World premiere of a piece by Giuseppe Verdi
Tomorrow evening there will be a world premiere of a piece by Giuseppe Verdi, in his 200th Anniversary year.
Flautist Claudio Ferrarini was rummaging through the library in Verdi’s home Villa di Sant’Agata (more commonly known as Villa Verdi), where Verdi often made music with Antonio Barezzi, president of the Busseto Philharmonic Society. Ferrarini found many scores that were owned by Verdi, and among them a transcription by the great composer of a popular piece from the 1860s: Bersagliera e Galop nel gran ballo Flick Flok.
Thanks to his heir, Carrara Verdi, Claudio Ferrarini, together with pianist Gregorio Nardi, will perform the piece which hasn’t been heard for more than a century at the Limen Studios in Milan.
30 May at 9pm – Limenmusic Studios, Milan
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
Sounds like an amazing performance.