieti calici and with thanks to the numerous sponsors, almost all shops and businesses located in the Pescheria district of Treviso, and to the main sponsor, Banca delle Terre Venete, which in its statute has the mission of transforming dividends into services for the community.
After the show, the singers took a photo in the same position as the poster from 2013. An inspiring and interesting before and after.
But what touched me the most was seeing how many people in the audience went to personally thank Anna Mancini for what she has done and is doing for their loved ones and for the community.
A perfectly successful gala both for the beautiful singing that could be heard and for the charitable purpose of this initiative, which enhances the values of solidarity within a community.
I Pasqualini and friends at the Museo di Santa Caterina
Last night, on a finally acceptable summer evening in terms of temperature, the Lyrical Gala took place in honor of ADVAR, featuring exceptional performers, the Pasqualini and friends, a group of talented young individuals who amazed us with their singing abilities and professionalism.
The name of this artists’ company comes from their participation in a competition in France in Clermont-Ferrand for the interpretation of the roles in Don Pasquale in 2013, and they, as winners, have performed numerous reprises together of this opera’s edition. From this, a friendship was born, which has also been strengthened by the intention to meet every year, beyond their professional paths, for charity evenings.
And here is how the idea was born to support their purpose with the need to celebrate an institution like ADVAR, which, as Deputy Mayor Alessandro Manera stated during the institutional greetings, has become so necessary that it is hard to imagine how to manage without it.
Moreover, he did not bring greetings only from the municipal administration, but from the entire city, which is grateful to ADVAR for everything it does for our loved ones, our friends, for the community, and perhaps one day for us.
Presenting the event was the always elegant and professional Elena Filini, who invited to the stage the soul of ADVAR, Ms. Anna Mancini, who with essential words explained the mission of this association: to take care of others, to accompany them in the final stages of life at the Casa dei Gelsi, the processing of grief for those who remain, and a new service, the Bridge, which provides psychological support for those diagnosed with cancer, especially after the diagnosis.
We then entered the heart of the concert with the presentation of Mozart’s work, Don Giovanni, of which the Pasqualini sang some excerpts. This is a very beloved opera by the audience, because this character represents the archetype of a man who is disdainful of death and meets it with an immaturity that makes him unaware of what is happening to him.
The premise of this work is the Marriage of Figaro that Mozart writes in Vienna. Then from there he goes to Prague, where he meets Lorenzo Da Ponte, the librettist of Vittorio Veneto, with whom he will later collaborate to create the trilogy, among other things the first Italian in New York. But the inspirations for a topical character like that of Don Giovanni were already present in a Spanish author, Tirso De Molina, and in the same Giacomo Casanova, who will probably inspire the famous aria of Leporello The catalog is this.
The concert began thanks also to the valuable support of Maestro Federico Brunello on the piano, who regularly collaborates with the Verona Foundation, but also engages in an intense concert activity that has led him to perform on prestigious stages, including a performance at the renowned Carnegie Hall in New York.
The succession of pieces from Don Giovanni highlighted the vocal and theatrical abilities of the various singers (Leonardo Cortellazzi, Alex Martini, Anna Sohn, Simone del Savio, and Jean Vendassi). But even more, these were emphasized in the performance of the pieces from Don Pasquale, which they have recited and sung together time and time again.
As for this last work, it was composed by a 45-year-old Donizetti, suffering from syphilis, after a wasted youth, as Elena Filini described in the presentation. This comic opera was born in a musical context where Rossini had retired from the stage and Bellini had passed away. Thus, Donizetti was left as the sole representative of Italian bel canto.
The protagonist of the work is not a young seducer, but an old bachelor who deludes himself into thinking he can regain his youth by marrying a woman much younger than him. But he is deceived.
The evening concluded with an encore from La Traviata, featuring the famous aria Libiamo ne i lieti calici and with thanks to the numerous sponsors, almost all shops and businesses located in the Pescheria district of Treviso, and to the main sponsor, Banca delle Terre Venete, which in its statute has the mission of transforming dividends into services for the community.
After the show, the singers took a photo in the same position as the poster from 2013. An inspiring and interesting before and after.
But what touched me the most was seeing how many people in the audience went to personally thank Anna Mancini for what she has done and is doing for their loved ones and for the community.
A perfectly successful gala both for the beautiful singing that could be heard and for the charitable purpose of this initiative, which enhances the values of solidarity within a community.
