ravenna festivaL 2016

13 may - 13 july

“I have walked that long road to freedom” Dedicated to Nelson Mandela 14-23 october

Autumn Trilogy: Along the Danube River

> From May 13 to July 13 Ancient Franciscan Cloisters, 11 am

> Friday, June 3 | Refectory of San Vitale (9 pm) The Tradition of the New

EVENTS FOR DANTE ALIGHIERI

Perduto in una città d’acque

Basilica of San Vitale, 7 pm

VESPERS IN THE BASILICA OF SAN VITALE > Saturday, May 28 | Church of San Giacomo, Forlì (9 pm) For Nelson Mandela

Ladysmith Black Mambazo thanks to Ambasciata del Sudafrica

Salvatore Sciarrino Perduto in una città d’acque per pianoforte (1991) Michele Foresi Glifo for piano and live electronics (2014) Alessandro Ratoci new composition for piano and live electronics (2016) premiere Luigi Nono …sofferte onde serene…for piano and magnetic tapes (1976) piano Stefano Malferrari live electronics and sound direction Tempo Reale > Saturday, June 4 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9 pm)

Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini > Sunday, May 29 | Diego Fabbri Theatre, Forlì (9 pm)

Stefano Bollani Piano Solo

conductor

Riccardo Muti

Franz Schubert Symphony no. 8 in B minor “Unfinished” D 759 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in C minor op. 67

> Wednesday, June 1 | Alighieri Theatre (9 pm)

Recital by Mitsuko Uchida

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in A minor K511 Franz Schubert Impromptus Libro I, D899 Impromptus Libro II, D935 Exclusive for Italy

> Thursday, June 2 | Refectory of San Vitale (9 pm) The Tradition of the New Tribute to Luigi Nono

THE NOSTALGIC UTOPIC FUTURE DISTANCE

Madrigal with Gidon Kremer, for violin solo and eight magnetic tapes (1988) violin Enzo Porta sound direction Tempo Reale

> Sunday, June 5 | Basilica of San Francesco (11.15 am)

In templo Domini liturgies in the basilicas

Ensemble Korymbos conductor Alessandra Fiori

> Sunday, June 5 | Refectory of San Vitale (9pm) The Tradition of the New

Omaggio a Morton Feldman Quartetto Klimt Matteo Fossi piano Duccio Ceccanti violin Edoardo Rosadini viola Alice Gabbiani cello Morton Feldman Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (1987)

> Monday, June 6 | Cloister of the Biblioteca Classense (9.30pm)

Grande Ferro di Burri, presso il Palazzo Mauro de André (ore 23.00)

Lyskamm Quartet

Notturno per Burri

European Chamber Music Academy - Scuola di Musica di Fiesole Cecilia Ziano violin Clara Franziska Schötensack violin Francesca Piccioni viola Giorgio Casati cello Béla Bartók String Quartet no. 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio e fugue in C minor K 546 Giuseppe Verdi String Quartet in E minor > Tuesday, June 7 | Conference centre (9pm)

The Blackmail Project

Ensemble Suono Giallo music by Mauro Porro, Ada Gentile, Fabrizio De Rossi Re, Cristian Carrara, Alessandro Sbordoni, Roberto Fabbriciani, Nicola Sani, Vito Palumbo, Stefano Taglietti, Salvatore Di Vittorio free entrance

> Sunday, June 12 | Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (11.30 am)

In templo Domini liturgies in the basilicas

Cape Town Opera Chorus conductor Tim Murray

Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1929) music and live electronics Edison Studio (Mauro Cardi, Luigi Ceccarelli, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Alessandro Cipriani) special guests Ivo Nilsson trombone Daniele Roccato double bass

> From Sunday 12 to Saturday 18 June | Various venues

premiere coproduction Ravenna Festival – Edison Studio project “SIAE – Classici di oggi”

Sunday 12 June | Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (at 9 pm) The Cellists of La Scala

> Wednesday 8, Thursday 9, Friday 10 June | Artificerie Almagià (9.30 pm) gruppo nanou

