Barbara Hannigan, Wayne McGregor, Dimitri Chamblas, Alessandro Baricco: grand finale for the Festival dei Due Mondi

The third and final weekend of the sixty-seventh edition of Festival dei Due Mondi is coming up . As always, the most anticipated event is the final concert at Piazza Duomo, Sunday, July 14 at at 7:30 p.m.: Barbara Hannigan rejoins the musicians of theOrchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia whom she had conducted in 2022 for Francis Poulenc's La Voix Humaine, returning to Spoleto in the dual role of soprano and conductor. Hannigan draws on her collection of out-of-the-ordinary female roles and performs the Girl Crazy Suite, in the adaptation she co-curated with composer Bill Elliott from George Gershwin's musical of the same name, alongside to masterpieces from different eras in the first part of the concert, with Albert Roussel's Le festin de l'araignée, Haydn's Symphony No. 104 London and Sibelius' Valse triste Op. 44 No. 1. Last appointments also for the midday concert series, entrusted for this weekend to theOrchestra from Camera di Perugia: friday July 12 are scheduled Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg and A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, with an afternoon repetition dedicated to the little ones. The weekend's musical program schedule begins as early as Thursday, July 11, with Lizz Wright's concert at the Teatro Romano (at 21:30): among the greatest voices of contemporary jazz and extraordinary heir to the African-American performers of the past, Wright presents to Spoleto her latest album Shadow, in a concert in collaboration with Umbria Jazz. One more appointment with jazz on Saturday, July 13 at 11 p.m., when the long day of the Festival concludes to Palazzo Collicola with a concert by the trio formed from DadoMoroni, Eddie Gomez and Joe La Barbera.

After directing last year's acclaimed show Tucidide. Atene contro Melo, from July 11-13 at Teatro Caio Melisso Spazio Carla Fendi Alessandro Baricco premieres his "Brief and Heretical History of Classical Music" with La curiosa eredità di Orfeo (July 11-13, at 20, at 18, at 16), a lecture on the link between Mythology and Music at the center of the programming, from the Greeks of the fifth century to Philipp Glass. Debuting is Umbrian director Liv Ferracchiati's new play, which brings Thomas Mann's famous novel Death to Venice into the present, July 12-14 to San Simone (at 20, at 21:30, at 15). In an alternating interplay between words and dance, vitality, represented from Tadzio and interpreted by Alice Raffaelli's dancing body, and passivity, that "inability to live," so pervasive today, embodied by the writer Gustav von Aschenbach, who on stage is Ferracchiati himself, clash. friday July 12 and Saturday, July 13 at the Teatrino delle 6 Luca Ronconi (at 16, at 18) is staging the play Romeo and Juliet directed by Paolo Costantini, the latest chapter in the review of the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico under the supervision of Antonio Latella.

For the dance section, the Festival presents the Italian premiere of the new creation by Wayne McGregor, award-winning British choreographer director of the Biennale Danza and "resident choreographer" of the Royal Ballet of London. From July 12 to 14 at the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti (at 9:30 p.m., at 7:30 p.m., at 3:30 p.m.) Deepstaria is on stage: on the borderline between real and virtual, the show draws on the latest technologies of AI, acoustic research and spatial computing, for a 'opera mutable in constant transformative dialogue with itself.

Saturday, July 13 at Teatro Romano (at 9 p.m.) also makes its Italian debut of the show takemehome by choreographer Dimitri Chamblas, who for his new creation was inspired by the long at nights on the Los Angeles freeways, a world populated by shadows, ghosts and silhouettes, that he used to travel through on his way back from classes in the city jail. The dancers emerge and disappear, elusive but familiar, intertwined and interdependent to music composed from Kim Gordon, bassist, guitarist and vocalist for the alternative-rock band Sonic Youth - "one of the boldest women in rock" the New Yorker calls her. Last week to experience the powerful immersive experience signed by the duo Adrien M & Claire B (through July 14 at Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò): Last Minute is a combination of music, light and interactive projections, created from an intimate lived experience from Claire Bardainne that led her to to research, together with co-creator Adrien Mondot, the concept of reincarnation, thelast-minute journey. On Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14, at the Stella Auditorium, Adrien M also offers the concert Piano , piano: an unprecedented device with refined video projections that mixes digital juggling with the delicate sonic universe of the eclectic musician BABX.

The garden of Palazzo Campello once again opens its doors for meetings with artists led by journalist Andrea Penna who, every weekend, converses with the protagonists of Spoleto67: friday July 12 are guests Wayne McGregor, Liv Ferracchiati and Alice Raffaelli, Saturday, July 13 Dimitri Chamblas, Giorgio Flamini and Paolo Costantini.

At the Ex-Baptistery of the Golden Manna continues through July 14 the exhibition by photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez and set designer Afra Zamara Legàmi, a project realized from Fondazione Carla Fendi, Main Partner of the Festival, in collaboration with Mahler & LeWitt Studios. The two artists reinterpreted some of the 3,800 costumes that illustrate the history of the Festival: tying, knotting, and overlapping them, they constructed new combinations that capture their charm and details. The result is on display in a photo exhibition from June 29 to July 14. The Foundation continues to supporting the world of Science: on Sunday, July 14 at at 4:30 p.m. Teatro Caio Melisso Spazio Carla Fendi hosts a talk on the New Science with Ilaria Capua, Joyeeta Gupta, Bertrand Braunschweig, and Paolo Benanti, moderated by Silvia Bencivelli. On the same day, at the end of the final concert, the twelfth edition of the Carla Fendi STEM Award is scheduled to Ersilia Vaudo Scarpetta, Chief Diversity Officer and Special Advisor on Strategic Evolution of ESA, European Space Agency.

