Festival della Valle d'Itria

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The Festival della Valle d'Itria is an opera festival founded in 1975 in the southern Italian municipality of Martina Franca in the province of Taranto ( Apulia region ). It takes place annually from mid- July to early August . More than 100 operas have been performed since it was founded. Festival artists and in 1984/85 Valle d'Itria itself received the Premio Abbiati critical award .

history

The music festival, whose name derives from the Valle d'Itria , was founded in 1975 by a group of intellectuals and music lovers; its first president was Alessandro Caroli , who was supported in his work by the mayor Franco Punzi (his successor) and the Teatro alla Scala director Paolo Grassi . Right from the start, the founders campaigned for the revival of forgotten music repertoires. The first successes in 1976 were the performances of Rossini's Tancredi and Bellini's Norma .

From 1980, the artistic director Rodolfo Celletti concentrated on the Italian bel canto repertoire and the Neapolitan school . Rossini's Adelaide di Borgogna and Semiramide , Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea , Handel's Giulio Cesare and Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's Fra Diavolo were performed. Under the artistic direction of Sergio Segalini (1994 to 2009) the festival was further developed and presented Cherubini's Medée , Meyerbeer's Robert le diable , Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and Strauss' Salome .

In 2010 Alberto Triola took over the artistic direction and placed the emphasis on the one hand on bel canto in baroque opera , on the other hand works from the 20th century and new music were added to the repertoire.

During the 2016 festival, the rediscovered Mercadantes opera Francesca da Rimini was premiered under the musical direction of Fabio Luisi .

From July 13th to August 4th 2018 the Festival della Valle d'Itria took place for the 44th time.

organization

Seat of the Festival della Valle d'Itria in the Palazzo Ducale (2012)

The festival organization resides in the Centro Artistico Musicale Paolo Grassi in the Palazzo Ducale , the seat of the city administration of Martina Franca. Most of the concerts and operas take place in the courtyard of the former aristocratic palace and in the cloister courtyard of the Church of San Domenico . President of the festival is Franco Punzi ; Alberto Triola is the artistic director and Fabio Luisi has been music director since the 41st festival.

It is a member of several umbrella organizations ( European Festivals Association , Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica and Italiafestival).

Prizes awarded

Celletti

The Celletti Prize (artistic director, 1980–1983) has been awarded since 2010 (mainly to singers).

D'Arcangelo

The Lorenzo D'Arcangelo Prize for journalists has been awarded since 1995 . It is dedicated to the local journalist Lorenzo d'Arcangelo and is given to music critics who have dealt impressively with the festival.

Bacco dei Borbone

In collaboration with the Associazione Voltaire in Martina Franca, the festival has been awarding the Bacco dei Borbone Prize to the “most popular” artist every year since 1978. The winners each receive a selection of 100 Martina Franca DOC wine bottles from the Di Marco winery .

partner

The following companies and foundations are partners of the festival: Happy Casa Store, Fondazione Lino Cassano, Zamar and In & Out Holding as well as the media partner Mondo Classica.

Discographic notes

literature

  • Karyl Lynn Zietz: Opera Companies and Houses of Western Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference . McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC et al. a. 1999, ISBN 0-7864-0611-9 , p. 293.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . 2nd, completely updated and expanded edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-11784-8 , 349.
  2. ^ Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . 2nd, fully updated and expanded edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-11784-8 , 324.
  3. ↑ a b Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . 2nd, fully updated and expanded edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-11784-8 , 117.
  4. ^ Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . 2nd, fully updated and expanded edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-11784-8 , 326.
  5. ^ Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . 2nd, fully updated and expanded edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-11784-8 , 259.
  6. ^ Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . 2nd, fully updated and expanded edition, Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-11784-8 , 116.