Verdi is back!
After the break due to the pandemic, the Festival dedicated to the Maestro returns into the theatres, the streets and the houses of Parma.
Particularly beautiful and intense is the contribution of the students of the local Conservatory Arrigo Boito. By interpreting some arias and duets during the Cuckoo Verdiano (Teatro Regio 1 p.m every day) and thanks to single events located in the territory, they offer for free their Verdi’s repertoire to citizens and tourists.
The Teatro Regio rich list of operas goes from La Forza del Destino to the Requiem Mass, from Simon Boccanegra to the Four Sacred Pieces. A musical offer complemented by a special day: October 10, Verdi’s birthday.
Celebrations will begin in front of the monument dedicated to him, where the Chorus of the Regio of Parma and the Chorus Giuseppe Verdi will sing together the 'Và pensiero'.
Join our guided tours for music lovers. The perfect chance to know the city of Parma and its special relationship with music.
The most significant places, the most exclusive flavors combined in a summer Parmesan tour.
The tour starts in the morning from Piazza del Duomo, visiting the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta that welcomes you with its elegant coolness. Inside the huge space of the church, it will be possible to admire the “Deposition” by the famous medieval sculptor Antelami and the incredible dome frescoed by Antonio Allegri. The itinerary continues stepping out, walking in the shadow of the cathedral large apse, to visit the nearby Monastery of San Giovanni Evangelista and its church, first example of Renaissance religious building in the city
The next stop is in the beating heart of Parma: Piazza Garibaldi. Ancient Roman forum, it is now characterized by different buildings. Your guide will illustrate their particular history and structure while you, why not?, will taste a delicious ice cream!
Your walk continues towards the Basilica della Steccata, the Teatro Regio and the Pilotta Complex to finish among the most characteristic alleys of the city, sitting at the table of a shady dehors, ready for the guided tasting of our food excellence: Parmigiano-Reggiano; Parma ham; Culatello di Zibello and to toast with a fresh glass of Malvasia wine. So good!
A half day to discover and experience Parma, is it enough?
The exhibition “OPERA, the stage of the society” welcomes you with soft lights and the bright colours of the paintings housed in, first of all the Vespri Siciliani by Hayez.
Items displayed in the sober rooms of the Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatore) inspire some consideration and numerous thematic paths.
The key word is in the title: OPERA.
A genre of entertainment strictly bound to the people, especially with the Italian one.
The exhibition touches different sides - social, political, musical, scenographic, cinematographic of a kind of art born inside theatres but that comes then out of them to represent the city of Parma in the world.
Visitors can see archive photos, models of scenic machinery, sheet music, billboards, ancient sketches and, as a touch of lightness, marvellous costumes. They were worn by the most famous singers whose divine voices have been the real stars of the Opera.
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An important recognition has brightened the summer of 2021 throughout the Emilia Romagna region.
UNESCO has confirmed the uniqueness of the arcades of Bologna, architectural structures that cross the city for 62 km, 40 of which in the old town centre, declaring them a World Heritage Site.
Born in the Middle Ages as building abuses in order to acquire living space, they are now meeting points, alternative pedestrian routes, protection from bad weather.
It is said, in fact, that a true bolognese is able to cross the city from one side to the other on a rainy day without getting wet!
They shelter from rain and snow but they also shelter from the sun!
They work as wonderful unusual routes for our guides during our winter visits in the beautiful city of Bologna.
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