Xebeche

choreography Marco Valerio Amico, Rhuena Bracci sound Roberto Rettura light design Fabio Sajiz stage design Giovanni Marocco coproduction E / gruppo nanou - Ravenna Festival with the contributes of “Fondo per la danza d’autore” della Regione Emilia Romagna, MIBACT, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Comune di Ravenna - Assessorato alla Cultura with the support of Cantieri, Santarcangelo Festival Premiere

> Thursday 9, Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12 June | Alighieri Theatre (8.30am) For Nelson Mandela Cape Town Opera

Mandela Trilogy

A musical tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela music by Péter Louis van Dijk e Mike Campbell rdirection and libretto Michael Williams stage and costume design Michael Mitchell choreography Sibonakaliso Ndaba film design Mike van Ryneveld conductor Tim Murray (9, 12), Alexander Fokkens (10, 11) choirmaste Marvin Kernelle Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini Cape Town Opera Chorus Italian premiere in collaboration with the South African Embassy

Cellolandia

direzione artistica di Giovanni Sollima

Monday 13 June | Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (at 9 pm) Giovanni Sollima & L’Arianna Art Ensemble - The Missing Link Monday 13 June | Almagià (at 11 pm) Concerto/Performance by Rushad Eggleston Tuersday 14 June | Chiostri Classense (at 9.30 pm) Trio Reijseger, Fraanje, Sylla Wednesday 15 June | Forlì, Church of San Giacomo (at 9 pm) Tribute to Giovanni Battista Cirri Side effects – Giovanni Sollima and his students of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia Giovedì 16 giugno | Antico Porto di Classe (at 9 pm) Giovanni Sollima Onyricon Giovedì 16 giugno | Teatro Socjale di Piangipane (at 9 pm) The River Concert Venerdì 17 giugno | Teatro Alighieri (at 9 pm) Mario Brunello and Friuli Venezia Giulia Choir Sabato 18 giugno (ore 10.00) | Teatro Alighieri (at 9 pm) The composition competition Free entrance Sabato 18 giugno | Rocca Brancaleone (at 9.30 pm) 100Cellos final concert Let’s Dance! > Thuersday, June 14 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9.30 pm)

Sankai JukU Utsushi

> Friday, June 10 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9 pm)

Budapest Festival Orchestra conductor

Ivan Fischer

Igor’ Stravinskij Jeu de Cartes Suite from the ballet in 3 deals n. 10 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major D 125 - piano Denes Várjon Antonín Dvorˇák Symphony n. 8 in G major op. 88 follows

thanks to Embassy of Japan in Italy, Italy-Japan Foundation

> Thursday, June 16 | Church of San Giacomo, Forlì (9pm)

Sacre Corde

La Magnifica Comunità conductor and violin Enrico Casazza mezzo soprano Romina Basso musics by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Antonio Vivaldi, Nicola Porpora

> Saturday 18, Sunday 19 June | Comacchio (9.30 pm)

> Saturday, June 25 | Palazzo of San Giacomo, Russi (9.30 pm)

Tra anguille e tarante

THE LONG IRISH NIGHT

> Sunday, June 19 | Basilica of Sant’Agata Maggiore (11.30 am)

> Sunday, June 26 | Meetingpoint: Palazzo of San Giacomo (10 am) Tribute to Olindo Guerrini for the 100th anniversary of his death

48 hours of music, songs, tales, and folk dances, and food-tasting in Comacchio A special project by Ambrogio Sparagna

In templo Domini liturgies in the basilicas Ludus Vocalis conductor Stefano Sintoni organist Andrea Berardi

with Lúnasa, Karan Casey, Caítlin Nic Gabhann, Mick O’Brien, Ciara Ni, Bhriain & Birkin Tree

In bicicletta con Olindo

Wandering through farmyards, music, and forgotten food In collaboration with Trail Romagna

> Sunday, June 19 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9 pm)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra conductor

Daniel Harding

trumpet Håkan Hardenberger Edgard Varèse Intégrales Mark-Anthony Turnage Turnage Concert for trumpet and orchestra (new MCO commission) Italian Premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony n. 4 in B-flat major op. 60 > Monday, June 20 | Rocca Brancaleone (9.30 pm) For Nelson Mandela

