M.use, art, culture accompanied by an excellent glass of wine from Oltrepò Pavese. This is the concept behind the Cigognola Summer Festivallaunched last year by Gabriele Moratti on the family estate.
This year, from 9 to 12 June, the Oltrepò Pavese returns as a protagonist with the second season of the event that sees stars of music and dance on the bill with a perfect pairing of glasses designed ad hoc.
Music and wines at the Cigognola Summer Festival 2022
From Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 June in town squarein front of the historic home of the Moratti family, and the June 12th to the Fraschini Theater of Pavia, dance and music will enliven the evenings with a special note. Each performance will in fact be accompanied by a tasting counter of Castello di Cigognola wines: the wines chosen know Barbera The witch 2016 and the Classic Method Cuveé ‘More Brut from Pinot Noir grapes, grown on the slopes surrounding the Castle at the 45th parallel, with a notable phenolic ripening. All to complete the best four evenings of classical music and danceunder the 2022 artistic direction of Paolo Gavazzenidirector and director of the HD Classica television channel, and of Emilie Fouillouxa brilliant career in ballet, responsible for the dance part of the Festival.
The program of the Festival
Emilie Fouilloux and Paolo Gavazzeni. (Press Office)
The first three dates of the Festival will take place, as in the previous edition, in the splendid setting of the square in front of the Castle. The review kicks off Thursday 9 June with the symphonic concert Baroque: tears and furyinterpreted byorchestra of the Cameristi della Scala directed by the master Giulio Prandi.
The June 10 three young Italian talents – the cellist Erica Piccotti, the pianist Filippo Gorini and the violinist Giovanni Andrea Zanon, who performed during the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games – they will perform some music by Johannes Brahms.
Exceptional appointment in the evening dedicated to dance of 11 Junewhen the Grand Gala of Dance of the dancers of the Teatro alla Scalawho will interpret some of the most famous choreographies of their vast repertoire, between classical and contemporary, with the participation of the musicians Zanon, Piccotti and Gorini.
On the fourth and final evening, on June 12and it will be the Fraschini Theater of Pavia to open its doors to the public for the final show The Stars of the Cigognola Summer Festival: an evocative encounter between music and dance in which they will perform again the dancers of the Teatro alla Scalatogether with Zanon, Piccotti, Gorini, the sopranist Federico Fiorio and the maestro Giulio Prandi at the piano.
Where to buy tickets
Tickets are on sale at the Fraschini Theater of Pavia or up Viva Ticket.
The Castle of Cigognola
The medieval Castle of Cigognola, owned by the Moratti family, dominates the 28 hectares of land planted with vines on the estate in the hills of Oltrepò Pavese. Purchased by Don Carlo Arnaboldi-Gazzaniga in the nineteenth century, the structure was remodeled, adapted to the neo-Gothic style then in vogue. Since then the Castle remained in the hands of the Arnaboldi heirs and in 1981 it became the exclusive property of Letizia Brichetto Arnaboldi and Gian Marco Moratti. In 1982, however, a fire destroyed the building, and the family entrusted the reconstruction to the famous interior architect and set designer Renzo Mongiardino. Here the Morattis have decided to cultivate their passion for wine, dedicating themselves to the productions of the territory: Barbera, Pinot Nero and, later, Nebbiolo.
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