Tourist Attractions in Italy
Italian Classical Music in Le Marche
One of the tourist attractions in Italy are the music festivals and events. Le Marche region hosts some of the great Italian classical music festivals.Going to the opera is one of the things to do in Italy and Le Marche offers a fantastic summer season to the opera aficionados. Rossini Opera Festival
The city of Pesaro celebrates every year with a world class event the genius of his son, Gioacchino Rossini.The festival includes also a a seminar dedicated the interpretation in Rossini’s works. The attendance to the course is free to selected students. Gioacchino Rossini was born into a family of musicians in Pesaro at the n. 34 of the now Rossini street. This simple building, where the composer lived his first years is now the Casa Rossini Museum. It offers a rare collection of prints, memorabilia and caricatures of the author himself. Rossini was an acclaimed composer and very prolific musician, at 38 years of age he had composed most of his masterpieces: Il barbiere di Siviglia, la Cenerentola, Gugliemo Tell, Otello, a total of 38 operas. Rossini was also a bon vivant, he enjoyed music, good food and beautiful women. His success made him travel throughout Europe and finally he settled in Paris were he spent the last part of his life in a luxury villa where he often enjoyed cooking for his friends. His taste for good food and his laziness were legendary. He is reported to have said:" Other than doing nothing, there is no other more delightful occupation than eating". Modern biographies point out that he was probably suffering from a concealed form of depression maybe because his creative inspiration dried up at such a young age. More Tourist Attractions in Italy - Pesaro Pesaro is a lovely coastal town with a long, sandy beach and a sea front just made to enjoy a stroll. The historical center has many interesting monuments like the cathedral, the Palazzo Toschi Mosca that hosts the Musei civici and the Palazzo Ducale. Rocca Costanza is a castle build in 1480 for Costanzo Sforza. Sferisterio Opera Festival
This harmonious and unusual building was build in the town of Macerata between the 1820 and 1829 and inspired by neoclassic models and masonic symbols. It was originally conceived for the game of pallone col bracciale, one of the most exciting and ancient ball games in Europe. When the game lost favor, the Sferisterio was used for jousting, as a market place or a circus until the famous tenor Mario Del Monaco in the sixties discovered the perfect acustics of the building. The semi-eliptical structure can accommodate now 1800 spectators and in the seventies the Sferisterio became a great open air theater with operas, ballet and concerts organized during the summer, one of the great tourist attractions in Italy. The Sferisterio Opera Festival stages a season of performances chosen every year around a given theme, for example this year's theme is libertà e destino, freedom and destiny. The main shows are always held three evenings in a row to give the spectators an opportunity to attend all the main attractions of the festival in a single weekend. More Tourist Attractions in Italy - Macerata Macerata is an elegant historic town located in the heart of Le Marche region. This small town is an open air museum with its beautiful squares, churches and views. The Pinacoteca Comunale, the museo civico, il museo delle carrozze (the carriage museum) and the magnificent Biblioteca Comunale deserve a visit. Festival Pergolesi Spontini
In September the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini celebrates with a music festival these two great composers from le Marche.They were both born in the Jesi area, in the eighteenth century. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi concentrated all his musical creativity in only ten years and died aged 26. His most famous composition was the Stabat Mater that was considered by Bellini as nothing less than divine. Unable to become a priest for his poor health, he dedicated all his life to music. Maiolati-Spontini, the charming little town where the musician was born, gave a museum to this great composer. It is located in the house where he lived his last years with his wife Celeste Erard. Tourist Attractions in Italy - Jesi Jesi lays at the very heart of the vine producing area. The verdicchio is a wonderful white wine. In the enoteca comunale you can sample the superb local wines and foods. Italian Christmas songs and the sound of the shepherds' bagpipes are the traditional Italian Christmas music. The world capital of Italian accordion music is a small town in our region, Castelfidardo. Discover this favorite instrument of Italian American music. Find out the story and lyrics of the most famous Italian songs. Go from Tourist Attractions in Italy to Le-Marche-Travel-Guide Homepage |
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