For Mandela

MinAfric Orchestra guests Louis Moholo-Moholo, Keith Tippett e Julie Tippetts

> Sunday, June 26 | Palazzo of San Giacomo, Russi (9.30pm) Tribute to Olindo Guerrini for the 100th anniversary of his death

Ivano Marescotti legge Stecchetti after La notte dell’extra liscio ending with Polka: Irlanda vs Romagna

> Sunday, June 26 | Basilica of San Vitale (10.30 am)

In templo Domini liturgies in the basilicas

Missa Papae Marcelli di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina The Tallis Scholars > Monday, June 27 | Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe (9 pm)

The Tallis Scholars

thanks to South African Embassy

musics by Arvo Pärt, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, John Taverner, Gregorio Allegri, William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Jean Mouton, Peter Philips, John Sheppard

> Tuesday, June 21 | Rasi Theatre (9 pm) For Nelson Mandela

> Tuesday, June 28 | Alighieri Theatre (9 pm)

Louis Moholo-Moholo “5 Blokes”

Louis Moholo-Moholo drums John Edwards double bass Alexander Hawkins piano Jason Yarde, Shabaka Hutchings saxophones follows

Keith & Julie Tippett “Couple in spirit” thanks to South African Embassy

Chanteuse Des Rues

tribute to Édith Piaf and Jean Cocteau direction and choreography by Micha van Hoecke Danzactori di Ravenna Festival faccordion Simone Zanchini Ravenna Festival production

> Wednesday, June 29 | Rasi Theatre (9 pm)

Stabat Mater > Wednesday, June 22 | Park of Theoderic (9.30 pm)

FOLIA Shakespeariana starring Chiara Muti and Elena Bucci Ravenna Festival production

> Thursday, June 23 | Rasi Theatre (9 pm) For Nelson Mandela

Hugh Masekela thanks to South African Embassy

> Friday, June 24 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9.30 pm)

Twyla Tharp Dance 50th Anniversary Tour

Vivaldi Project Soqquadro Italiano voice and dances Vincenzo Capezzuto choreography Mauro Bigonzetti dramaturgy Claudio Borgianni > Thursday, June 30 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9.30 pm)

Svetlana Zakharova Mikhail Lobukhin, Denis Rodkin and other étoiles of the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow

Francesca da Rimini choreography Yuri Possokhov music Pëtr Il’icˇ Cˇajkovskij The Rain Before it Falls choreography Patrick De Bana music George Frederick Händel e Carlos Pino-Quintana Strokes Through The Tails choreography Marguerite Donlon music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

> Friday, July 1 | Alighieri Theatre (9pm)

> Wednesday, July 6 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9.30 pm)

THE DANUBE GRAN GALA

Batsheva Dance Company

Virtuózok

> Sunday, July 3 | Basilica of San Vitale (10.30 am)

In templo Domini liturgies in the basilicas Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir organist Peter Stevens conductor Martin Baker > Sunday, July 3 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9 pm) The Roads of Friendship: Ravenna-Tokyo

Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini Tokyo Harusai Festival Orchestra Choir of Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari choir of Friuli Venezia Giulia Children’s choir of Accademia Teatro alla Scala conductor

Riccardo Muti bass Ildar Abdrazakov choir masters Franco Sebastiani, Cristiano Dell’Oste, Bruno Casoni Giuseppe Verdi from Nabucco symphony and entrance choir “Gli arredi festivi” from Attila aria and cabaletta of Attila “Mentre gonfiarsi l’anima… Oltre quel limite” from Macbeth ballabili act III from La forza del destino symphony from I lombardi alla prima crociata procession choir “Gerusalem… Gerusalem… la grande” Arrigo Boito from Mefistofele Prologo thanks to Embassy of Japan in Italy, Italy-Japan Foundation

> Monday, July 4 | Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe (9 pm)

Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir organist Peter Stevens conductor Martin Baker

artistic direction Ohad Naharin Last Work coreography Ohad Naharin light designer Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) sound concept Maxim Waratt original music Grischa Lictenberger set designer Zohar Shoef costume designer Eri Nakamura production Batsheva Dance Company Italan Premiere Thanks to Embassy of Israel-Rome

