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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Siena, Italy

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Henze’s Requiem opens Siena’s Chigiana Festival

Kai Röhrig © Roberto Testi, courtesy of Accademia Chigiana
Lorenzo Fiorito, 07 Jul
A compelling performance of Henze’s Requiem opens the Chigiana International Festival and its centenary tribute to the composer.
*****
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The Butterfly Equation is successfully solved in Siena

The Butterfly Equation © Daniela Neri, courtesy of Accademia Chigiana
Lorenzo Fiorito, 24 Aug
Joy Pinkerton turns into the real protagonist of the opera, written to mark the Puccini centenary: who is he really? 
****1
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Sarah Connolly brings the best of British to Tuscany

Jonathan Sutherland, 05 Aug
Dame Sarah Connolly and Julius Drake savour the al fresco surrounds of the Villa Foce to produce a delightful evening of eclectic music in four languages. Delizioso!
***11
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Angels of history: Scarlatti meets Caravaggio in Yann Robin’s Medusa

Anastasia Fedorenko and Yonah Raupers in Medusa / La Giuditta © Wolf Silveri
Tim Rutherford-Johnson, 10 Jul
This year Chigiana International Festival presents Yann Robin’s new opera Medusa, inspired by Alessandro Scarlatti and Caravaggio – music poised between past and future.
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Siena’s musical gift to the world: the Chigiana International Festival

Siena during the Palio © Antonio Cinotti
Mark Pullinger, 30 Jul
This summer marks the tenth anniversary of the Chigiana International Festival, but its origins go back a century to the founder of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Count Guido Chigi Saracini. 
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