Accademia Vivaldi

The Italian Institute Antonio Vivaldi, as part of the Vivaldi Academy, is organising a series of in-depth meetings on the performance practice of Antonio Vivaldi’s compositions, dedicated to young singers and instrumentalists. It is organising a conference entitled Il Brenta si fa teatro: the musical scene of the Serenissima on the mainland between the 17th and 18th centuries, held by Ilaria Contesotto, member of the research group “Musical dramaturgy in Venice (1678-1792)” of the Levi Foundation.
The lecture will illustrate theatrical life “in villa”, i.e. in theatres on the mainland, particularly in the Brenta Riviera area, a very complex system closely linked to Venetian theatrical life. The subject is virtually unknown, as it has been ignored by musicological research: the research on the subject and the scenario that has emerged are extremely interesting, also for the interpretation of Vivaldi’s works.

On Friday 28th November at 6 p.m., the students of the Vivaldi Academy will offer a concert to conclude the meeting, led by soprano Gemma Bertagnolli, in which vocal and instrumental pieces from the Red Priest’s catalogue will be performed, with particular reference to the songs portrayed in Zanetti’s caricatures on display in the exhibition at Palazzo Cini: Casanova in Venice.

Both events will take place on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore and admission will be free.