Our Season

Julia Lynch and James Platt in recital.

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The ticket gives you access to the Fondazione and Corsini gardens (weather permitting) from 6pm, including the offer of a glass of good wine. The concert starts at 7pm.Please arrive no later than 10 minutes before to access the concert hall, the doors close at 7pm.

Programme

Songs and Dances of Death

M. Mussorgsky 

i) Lullaby

ii)  Serenade

iii)  Trepak

iv) The Field Marshal

Songs of Travel

R. Vaughan- Williams

i)  The Vagabond 

ii) Let Beauty Awake

iii)  The Roadside Fire

iv)  Youth and Love

v) In Dreams

vi) The Infinite Shining Heavens 

vii) Whither must I wander

viii) Bright is the Ring of Words

ix) I have trod the Upward and the Downward Slope 

Silent Noon (from The House of Life)

R. Vaughan- Williams

Total length: 50

An Enchanting Christmas Concert at the Church of Ognissanti, Florence
Thursday 12 December 2024, 6pm

Set in the magnificent Church of Ognissanti, this special evening will feature the artists currently on the Mascarade Opera programme, Vox Medicea under the direction of Mark Spyropoulos, and the orchestra and choir I Musici del Gran Principe led by Maestro Samuele Lastrucci.

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Cast and Programme

Priya Pariyachart, Soprano
Aistė Benkauskaitė, Mezzo-soprano
Garrett Evers, Tenor
Charles Buttigieg, Baritone
Ferdinand Muradyan, Bass
Samuele Piccinini, Répétiteur
Peter Smith, Répétiteur

Programme:

Messiah
Overture
G.F. Handel

Messiah
Comfort Ye…. Ev’ry Valley
G.F. Handel

Exsultate Jubilate
Alleluja
W.A.Mozart

Weihnacht’s Oratorio
Bereite dich Zion
J.S.Bach

Messiah
Thus saith the Lord
G.F. Handel

Messiah
Why do the Nations
G.F. Handel

Gloria
Laudamus te
A.Vivaldi

Petite messe Solennelle
Domine Deus
G.Rossini

Petite messe Solennelle
Quoniam
G.Rossini

Messiah
Let the Bright Seraphim
G.F. Handel

Weihnacht’s Oratorio
Große Herr
J.S.Bach

Messiah
He shall feed His flock
G.F. Handel

Messe di Gloria
Gratias Agimus tibi
G.Puccini

Adeste Fideles
Traditional

Messiah
Hallelujah Chorus
G.F. Handel

Places for this year’s SACRED MASTERPIECES OF THE MEDICI weekend can now be reserved via Info@MascaradeOpera

Following the success of last year's inaugural event, this unforgettable weekend of sacred music will celebrate rare and forgotten masterpieces from the time of the Medici rulers. Thanks to the research carried out by the Sacred Music Programme at the Fondazione Mascarade Opera, several works will be brought to life for the first time in nearly half a millennium.

Featuring concerts in some of Florence's most spectacular venues, the weekend's performances will showcase the talents of internationally acclaimed artists, including the Vox Medicea choir directed by Mark Spyropoulos and the award-winning English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble.  

To mark this unique celebration, guests are invited to join us not only for these concerts but also for a number of exclusive events, including lectures, receptions and dinners in beautiful locations across Florence.

A total of just 60 places for the full weekend programme are now available. Be sure not to miss out on this unforgettable experience.

Further details HERE

The most beautiful arias and ensembles from the world of opera at Palazzo Corsini al Prato in Florence.

Artists

Caterina Meldolesi, soprano

Luiza Willert, soprano

Sarah Hakobyan, mezzo-soprano

Daniils Pogoriless, baritone

Programme

Tales of Hoffmann / Barcarolle
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
J. Offenbach

Le Nozze di Figaro
Hai già vinta la causa.......vedrò mentr'io
W.A.Mozart

Nabucco
Ben io t’invenni…….Anch’io dischiuso un giorno
G.Verdi

Don Carlo
O Don Fatale
G.Verdi

La Sonnambula
A se una volta sola….Ah non credea…..Ah non giunge
V.Bellini

Don Carlo
O Carlo ascolta….. io morró
G.Verdi

Norma
Mira, o Norma…. Si, fino all’ore
V.Bellini

Così fan tutte
Soave sia il vento
W.A.Mozart

This concert was generously supported by Charles & Caroline Pridgeon.

