Next events
Pleasures of Art Summer 2024, 26, 27 and 30 August
Here is the programme
Under the patronage of the municipality of Lesignano dè Bagni and the National Association of Theatre Critics, with the contribution of the Region of Emilia Romagna – Case d’Illustri, three evenings of entertainment will be held at Villa Lanfranchi, an appointment that is by now a must.
Three evenings with different tastes, from theatre to jazz, from reading to singing accompanied by the piano.
Pleasures of Art Summer 2024
Last week of August
The last week of August sees the return of the summer festival evenings in the villa. Under the patronage of the municipality of Lesignano Bagni and of the National Association of Theatre Critics, with the contribution of the Emilia Romagna Region – Case d’Illustri, three music and theatre shows will alternate.
The programme is coming soon: stay tuned!
Pleasures of Art Summer 2024
Wednesday 31 July Ermo Colle
This year, Ermo Colle’s theatrical performance planned in the municipality of Lesignano Bagni will take place in Villa Lanfranchi.
An ideal setting for the monologue Attent(at)i by the Teatro delle Quisquillie, by and with Maura Pettroruso.
Mario Lanfranchi exhibition at the Ape Parma Museum extended until 16 October
After the inauguration and in-depth meeting in June on Mario Lanfranchi as a director, Ape Parma Museo extended the duration of the exhibition until 16 October 2024.
The concomitance with the Verdi Festival can only enhance his value as a director of operas: unforgettable Traviata brought by Lanfranchi to the small screen.
An exhibition at the Ape Parma Museum on Mario Lanfranchi
Inauguration 20 June
The Mario Lanfranchi Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition in Parma dedicated to the master Lanfranchi and his house, a journey of photographs by Luca Gilli, in dialogue, as a mirror, to Mario’s creative flair. We will be welcomed by the prestigious space of the APE Parma Museo, https://www.apeparmamuseo.it/, in Via Farini, in the city centre, home of the Fondazione MonteParma. Here are the dates:
on 20 June at the APE Parma Museo, at 5.30 p.m., the inauguration of the exhibition ‘The Many Lives of Mario Lanfranchi. The house on stage’.
27 June at 10.30 a.m., again at the APE Parma Museo, the meeting ‘Mario Lanfranchi regista. Experts and friends in dialogue’, speakers include music critic Angelo Foletto
Mark the dates: we are waiting for you!
Luca Gilli, a refined photographer, the author of valuable exhibitions about which worthy critics and scholars have written with admiration, his works requested by museums and private collectors, returned to Villa Lanfranchi for several days when the Foundation asked him for a series of photographs that, telling the story of the Maestro’s home, would reveal some of the characteristics of the place and those who lived there. The result is a work of remarkable beauty and great emotion: although Luca Gilli had never met Mario Lanfranchi, his stay in those spaces made him grasp, through aesthetic, perceptive and empathic sensitivity, some aspects of the creative flair of the man who, in the last years of his long life, had devoted himself to the pleasure of giving new surface features to the many rooms of that ancient house, recognised by the Superintendency as a heritage site to be safeguarded.
Special visits Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning
Saturday 6 April at 3 p.m. and Sunday 7 April at 10 a.m.
During these visits, those present will be able to listen to some pages from the book with reflections and anecdotes by the Maestro. Giving depth to the words of the book ‘A director for all seasons’ will be actor Davide Tortorelli. A graduate in Classical Guitar at the Conservatory of Parma, he specialised in theatre studies. Among his many experiences, his participation in Sophocles’ “Antigone” directed by Marco Baliani at the Veleia Festival in 2022 is important. With 9c Teatro he is involved in directing, dramaturgy and translation. With this new Piaceri d’Arte meeting, it will be possible to almost hear the Maestro’s voice, anecdotes related to the Villa, his creative experiences in the world, his wife Anna Moffo
National Days of the Homes of Famous Italian Personalities
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April
This year the Mario Lanfranchi Foundation joins the national days of the Houses of Famous Italian Personalities, of which Villa Lanfranchi is a member, promoted by the national association of Houses of Memory, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on both days
Inauguration of the opening season of the villa to guided tours
Sunday 10th March
On Sunday, 10 March, the opening of the season of opening the villa to guided tours with a special classical guitar concert. A pair of internationally renowned artists, Chieko Hata and Stefano Palamidesi of Better Call Duo, will perform in the oratory of our House of Illustre.
The musical event is at 11 a.m. with a programme of pieces by modern composers such as Shingo Fuji, Mario Gangi, Roland Dvens and the well-known 18th century Neapolitan master composer and guitarist Mauro Giuliani.
The extensive repertoire of the Better Call Duo ranges over the contemporary in the constant quest to perfect touch and sound in a variety of timbres. The Duo, which was formed relatively recently, has a wealth of experience, having performed in international competitions and in concert halls and festivals in America, Asia and Africa. The concert is free admission with compulsory booking, subject to availability.
For reservation: whatsapp message to Cell. 339 166 7852
Book reprint
The book on Mario Lanfranchi ‘A director for all seasons’, written by Roberta Reganati Ebnet, full of interesting and amusing anecdotes recounted by the Maestro, has finally reached reprinting. It will be on sale at the villa.
