Friday, August 18, 2023

FLORENCE YOUTH FESTIVAL. Piazza Signoria. Free admission. 9pm.

ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES DE HAUTE BRETAGNA conducted by Gaëtan Machon. Music of Henri Purcell, Ernest Chausson, and Howard Shore. Piazza Signoria. 9 pm.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY opera by Puccini. Open Air Theater Torre del Lago. 9:15 pm.

 

EXHIBITIONS:

LUCA GIORDANO, BAROQUE MASTER IN FLORENCE Luca Giordano. Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Open 9 am – 7 pm. Admission to the Palazzo Medici Riccardi is €13, reduced price is €10.

STEVE MCCURRY: CHILDREN. Innocenti Museum, piazza Santissima Annunziata. Open 10 am – 7 pm. Admission to the museum and the exhibition: €16.

YAN PEI-MING. Open 10 am to 8 pm. Admission: €16.

“SUONARE FORTE” Lisetta Carmi. Villa Bardini. Open 10 am – 9 pm. Admission: €10, reduced price is €5.

DONNE IN EQUILIBRIO, 1955/1965 (“Women in Balance”). Museo Salvatore Ferragamo. Piazza di Santa Trinita, 5R. Open 10:30 am – 7:30 pm. Regular ticket price is €8, reduced price is €5. For more information on the exhibition and eligibility for ticket reductions, visit https://www.ferragamo.com/museo/en.

“L’ORIGINE DU MONDE” Lucio Fontana. Museo Novecento of 20th and 21st Century Art. Open 11 am – 8 pm. Admission to the Museo Novecento is €9,50, reduced price is €4,50.

“LIGHT, GAZE, PRESENCE” by Y.Z. Kami. Museo Novecento of 20th and 21st Century Art (and other locations). Open 11 am – 8 pm. Admission to the Museo Novecento is €9,50, reduced price is €4,50.

“SIGNORELLI 500. LUCA DA CORTONA, PAINTER OF LIGHT AND POETRY. MAEC (Etruscan Academy and City Museum). Open 10 am – 7 pm. Admission: €8.

KIMONO—REFLECTIONS OF ART BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE WEST. Museo del Tessuto, Via Puccetti 3, Prato. Open 10 am – 7 pm. Admission €10, reduced €8.

THE SIGNORELLI ROOM. Diocesan Museum, Cortona. Open 10:30 am – 1:30 pm, 2:30 – 6:30 pm. Admission: €6.