Cast

Faust - Garrett Evers, tenor
Mephistopheles - Ferdinand Muradyan, bass
Valentin - Charles Buttigieg, baritone
Margarita - Priya Pariyachart, soprano
Siebel - Aiste Benkauskaite, mezzo-soprano

Stage Director Noa Naamat

Music Assistants Samuele Piccinini, Peter Smith

Discover the new cohort of Mascarade Artists for the 2024/25 season at Florence's breathtaking Palazzo Corsini al Prato.

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Cast and Programme

Priya Pariyachart, Soprano
Aistė Benkauskaitė, Mezzo-soprano
Garrett Evers, Tenor
Charles Buttigieg, Baritone
Ferdinand Muradyan, Bass
Samuele Piccinini, Répétiteur
Peter Smith, Répétiteur

Programme:

Orlando
Sorge in fausta
G.F.Handel

Giulio Cesare
Svegliatevi nel core
G.F.Handel

La Traviata
Di Provenza il mar, il suol
G.Verdi

La Rondine
Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta
G.Puccini

Don Giovanni
Il mio tesoro
W.A.Mozart

Don Giovanni
La ci darem la mano
W.A.Mozart

Juditha Triumphans
Armatae face et anguibus
A.Vivaldi

Giuditta
Freunde,das Leben ist Lebenswert
F.Lehar

Giuditta
Meine Lippen sie küßen so heiß
F.Lehar

Les Miserables
Stars
Alain Boublil/Claude-Michel Schonberg

Eugene Onegin
Gremin's Aria
P. I. Tchaikovsky

The Enchantress
Art is calling to me
V. Herbert

Les Pêcheurs de perles
Au fond du temple saint
G.Bizet

Funiculì, Funiculà
L.Denza

Florence Choral Course Annual Concert. Selected young singers from around the world came to Florence to celebrate the music of the Italian Renaissance, presenting an engaging selection of spectacular works from the golden age of choral music, in the beautiful setting of the historic Palazzo Corsini al Prato.

ARTISTS:
Mark Spyropoulos, Director
Francesco Romano, Theorbo
Singers of the Florence Choral Course

Supporters:
Sir. Richard Aikens
Kim Leeper & Elaine Giedrys‐Leeper

A summer evening concert at Palazzo Corsini al Prato to celebrate the 2023/24 cohort of Mascarade Artists and the closing of the season.

Mascarade Artists

Sarah Hakobyan, mezzosoprano

Daniils Kuzmins, baritone

Yuchen Pan, tenor

Luiza Willert, soprano

William Desbiens, baritone

Hovhannes Karapetyan, bass‐baritone

Caterina Meldolesi, soprano

Gabriel Fortunas, bass

Avishka Edirisinghe, répétiteur
Megumi Hata, répétiteur

The gala production Simbiosi was staged by the remarkable company 'Reunited in Dance', a star-studded ensemble of dancers impacted by the war in Ukraine.

Led by Xander Parish OBE, a former principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg, the company features Russian and Ukrainian dancers who were previously part of Russia’s most elite dance companies. 

Simbiosi hopes to show that dialogue and reconciliation can still be found in dance and art.

PROGRAMME:

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Rose Adagio

DANCERS: Joy Womack, Xander Parish, Boris Zhurilov, Oscar Frame, Oleksii Tiutiunnyk

Choreography by: Marius Petipa 

Music by: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

GISELLE, Pas de Deux

DANCERS: Laura Fernandez, Vsevolod Maevsky

Choreography by: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot

Music by: Adolph Adam

BA//CH SOLO

DANCER: Oscar Frame

Choreography by: Ilya Jivoy

Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach

SWAN LAKE, White Swan Adagio

DANCERS: Kateryna Chebykina, Xander Parish

Choreography by: Lev Ivanov

Music by: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

SCHEHERAZADE, Duet

DANCERS: Joy Womack, Oleksii Tiutiunnyk

Choreography by:Mikhail Fokine

Music by:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

THE NUTCRACKER, Pas de Deux

DANCERS: Ganna Muromtseva, Boris Zhurilov

Choreography by: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Music by: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

