Fireworks and Champagne: the most beautiful arias and ensembles from the world of opera
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 7 November 2024, 7 pm
The most beautiful arias and ensembles from the world of opera at Palazzo Corsini al Prato in Florence.
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.
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
Songs of Experience
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 21 November 2024, 7 pm
Julia Lynch and James Platt in recital.
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
Sacred Masterpieces of the medici 2024
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Friday 29 November - Sunday 1 December 2024
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
Unto us a child is born
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 12 December 2024, 7 pm
Stay tuned for updates on ticket sales and the exact location. You won’t want to miss this epic concert!
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
A Devilish Pact. A studio version of Gounod’s “Faust”
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 31 October 2024, 7 pm
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
Rising Stars: Discover the new cohort of Mascarade Artists for the 2024/25 season
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 3 October 2024, 7 pm
Discover the new cohort of Mascarade Artists for the 2024/25 season at Florence's breathtaking Palazzo Corsini al Prato.
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 2024: Annual Concert
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Friday 5 July 2024, 8 pm
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 Night with the Stars : End of Season Recital
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 13 June 2024, 7 pm
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
Festivalino 2024: Reunited in dance - Simbiosi
Teatro della Pergola
Saturday 1 June 2024, 7 pm
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
Festivalino 2024: Mascarade Trio
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Saturday 1 June 2024, 12 noon
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
Festivalino 2024: Giovani Voci all'opera
Teatro della Pergola
Friday 31 May 2024, 7 pm
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
Firenze è come un albero fiorito
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Saturday 6 April 2024, 7 pm
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.
* 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.
Gala Giovani Voci alla Fenice
Teatro La Fenice
Sunday 10 March 2024, 7 pm
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.
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
Il poeta e il libertino: due facce di un'era
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 29 February 2024, 7 pm
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.
Buy Your Ticket
* 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.
Christmas Opera Gala
Fondazione Mascarade Opera
Thursday 7 December 2023, 7 pm
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.
SOLD OUT
* 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.
Sacred Masterpieces of the Medici
The Sacred Music Programme
1, 2, 3 December 2023
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