> Friday 8, Saturday 9 July | Alighieri Theatre (9 pm) Marco Baliani, Lella Costa with Elisa Pistis, Noemi Madas, Davide Piludu, Luigi Pusceddu

Human

written by Marco Baliani e Lella Costa original musics Paolo Fresu stage and costume designer Antonio Marras direction Marco Baliani Mismaonda e Sardinia Theatre Production National Premiere

> Saturday, July 9 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9.30 pm)

Alonzo King_Lines Ballet

Writing Ground su antiche musiche della tradizione ebraica, cristiana, musulmana e del buddhismo tibetano Shostakovich coreografia Alonzo King musica Dmitri Shostakovich > Monday, July 11 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9 pm)

Hamburg Philharmonic conductor

Kent Nagano

piano Martin Helmchen Ludwig van Beethoven N4 Concerto in G major. for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58 Anton Bruckner Symphony no. 6 in A major

> Tuesday, July 5 | Alighieri Theatre (9 pm)

Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini conductor

Riccardo Muti

bassoon David McGill musics by Francesco Cappa and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

> Wednesday, July 13 | Palazzo Mauro de André (9 pm)

An evening with Joan Baez

TICKET PRICES COnCERTs Palazzo Mauro de André Riccardo Muti (4/6) Ivan Fischer (10/6) Daniel Harding (19/6) Riccardo Muti (3/7) Kent Nagano (11/7) I sector € 93 - 85* II sector € 52 - 48* III sector € 20 - 18* IV sector € 15 - 12*

Alighieri Theatre Recital di Mitsuko Uchida (1/6) Stalls / 1st, 2nd, 3rd tier box € 25 - 22* Circle / 4th tier box and gallery € 15 - 12* Gran Galà del Danubio (1/7) Stalls / 1st, 2nd, 3rd tier box € 20 - 18* Circle / 4th tier box and gallery € 12 - 10* Riccardo Muti (5/7) Stalls / Front seat in central box € 93 - 85* Back seat in central box/ /Front seat in side box € 65 - 58* Back seat in side box € 45 - 40* Circle / Seat in 4th tier box € 35 - 30* Gallery € 20

An evening with Joan Baez (13/7) I sector € 45 - 41* II sector € 35 - 32* III sector € 20 - 18* IV sector € 15 - 12* Church of San Giacomo, Forlì Ladysmith Black Mambazo (28/5) Sacre Corde (16/6) Ticket € 20 - 18* Diego Fabbri Theatre, Forlì Stefano Bollani Piano Solo (29/5) Stalls € 32 - 28* Circle € 25 - 22* Various Venues Cellolandia 12/6 Ticket € 20 - 18* 13/6 Ticket (ore 21.00) € 20 - 18* 13/6 Ticket (ore 23.00) € 5 14/6Ticket € 20 - 18* 15/6 Ticket € 12 - 10* 16/6 Ticket (ore 19.00) € 12 - 10* 16/6 Ticket (ore 21.00) € 12 - 10* 17/6 Ticket € 20 - 18* 18/6 Free Entrance 18/6 (ore 21.30) Ticket € 20 - 18* Seasonal ticket € 99 - 87* Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe The Tallis Scholars (27/6) Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir (4/7) I sector € 30 - 26* II sector € 20 - 18* Rocca Brancaleone For Mandela (20/6) Ticket € 20 - 18* Cloister of the Biblioteca Classense Quartetto Lyskamm (6/6) Ticket € 20 - 18*

Russi, Palazzo of S. Giacomo La lunga notte irlandese (25/6) Standing ticket € 15 Refectory of San Vitale Omaggio a Luigi Nono (2/6) Perduto in una città d’acque (3/6) Omaggio a Morton Feldman (5/6) Ticket € 12 - 10

