{"id":12083,"date":"2017-08-28T12:20:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T10:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiagofestival.it\/purcell-opens-the-51st-asiagofestival\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:24:32","slug":"purcell-opens-the-51st-asiagofestival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiagofestival.it\/en\/press-area\/press-releases\/purcell-opens-the-51st-asiagofestival\/","title":{"rendered":"Purcell opens the 51st Asiagofestival."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><em>August 08, 2017<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-19d47056f5557b03550091db8b469cd2.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-19d47056f5557b03550091db8b469cd2 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}\n<\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/asiagofestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cs-Asiagofestival-08-08-17.pdf\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-m link-hover-off btn-inline-right \" target=\"_blank\" id=\"default-btn-19d47056f5557b03550091db8b469cd2\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><span>DOWNLOAD PDF<\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Purcell opens Asiagofestival.<\/h4>\n<p>The prestigious festival opens its 51st edition with a narrated concert on music by the great composer, a leading exponent of English Baroque<em>.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Asiagofestival will be inaugurated in an original way with an open-air event for everyone, adults and children alike, holding true to the 2017 edition&#8217;s purpose of connecting generations of musicians and listeners.<\/p>\n<p>The concert will be held on <strong>Tuesday, August 8 <\/strong>, at <strong>5 p.m. <\/strong>at <strong>Asiago <\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Millepini Park <\/strong>with <strong>&#8220;The Peacock Princess,&#8221; a<\/strong> musical fairy tale told to songs from <strong>Henry Purcell<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>The Fairy Queen <\/strong>. On stage the<strong>Ensemble Ludus Musicae <\/strong>directed by<strong> Elena Fattambrini<\/strong>, artistic director of the Castelli e Ville in Musica festival across the foothills of the Veneto region, will be joined by the acting voices of <strong>Angela Graziani <\/strong>and <strong>Pippo Gentile<\/strong>, founders of the Ullall\u00e0 Association and experts in theater and animation for children and young people. During the &#8220;fairy tale concert,&#8221; the audience will be led by the hand into the kingdom of Magnolia, the City of Peacocks, for a challenge between fierce princesses.<\/p>\n<p>Purcell&#8217;s music will also be the alpha and omega of Asiagofestival and in fact it will be his Dido and Aeneas that will conclude the festival on August 17.<\/p>\n<p>In case of bad weather, the concert will be held at 9 p.m. in the auditorium of the Asiago Elementary Schools.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asiagofestival continues on Thursday, August 10, with a concert by organist Karel Martinek at St. Matthew&#8217;s Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Info:<\/p>\n<p>0424.464081 Tourist Office Municipality of Asiago<\/p>\n<p>www.asiagofestival.it<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Press info:<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Tommasi<\/p>\n<p>+39 339 2938824<\/p>\n<p>tommasialessandro93@gmail.com[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prestigious festival opens its 51st edition with a narrated concert on music by the great composer, a leading exponent of the English Baroque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-area","category-press-releases","category-131","category-132","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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