MOZART @ PADOVA 2023

In the wake of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Mozart's visit to Padua, which began in 2021, for the third consecutive year OPV is promoting a new program dedicated to the musical genius of the great Austrian composer. From Wednesday 1 March to Sunday 12 March , Mozart @ Padova 2023 will embrace a rich program of events.

The ribbon cutting of the festival is scheduled for Wednesday 1 March at 8.45 pm at the Teatro Verdi in Padua with a concert entirely dedicated to Mozart's music performed by the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto under the direction of Jonathan Santagada, a young Italian musician whose career is on the rise on the international scene. In addition to the Symphonies No. 10 and 51, the program will welcome the Overture taken from La Betulia liberata , a sacred oratorio commissioned from the young Mozart during his visit to Padua, and some opera arias interpreted by the soprano Giulia Bolcato, among the most interesting Italian voices. The event will also see the presence on stage of the musicologist Sandro Cappelletto, Mozart expert and historical voice of Radio 3 RAI. The proceeds will be donated to the Service Lions A supportive meal, a suspended meal .

Jonathan Santagada returns to The New Generation Festival to conduct Le nozze di Figaro

PHOTO CREDIT: © GUY BELL, GBPHOTOS.COM.

“It will be hard for others to match the broad scope and cinematic charm of the Corsini event.”

— The Financial Times

“Christopher Palmer’s arrangement of Walton’s [Henry V] film treatment was the one used here...and with the orchestra under Jonathan Santagada’s direction it worked a treat. ★★★★ ”

— Independent

After the success of William Shakespeare's Henry V by William Walton, Jonathan Santagada returns to The New Generation Festival to conduct Mozart’s masterpiece with a young and talented cast including Daniel Mirosław, Anna El-Khashem, Faik Mansuroğlu, Nela Šarić, Sara Rocchi, Alexandra Lowe, Beth Margaret Taylor and Domenico Pellicola.