SPRING WATERS

DANCERS: Ganna Muromtseva, Boris Zhurilov

Music: Sergei Rachmaninov

Choreography: Asaf Messerer

SWAN LAKE, Dying Swan

DANCER: Kateryna  Chebykina

ROMEO AND JULIET, Balcony Duet

DANCERS: Laura Fernandez, Vsevolod Maevsky

Choreography by: Leonid Lavrovsky

Music by: Sergei Prokofiev

BALLET 101

DANCER: Xander Parish

Choreography by: Eric Gauthier

Voiceover by: Eric Gauthier

SWAN LAKE, Black Swan Pas de Deux

DANCERS: Joy Womack, Boris Zhurilov

DON QUIXOTE, Pas de Deux

DANCERS: Kateryna Chebykina, Oscar Frame, Ganna Muromtseva

Choreography by: Marius Petipa

Music by: Ludwig Minkus

FINALE

ALL DANCERS

CONDUCTOR Gavriel Heine

ORCHESTRA SENZASPINE

VIDEO DESIGNER Tim Durant

LIGHT DESIGNER Orlando Bolognesi

For the full programme of the FESTIVALINO 2024

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On 1 June 2024, at our headquarters at Palazzo Corsini al Prato, the Mascarade Trio, composed by Mascarade Opera's Artistic Director Julia Lynch (piano), Tijmen Huisingh (violin) and Ross Montgomery (clarinet) performed a dazzling lunchtime concert as part of the Mascarade Opera Foundation's Festivalino 2024.

The full recording of the concert is available on our Youtube channel HERE

Programme

Darius Milhaud
Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b

i) Ouverture

ii) Divertissement 

iii) Jeu

iv) Introduction et Finale

G. C. Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti
Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

i) Capriccio, allegro

ii) Romanza, andante espressivo 

iii) Envoi, allegro

Francis Poulenc
Novelette no. 3 in E minor, FP 173

Julia Lynch, Piano

Francis Poulenc
L'invitation au château, FP 138

i) Act I

ii) Act II: Valse brillante

iii) Act II: Mouvement de valse hésitation

iv) Act II: Valse des petites taupes

v) Act III: Valse brillante 

vi) Act III: Tempo di Boston

vii) Act III: Tango

viii) Act III: Mouvement de valse hésitation

ix) Act III: Moderato

x) Act III: Appassionato

xi) Act III: Trés vite et trés canaille 

xii) Act III: Tempo di tarantella 

xiii) Act III: Polka finale

xiv) Act III: Presto

xv) Act III: Follement vite et gai

Igor Stravinskiy
Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet

Ross Montgomery, Clarinet

Igor Stravinskiy
L'histoire de soldat: Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

i) Marche du soldat

ii) Le violon du soldat 

iii) Petit Concert 

iv) Tango - Valse - Ragtime

v) Danse du diable

For the full programme of the FESTIVALINO 2024

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GIOVANI VOCI ALL’OPERA

Capolavori in scena

31 MAY, 7 PM | TEATRO DELLA PERGOLA

CONDUCTOR Wyn Davies

ORCHESTRA LA FILHARMONIE

STAGE DIRECTOR Jean-Romain Vesperini

ASSOCIATE STAGE DIRECTOR Heloise Serazin

VIDEO DESIGNER Yann Philippe

LIGHT DESIGNER Orlando Bolognesi

COSTUME DESIGNER Elena Bianchini

PROGRAMME

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, excerpts from Act I 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Luiza Willert (Susanna), Hovhannes Karapetyan (Figaro), Sarah Hakobyan (Cherubino), Gabriel Fortunas (Bartolo), Daniils Kuzmins (Conte), Floriana Cicio (Rosina, Contessa)

BAJAZET, Sposa son disprezzata

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sarah Hakobyan (Irene)

LA CENERENTOLA, Come un’ape ne’ giorni d’aprile, Un segreto d’importanza 

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Daniils Kuzmins (Dandini), Hovhannes Karapetyan (Don Magnifico), Don Ramiro (Yuchen Pan), Caterina Meldolesi (Tisbe), Floriana Cicio (Clorinda)

Intervallo 30 minuti

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, excerpts from Act I

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

Luiza Willert (Lucia), Edgardo (Yuchen Pan), Sarah Hakobyan (Alice)

ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden, Durch zärtlichkeit und schmeicheln, Ich gehe doch rate ich dir

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Gabriel Fortunas (Osmin), Floriana Cicio (Blonde)

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, excerpts from Act III

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Caterina Meldolesi (Amelia), Hovhannes Karapetyan (Renato), Luiza Willert (Oskar), Daniils Kuzmins (Sam), Gabriel Fortunas (Tom)

For those who purchased a gala ticket for the Festivalino, the opera performance was followed by dinner and dancing in the theatre’s ballroom, transformed into a speakeasy cabaret featuring Daisy’s jazz band.