Opera Alighieri Theatre Mandela Trilogy (9, 10, 11, 12/6) Stalls / Front seat in central box € 54 - 50* Back seat in central box/ /Front seat in side box € 35 - 32* Back seat in side box € 28 - 25* Circle / Seat in 4th tier box € 20 - 18* Gallery € 15 Theatre Alighieri Theatre Human (8, 9/7) Stalls / Front seat in central box € 35 - 32* Back seat in central box/ /Front seat in side box € 28 - 25* Back seat in side box € 22 - 20* Circle / Seat in 4th tier boxv € 20 - 18* Gallery € 15 Park of Theoderic Folia Shakespeariana (22/6) Ticket € 22 - 20*

Grande Ferro by Burri, Palazzo Mauro de André Notturno per Burri (10/6) Free Entrance

Other Events Conference centre The Blackmail Project (7/6) Ticket € 12 - 10*

Ballet Artificerie Almagià Xebeche (8, 9, 10/6) Ticket € 12 - 10*

Comacchio Tra Anguille e Tarante (18, 19/6) Carnet 2 days with luch the 18th of June€ 55

Alighieri Theatre Chanteuse Des Rues (28/6) Ticket € 12 - 10*

Palazzo of San Giacomo, Russi In bicicletta con Olindo (26/6) Ticket € 10 (gastronomic journey € 15)

Palazzo Mauro de André Sankai Juku (14/6) Twyla Tharp Dance (24/6) Batsheva Dance Company (6/7) Alonzo KingLines Ballet (9/7) I sector € 42 - 38* II sectore € 28 - 25* III sector € 18 - 15* IV sector € 12 - 10* Svetlana Zakharova - Mikhail Lobukhin Denis Rodkin (30/6) I sector € 60 - 55* II sector € 35 - 32* III sector € 20 - 18* IV sector € 15 - 12*

Ivano Marescotti | La notte dell’eXtra Liscio (26/6) Standing ticket € 15 Ancient Franciscan Cloisters Events for Dante Alighieri (13/5 - 13/7) Ticket € 1 Basilica of San Vitale Vespers (13/5 - 13/7) Ticket € 1 plus ticket for the access to the Basilica

Rasi Theatre Louis Moholo-Moholo “5 Blokes” / Keith Tippett & Julie Tippetts (21/6) Hugh Masekela (23/6) Ticket € 15 - 12* Stabat Mater (29/6) Ticket € 20 - 18*

* Reduced price Opera associations, teachers, under 26, over 65, agreements

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14-23 october

Autumn Trilogy: Along the Danube River > Friday 14, Tuesday 18 October | Alighieri Theatre (8.30 pm)

Gräfin Mariza (La Contessa Maritza) in original language with Italian subtitles

music by Emmerich Kálmán booklet by Julius Brammer e Alfred Grünwald director Miklos Gàbor Kerènyi - KERO® stage designer and costume designer Agnes Gyarmathy conductor Dàniel Toth-Somogyi Budapest Operetta Theatre and Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen production 2014

> Saturday 15, Wednesday 19 October | Alighieri Theatre (8.30 pm)

Die Fledermaus (Il pipistrello) in original language with Italian subtitles

music by Johann Strauss booklet by Karl Haffner e Richard Genée director Miklós Szinetàr stage designer Balázs Horesnyi conductor Márton Ràcz Teatro Szigligeti di Szolnok production 2015

> Sunday 16, Thursday 20 October | Alighieri Theatre (8.30 pm)

die Lustige Witwe (La Vedova Allegra) in original language with Italian subtitles

music by Franz Lehár lbooklet by Victor Léon e Leo Stein director Péter Balàzs conductor Márton Ràcz Teatro Szigligeti di Szolnok new production

> From 21 to 23 october

GYPSY MUSIC IN VARIOUS VENUES AROUND THE CITY free entrance > Sunday 23 October | Alighieri Theatre (8.30pm)

CONCERT OF 100 GYPSY VIOLINS

Tickets / Carnet Stalls / Front seats in central box Back seat in central box / Front seat in side box Back seat in side box Circle / Seat in 4th tier box Gallery

Tickets operette Carnet operette (3 shows -20%) 45 - 40* 108 - 96* 40 - 35* 96 - 84* 35 - 30* 84 - 72* 26 - 20* 63 - 48* 14 33

Tickets 100 violins 30 - 26* 30 - 26* 30 - 26* 20 - 18* 10