2012.06.14 TONIGHT IN FLORENCE

JUNE 14th, 2012

OPERA

Tosca

The intimate setting of St. Mark’s is the perfect backdrop for Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece. This is the dramatic story depicting the love of the painter Cavaradossi for Floria Tosca, a famous singer. The opera, with five performers, ends tragically after the treachery of Scarpia, the Chief of Police.

€ 30,00 (seniors € 25,00 - students to age 26 € 15,00)

h 08.30 pm

St. Mark's Church
Via Maggio, 18
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CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT

Ivo Pogorelich, piano

Nina Kotova, cello 

Alondra de la Parra, conductor

Orchestra della Toscana

Chopin: Concerto for Piano in E minor No. 1, op. 11

Interval

Saint-Saens: Concerto for Violoncello in A minor No. 1, op. 33

Beethoven: Symphony in C major No. 1, op. 21

Ever since his debut recital in New York Carnegie Hall in 1981, legendary pianist Ivo Pogorelich has created a sensation with his performances in all the great concert halls throughout the world: in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. Maestro Pogorelich makes his debut at the Tuscan Sun Festival performing Chopin beautiful piano concerto, led by Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra and the Orchestra della Toscana. The evening also features one of the Tuscan Sun Festival founders, Nina Kotova, performing Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1.

h 08:30 pm

€ 40,00 - 30,00 - 22,00  VIP € 60,00

Teatro della Pergola

Via della Pergola, 18

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KING OF THE OPERA CONCERT

The King of The Opera concert is the third event of the Acoustic Carpet festival, A series of four unplugged concerts in the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi and realised in conjunction with some of the most interesting Florentine venues dedicated to contemporary music.

King of the Opera is the new project of the Italian twenty-six year old Alberto Mariotti, the natural continuation of his previous artistic experience as Samuel Katarro. Alberto Mariotti is considered one of the most promising artists of the Italian indipendent music scene. He has released two albums which have been loved by critics and appreciated by a huge audience. His music is based on the deconstruction of the classic blues form that he mutates with elements from psychedelia, acid rock, songwriting, wrong pop and more. Think Jennifer Gentle produced by Brian Wilson, or Real Estate if Black Heart Procession gave them the beating of their lives. As the first studio album as King of the Opera is being prepared, Alberto Mariotti’s music, formerly praised by some well-known artists as Patti Smith, Pere Ubu and Julian Cope, has evolved in such a way that is increasingly directed to an international audience.

h 07:30 pm 
FREE ENTRANCE

Palazzo Strozzi
Piazza Strozzi

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PINO MARINO CONCERT (INDI-ITALIAN MUSIC)

Composer, author, pianist and guitarist, Pino Marino has a clear tone of voice, clear and penetrating. Very original is the writing (both music as text) strongly linked to the best Italian tradition of songwriting, and a special surreal point of view.
h 09.00pm
€ 10,00
Limonaia di Villa Strozzi
Via Pisana, 77
Phone +39.055.276 7113
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EURO 2012 FOOTBALL ON BIG SCREEN IN PUBLIC SQUARE

Italy - Croatia 6pm
Spain - R. of Ireland 8.45pm

Las Palmas

Piazza Ghiberti

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