For the full programme of the FESTIVALINO 2024

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Visit the Fondazione Mascarade Opera for an opera recital of the most loved arias and duets from the classical and belcanto repertoire of Rossini, Donizetti, Mozart inspired by the bloom of spring.

Artists:
Luiza Willert, soprano
Sarah Hakobyan, mezzosoprano
Yuchen Pan, tenore
William Desbiens, baritono

Full programme available soon.

The concert will start at 7pm and will last about 60 minutes.

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* The ticket gives you access to the Fondazione from 6pm, including the offer of a glass of wine.

Please arrive no later than 10 minutes before to access the concert hall, the doors close at 7pm.

The Giovani Voci alla Fenice gala presents the artists of the Mascarade Opera programme, among the most exciting young voices in Europe.

Giovani Voci alla Fenice offers you the opportunity to listen to the stars of tomorrow in a program of some of the most beautiful arias in the repertoire together with the Teatro La Fenice Orchestra, conducted for the occasion by Maestra Gianna Fratta.

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Programme:

Gioachino Rossini
L’Italiana in Algeri: Ouverture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni: «Madamina, il catalogo è questo»

Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor: «Regnava nel silenzio»

Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth: «O figli! O figli miei… Ah la paterna mano»

Gaetano Donizetti
Roberto Devereux: «All’afflitto è dolce il pianto»

Alfredo Catalani
La Wally: «Ebben? Ne andrò lontana»

Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola: «Come un’ape ne giorni d’aprile»
«Un segreto d’importanza»

Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale: «Pronta io son»

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte: «Il core vi dono»

Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly: «Un bel dì vedremo»
Manon Lescaut: intermezzo atto III
Madama Butterfly: «Scoti quella fronda di ciliegio… Tutti fior»

Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: «Un dì, se ben rammentomi… Bella figlia dell’amore»

Mascarade Emerging Artists
Caterina Meldolesi, Luiza Willert soprano
Aebh Kelly mezzosoprano
Xavier Hetherington* tenor
Daniils Kuzmins baritono
Hovhannes Karapetyan basso-baritono

*Mascarade alumnus

Conductor M Gianna Fratta
La Fenice Orchestra

This concert is generously supported by Charles & Caroline Pridgeon.

Werther and Don Giovanni present two contrasting faces of unbridled passion as they come to be undone by the love of one and none.

Programme:

Jules Massenet, Werther, Atto III
Charlotte Sarah Hakobyan
Sophie Luiza Willert
Werther Yuchen Pan
Piano Megumi Hata
Conductor Avishka Edirisinghe

W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni, Atto I, Scena 5
Donna Elvira Caterina Meldolesi
Don Giovanni Daniils Kuzmins
Leporello Hovhannes Karapetyan
Zerlina Luiza Willert
Masetto Gabriel Fortunas
Piano Avishka Edirisinghe

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Stage Director: Federico Grazzini

Music Director: Jonathon Cole-Swinard

The concert will start at 7pm and will last about 60 minutes.

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* The ticket gives you access to the Fondazione from 6pm, including the offer of a glass of wine.

Please arrive no later than 10 minutes before to access the concert hall, the doors close at 7pm.

Artists:

Sarah Hakobyan, mezzosoprano
Luiza Willert, soprano
Caterina Meldolesi, soprano
Yuchen Pan, tenor
Hovhannes Karapetyan, bass-baritone
Daniils Kuzmins, baritone
William Desbiens, baritone
Avishka Ederisinghe, piano
Megumi Hata, piano

Programme:

Hansel und Gretel, Humperdinck
Erstes Bild “Suse, liebe Suse”

La Bohème, Puccini
Act I “Questo mar rosso”
Act I “Chi è là?...” until the end of act

Hansel und Gretel, Humperdinck
“Der kleine Sandmann bin ich”
“Evening Prayer”

Die Lustige Witwe, Lehar
“Vilja”
“Lippen Schweigen”

Die Fledermaus, Strauss
“Champagne chorus”
“Brüderlein”
The concert will start at 7pm and will last about 60 minutes.

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* The ticket gives you access to the Fondazione from 6pm, including the offer of a glass of wine.

