Thursday, July 22, 2021
CLASSICAL MUSIC: MAGGIO MUSICALE ORCHESTRA conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Music of Lutosławski and Mussorgsky. Teatro del Maggio, Piazzale Vittorio Gui, 1. 8 pm.
ORCHESTRA DELLA TOSCANA conducted by Nil Sales with soloist Francesca Dego (violin). Music of Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. Santa Barbara Fortress, Pistoia. 9:15 pm.
EXHIBITIONS:
AMERICAN ART 1961 – 2001. Palazzo Strozzi, piazza Strozzi. Open 2 – 9 pm. Admission: €15.
LA FERITA (THE WOUND), installation on the façade of Palazzo Strozzi. Free admission.
SILK: SCARF & TIE PRINTS BY FULVIA FERRAGAMO. Ferragamo Museum, piazza Santa Trinita. Open 11 am – 7 pm. Admission: €8, €4 for university students. There is also free admission online to a virtual tour at https://www.ferragamo.com/museo/en/silk.
TURANDOT AND PUCCINI, CHINI AND CARAMBA. Textile Museum (Museo del Tessuto), Via Puccetti 3, Prato. Open 10 am – 3 pm. Admission: €10, students €4. A combined discount on an admission ticket with the Fondazione Puccini in Lucca and the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology in Florence is available and encouraged.
LIGHTS FROM THE DARKNESS: FROM THE LIGHTS OF THE ETRUSCANS TO THE GLOW OF POMPEII. MAEC (Museum of Etruscan Art, Cortona), Palazzo Casali, Piazza Signorelli, Cortona. Open 10 am – 7 pm. Admission: €10, for children ages 6 – 12 admission is €7.