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Two concerts on Friday and Saturday: \u201cI Giovani e la Filarmonica\u201d featuring I Turbolenti, and a performance combining drama and opera presented by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. \u2013 Free admission<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cGiugno Musicale Castellano\u201d festival is in full swing, featuring two performances this weekend. The first event is scheduled for Friday, June 5, at the Cortile di Santa Maria della Marca (9:00 p.m.) with \u201cI Giovani e la Filarmonica\u201d: an evening featuring a performance of \u201cPeter and the Wolf,\u201d Sergei Prokofiev\u2019s famous musical fairy tale (conductor Stefano Mangini, narrator Davide Dall\u2019Osso), with the \u201cTurbolenti\u201d\u2014students participating in projects jointly organized by the Philharmonic and the Music School (directed by Jasmine Conti)\u2014taking the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, June 6, the festival moves to Piazza Gramsci (9:00 p.m.) for the second event on the program: \u201cVerdi Game,\u201d an interactive performance blending prose and opera, part of the \u201cMaggio Metropolitano\u201d series organized by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by \u201cVenti Lucenti,\u201d \u201cVerdi Game\u201d is presented as a narrative exploring the life and works of the famous composer\u2014almost like a game in which the audience is drawn in \u201clive,\u201d as if Giuseppe Verdi were still delighting us with his larger-than-life personality and his vibrant musical mind. An original and passionate, yet also poignant, portrait of a musician who left behind some of the most beautiful operas of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artist, the man of culture, and the public figure\u2014his extraordinary music, the most significant events of his life, and his creations\u2014will be brought to life through actors, singers, live music, stories of his life, and tales of his operas. As a counterpoint, the character of Falstaff will be entrusted with the task of offering a new perspective on life: laughter is good for the heart and the mind; it serves to put the value of small and great sorrows into perspective, but also to highlight how fragile and full of flaws human nature is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production is organized by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (in co-production with Venti Lucenti) and is presented in collaboration with the Accademia del Maggio Musicale as part of \u201cMaggio Metropolitano,\u201d a project of the Fondazione Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino funded by the Metropolitan City of Florence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Giugno Musicale Castellano,\u201d emphasizes the Councilor for Culture, Franco Spina, \u201cpresents two unmissable events this week: a concert featuring our young musicians and a delightful blend of theater and music that will guide the audience in discovering one of the greatest Italian composers of all time\u2014a performance included in the prestigious Maggio Metropolitano calendar. Giugno Musicale Castellano thus continues its mission to promote new talent and focus on the younger generations, in synergy with a broader program aimed at fostering culture and beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giugno Musicale Castellano is sponsored by the Municipality of Castelfiorentino, the Orpheus Association, and the \u201cAmici della Lirica Umberto Bors\u00f2\u201d Association, in collaboration with the Music School, the \u201cG. Verdi\u201d Philharmonic, and the \u201cCambio\u201d Cultural Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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