The concert starts at 7pm.

Please arrive no later than 10 minutes before to access the concert hall, the doors close at 7pm.

An exclusive weekend celebrating the forgotten Florentine masterpieces from the time of the Medici Granducato

Presented by The Sacred Music Programme ‘Gonfaloniere’ Emma Beanland

The Mascarade Opera Foundation is proud to present an exclusive weekend of events to celebrate the performance of forgotten Florentine choral works from the time of the Medici Granducato, including works which will receive their first performance in nearly half a millennium.

This unique showcase of scholarship, tenacity and musical virtuosity brings together the extraordinary talents of the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and the Vox Medicea choir directed by Mark Spyropoulos, within the magnificent Medici State Rooms of the Palazzo Pitti, as we seek to restore this fundamental piece of Florentine culture.

In celebration of this cultural revival, the weekend will also include the presentation of a privately owned masterpiece by Caravaggio. Virtually unseen for over 300 years, this rare depiction of St John the Baptist will be presented at a private viewing at the historic Palazzo Tornabuoni followed by a masterclass given by world-renowned soprano and early-music pioneer Dame Emma Kirkby.

The weekend concludes with a grand Medici Mass as we restore these sublime sounds to their natural setting within the awe-inspiring church of Santi Michele e Gaetano.

The Sacred Music Programme, presented by 'Gonfaloniere' Emma Beanland, is a special project of the Mascarade Opera Foundation dedicated to the rediscovery and revival of the great choral tradition of Medici Florence, incorporating scholarship, education and world-class performance.

The Sacred Music Programme would like to knowledge the generous support of Benefactors Dr Alexandra Munroe, Kim D. Leeper & Elaine Giedrys-Leeper

Instrumental chamber concert in the Sala dei Concerti at the Palazzo Corsini al Prato performed by the Artistic Director of Mascarade Opera Julia Lynch (piano), Tijmen Huisingh (violin) and Ross Montgomery (clarinet).

Don’t miss it—tickets are available now!

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Find out more about this and other events programmed as part of this year's New Generation Festival in Florence here:

NEW GENERATION FESTIVAL 2025

Music to free the mind and cleanse the soul. Vox Medicea, together with the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, directed by Mark Spyropoulos, present a programme of transcendental choral works from the pioneering research of the Sacred Music Programme. Our Festival concludes in the ancient monastery of San Francesco high up in the Fiesole hills, followed by lunch on the spectacular terraces overlooking the most beautiful city in the world.

Don’t miss it—tickets are available now!

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The Sacred Music Programme is dedicated to the research and rediscovery of Florentine choral music from the time of the Medici rulers. Examining the vast archival collections of Florence and further afield, the programme aims to rediscover the choral music of Renaissance Florence and revive it, transcribing forgotten manuscripts of sacred polyphony and bringing them to live professional performance.

Find out more about this and other events programmed as part of this year's New Generation Festival in Florence here:

NEW GENERATION FESTIVAL 2025

Le Grand Hôtel de l’Opéra is this year's showcase production of the emerging artists currently trained and supported by Mascarade Opera. Scenes from four different operas have been tied into an original fully staged unified narrative, directed by Federico Grazzini, and conducted by Maestro Wyn Davies with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Bologna.

Where: Teatro della Pergola, 12/32, Firenze

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Welcome to Le Grand Hôtel de l’Opéra: a brand-new show set in the 1920s that weaves timeless music from Johann Strauss, Donizetti and Mozart into an international tangle of mischief and seduction. 

A curious Mitteleuropean guest, Barinkay, enlists a pair of chambermaids, Saffi and Czipra, on a quest for hidden treasure, while the Grand Hôtel's doddery Italian owner, Don Pasquale, is driven to distraction by his latest flame, Ilia, who, unfortunately for him, only has eyes for a Greek actor named Idamante. Teaming up with his wily physician, Dr Malatesta, Don Pasquale plots to outmanoeuvre this rival lover, but their plans go awry when a flamboyant group of Neapolitan tourists descends upon the hotel… Will Barinkay strike gold? Will Don Pasquale win Ilia’s heart? Get your tickets now for an unforgettable night with the Gypsy Baron, Don Pasquale, Idomeneo and the guys and dolls of Così fan tutte.

Find out more about this and other events programmed as part of this year's New Generation Festival in Florence here:

NEW GENERATION FESTIVAL 2025