In the year of the seven-hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieri and the centenary of Astor Piazzolla’s birth, from 5 July to 30 August, the already known festival Ravenna Bella di Sera is enriched with the new GUIDED TOURS IN DANCING.
Enjoy an evening of culture and music, and some of the most suggestive places connected with the Supreme Poet’s memory. The guided tours in dancing will end in the magnificent courtyards of Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste and of the Palace of Province, with an exciting Tango Performance, to a romantic yet nostalgic tune.
Every evening, three tour shifts, each of which will be carried out in full respect of health safety rules and social distancing.
Meeting place: IAT, Piazza San Francesco, 7 (meet at least 15 min. before departure)
Guided tour’s duration: about 1h
Performance’s duration: about 30 min
The participation fee includes:
- local and expert professional guide
- whisper audio guide with headphones
- musical performance
Saturday 3 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Singer-Songwriters under the Stars”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Roberta Montanari, voice and pianoforte; Matteo del Soldà, viola
Discover the great music by Italian singer-songwriters that has changed music history from the Sixties to the present day.
Sunday 4 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Duo Courante”
Place: Palace of the Province
Artists: Lidia Giussani, recorder; Raphael Negri, violin
A repertoire that from the Renaissance crosses the late Baroque and arrives to the present day.
Monday 5 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Saturday 10 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Una Viola dalla Scala”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Tomas Cavuoto, viola; Filippo Pantieri, harpsichord
A music itinerary across the Baroque music with J. S. Bach and A. Vivaldi.
Sunday 11 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Trio all’Opera” Ensemble Mosaici Sonori
Place: Palace of the Province
Artists: Luigi Lidonnici, oboe; Agide Brunelli, clarinet; Piergiorgio Anzelmo, cello
An unusual chamber version of operas as Traviata, Rigoletto, Lucia Lammermoor and Cavalleria Rusticana in the spirit of the Romanic age.
Monday 12 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Music by Trio de la Tarde (Giampiero Medri, bandonéon; Carmen Falcon, pianoforte; Gianluca Ravaglia, bass).
Saturday 17 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert between France and Austria
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Chiara Nicora, pianoforte; Ferdinando Baroffio, pianoforte
Music by French and American authors, influenced by some extraordinary artists, such as Cecilie Chaminade and Amy Beach, who have oftentimes been forgotten).
Sunday 18 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artist: Raffaello Bellavista, voice and pianoforte; Serena Gentilini, voice
Two young artists for a crossover recital for voice and pianoforte dedicated to the Supreme Poet on the occasion of his seventh death centenary.
Monday 19 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Saturday 24 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “The popular spirit of refined music”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Duo Folies (Lidia Giussani, recorder; Luca Lucini, guitar)
An amazing musical journey through Baroque places, epoques and styles, drawing from popular themes, songs and dances
Sunday 25 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Follies D’Espana”, with popular dances and rhythms
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Matteo Falloni, pianoforte; Luca Lucini, guitar
A journey across popular music, echoing the rhythms and tunes of the Spanish and Latin-American tradition, in the unusual combination of pianoforte and guitar.
Monday 26 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Music by “Trio de la Tarde” (Giampiero Medri, bandonéon; Carmen Falcon, pianoforte; Gianluca Ravaglia, bass)
Saturday 31 July
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “The Barock Side Of The Cellos”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: GuerzonCellos (Enrico Guerzoni, violoncello; Tiziano Guerzoni, violoncello)
Brubeck, Bach, Led Zeppelin, Queen: The GuerzonCellos’ repertoire is vast and ranges from Baroque to Jazz and Pop, with an added flavour of their personal compositions.
Sunday 1 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Follies D’Espana”, with popular dances and rhythms
Place: Palace of the Province
Artists: young promises of the Musical Institute “ISSM G.Verdi” (Guitars: Ettore Mazzoli, Matteo Sanchioni, Andrea Pirani, Francesco Scaglioni)
The young musicians of the “ISSM Giuseppe Verdi” of Ravenna perform in a guitar quartet, with a very exclusive programme and music by Hindemit, Bellinati e Assad.
Monday 2 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Saturday 7 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Homage-concert to Maria Callas
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Paola Sanguinetti, lyrical soprano
You do not need a VIP theatre seasonal ticket to love opera. You just need one evening to listen to the most beloved opera repertoire, on this occasion performed by the touching and sensual voice of soprano Paola Sanguinetti.
Sunday 8 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert Gloria Turrini
Place: Roof Garden of the Province Palace
Artists: Gloria Turrini, voice; Mecco Guidi, hammond organ
An evening with the explosive voice of soul singer Gloria Turrini, with some of the most famous names of blues ever, such as Bessie Smith, Ma Raney, Big Mama Thorton, Etta James. Reduce da Nashville nel Tennesse.
Monday 9 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Music by “Trio de la Tarde” (Giampiero Medri, badonéon; Carmen Falcon, pianoforte; Gianluca Ravaglia, bass)
Satuday 14 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Man, I feel like a woman”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Eleonora Mazzotti, voice; Riccardo Roncagli, keyboards
The voice of Eleonora Mazzotti and the precious sounds of Riccardo Roncagli, with the colourful male voices of singer-songwriters, paint on the musical canvas dedicated to the female universe
Sunday 15 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Diamanti Nascosti”
Place: Palace of the Province
Artist: The Faber’s Social Club (Salvo Mauceri, voice and 12-string guitar; Antonio Argento, soloist guitar; PierLuigi Carboni, second guitar; Adriano Serafini, electronic guitar).
A concert to homage, after more than twenty years since Fabrizio de André’s death, the artistic work and extraordinary intellectual and moral contribution of this singer-songwriter of Italian music.
Monday 16 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Saturday 21 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Secret Melodies”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Kelly McClendon, soprano; Monical Micheli, harp
A repertoire that ranges from the most famous arias to traditional Irish songs, including musical, pop, French chansons and German Lieder.
Sunday 22 August
Guided tour on Dante
+ Concert “Classicizing”
Place: Palace of the Province
Artists: Cristian Galasso, bassoon; Matteo Ferrari, flute; Andrea Candeli, guitar
Hilarious sketches, characters, songs, comic duos, anachronisms, updating and improvisations, everything to a sprung rhythm. It’s the best way to put under an ironical light the world of Classical Music, revising and readapting with flair, phantasy, good cheer and breeziness.
Monday 23 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Testa
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
Music by “Trio de la Tarde” (Giampiero Medri, bandonéon; Carmen Falcon, pianoforte; Gianluca Ravaglia, bass).
Saturday 28 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert Astor21
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Donato D’Antonio, guitar; Vanni Montanari, flute
A musical journey in the Argentina of the 20th century, on the occasion of the Astor Piazzolla’s birth centenary (1921-1992), writer of unforgettable muscis and inventor of the nuevo Argentinian tango.
Sunday 29 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Concert “Classicizing”
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Irene Petitto, voice; Alessandra Bassetti, pianoforte
A brief musical journey, immersed in the most famous melodies drawn from the soundtracks of movies and Musicals.
Monday 30 August
Guided Tour on Dante
+ Note in Tango
Place: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste
Artists: Milonga with the dancers Luciana Semprini and Oscar Gori