From July 10 to 14, Musica from Casa Menotti, the from chamber concert series that takes place in what was once the Spoleto residence of Maestro Gian Carlo Menotti, organized by the Monini Foundation and curated from Federico Mattia Papi, returns. Now in its 11th edition, it hosts young musicians by fostering cultural exchange between different musical realities. This year's program includes eight concerts and hosts twenty-two musicians from from around the world. Among them are Barbara Hannigan, the Absalon and Thumós Quartets.

The festivals to curated by theSilvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art and La MaMa Spoleto Open host emerging talents and established Italian and international artists, in particular the Academy Project offers the essay of the second year of the acting course directed by Andrea Baracco Maria Stuarda (July 11-13, Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti Sala XVII settembre) and the exercise of student director Giulia Funiciello under the artistic supervision of Arturo Cirillo Narcissues (July 13, Sala Frau).

MaMa Spoleto Open continues with Korean Rhapsody Music Series (July 10 and 11, Auditorium della Stella), Musical Vignettes: The Voyage (July 10 and 11, Auditorium della Stella), dance show to Solo in the Spotlights (July 12, Cantiere Oberdan). Last two events dedicated to children with C'era due volte, a performance by Palazzina Zero loosely inspired to Gianni Rodari (July 13-14, Cantiere Oberdan) and Ecco il tuo fuoco! Creative Lab on the ancestral fable to by Lab Sementi (July 14, Cantiere Oberdan).

Elements is the theme of the 2024 edition of the FuoriFestival, focused on multidisciplinary art activities sensitive and receptive to territory, memory and biodiversity. friday July 12 the program features a performance by Rafael Candela and a live performance by Money Lang at Meeting Point. Sunday, July 14 from at 10 a.m. at the Sacred Wood of Monte Luco is scheduled the multidisciplinary workshop TERRA with Margherita Bertoli / Arundo, Anita Pomario, Nevrotica Exotica and Jacopo Buda.

Among the special initiatives continues the collaboration with Rai Direzione Per la Sostenibilità - ESG on the themes of social, inclusion, legality, cohesion, environment, human rights and territories. On Saturday, July 13 at at 10:30 a.m. Teatro Caio Melisso Spazio Carla Fendi hosts No Women No Panel, involves protagonists from the Italian and international cultural scene, including the most committed associations in the world of entertainment and on the territory, on the theme of prevention and contrast to all forms of gender-based violence, to change culture together, men and women. to follow, male and female students try their hand at LALEOLAB, a game-workshop on stereotypes and bias, including in language, designed by the University Federico II of Naples for secondary schools.

Sunday, July 14 at at 12 to Casa Menotti Chinese pianist Ruogu Wen receives the Special Award "A Window on Two Worlds" for young talent from the Monini Foundation.

Also last weekend for the creative upcycling workshop The Dream Workshop (July 13, at 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò) and the free Eco-design Workshops to curated by FERCAM Echo Labs at the Bosco di San Gregorio set up in Garibaldi Square (until July 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-7 p.m.). In the carpentry workshops young and old can contribute to making new furniture for the square itself, guided by carpenter artisans in an eco-design and responsible consumption experience.

Success with the public for the art exhibitions that enrich the Festival's program: The Ferrara Years 2008 - 2020 to curated by Piero Maccarinelli at the spaces of Via Saffi, a tribute to Giorgio Ferrara's thirteen years as director, among photographic testimonies and the costumes of his directorships d'opera; Legàmi, a project created by photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez and set designer Afra Zamara for Fondazione Carla Fendi in collaboration with Mahler & LeWitt Studios. Mahler & Lewitt Studios also presents the works of artist Jonathan Monk, including some ceramic sculptures made during his artistic residency to Deruta (Torre Bonomo until July 14) and the exhibition Umru: tales from a hydrosocial landscape by Cecilia Ceccherini and Alberto Valz Gris made in collaboration with the Musei Civici di Spoleto at the Museo del Tessuto e del Costume (until July 14). Until Oct. 7, the Church of St. Agatha hosts artist Stefano di Stasio's installation, which becomes a backdrop for initiatives and concerts. As every year, the Civic Museums of Spoleto host a series of interventions by contemporary artists located in different venues in an art circuit within the city. Of particular note is the solo exhibition of Chiara Camoni-author of the Spoleto67 manifesto-an exhibition path that winds through the rooms of the Piano Nobile of Palazzo Collicola (until July 14). References to the natural and plant worlds, strongly present in the artist's practice, intersect with the spaces, in an unprecedented dialogue that also features works created for the occasion.

Vivi il Festival returns again this year: the side events organized in collaboration with a number of entities in the Spoleto area such as the project Behind the scenes, continuing with Spoleto secret and underground and The White Nights of the Festival scheduled for Thursday, July 11 among traveling concerts, artistic performances, aperitifs and typical dinners with free tastings of Trebbiano Spoletino, stores and Civic Museums open until to midnight. The initiative is the result of a synergy between Comune di Spoleto, the Foundation Festival dei Due Mondi, the Confcommercio of Spoleto, the Consorzio Operatori Turistici ConSpoleto and La MaMa Umbria International.

The 67th edition of Festival dei Due Mondi is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Comune di Spoleto. It is realized with the support of Fondazione Carla Fendi (Main Partner), Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Spoleto and Banco Desio. We would like to thank Intesa Sanpaolo (Premium Supporter), Monini (Official Sponsor), Italmatch Chemicals, Meccanotecnica Umbra and Susa Trasporti (Partners), Fabiana Filippi, Tomasini Francia - Rolex and Emu (Sponsors), Lexsus (Official Car), VUS COM and MD (Supporters) and the other supporters, partners and technical sponsors. Media Partners of the event are: RAI (Main Media Partner), La Repubblica, Il Messaggero and Urban Vision. APA Roma is Advertising partner.