Estate Incantata 2024 – with the collaboration and contribution of the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso – Belluno|Dolomites

Source: press office Estate Incantata

Estate Incantata, the summer programme promoted by the Municipality of Treviso in collaboration with and with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso – Belluno|Dolomites, is back.

More than 180 events will take place from 21 June to 21 September, involving 20 associations and realities of the territory among music, art, theatre, comedy and food and wine.

From the city centre to the neighbourhoods there will be festivals and events for everyone, to which some important novelties will be added.

Estate Incantata (‘Enchanted Summer’) started on Friday 21 June with the European Day of Music, promoted by the Ministry of Culture. The event, on the theme ‘The First Orchestra is Us’, was dedicated to music bands. Thanks to the collaboration with the Manzato Association, the ‘Steffani’ Conservatory of Castelfranco, and 21 Gallery, it will be possible to spend an entire day dedicated to music with no less than three appointments in Piazza Pola, at the Santa Caterina auditorium, and at the Giardini di Sant’Andrea.

Cinema and theatre in the open air. Also this year, the appointment with open-air cinema in Piazza Rinaldi will return. ‘Restate con Pazzia’, a format of Teatro che Pazzia, will bring films for all audiences from 27 June to Thursday 5 September, with Italian and European titles from the last year that will benefit from the Ministry of Culture’s ‘Cinema Revolution’ promotion at €3.50.

The programme also includes five screenings and two theatrical performances in the neighbourhoods: San Giuseppe, Parco Ducale, Chiesa di Santa Bona Nuova, San Liberale, San Paolo, Arena Aurora, Prato Fiera, and the ‘Rosa Zalivani’ Elderly People’s Residence Park.

The films screened will bear the signatures of some of the greatest directors on the Italian and international scene, such as Massimo Venier, Florestano Vancini, Mario Martone, Guy Ritchie, Claudio Bisio, Edoardo De Angelis, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Paola Cortellesi, Neri Marcoré, Matteo Garrone, Luca Lucini, as well as Dino Risi and Sergio Leone.

Among the special appointments, on Friday 12 July at 9.15 pm there was ‘Betoneghe d.o.c’, a new show by the Theatre of Oranges (Entrance fee, €15 full price and under 12, €5. Info on www.teatrochepazzia.it).

In addition, on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 August, at 2.15 p.m., comedians Carlo & Giorgio will arrive with the show In vacanza con Carlo & Giorgio (‘On holiday with Carlo & Giorgio’) (Admission charge: full price ticket 25 euro, reduced price ticket for 2 people 22 euro and reduced price ticket 16 euro).

On Friday 30 August, at 12.15 p.m., Piazza Rinaldi will host the Treviso debut of Teatro che Pazzia’s new production, Don Camillo, inspired by the work of Giovannino Guareschi. The festival will end on Tuesday 3 September with Volti di Villa Dolcetta, a film directed by Marco Sartorello that tells the story of a family from the Veneto region in 1937 that emigrated to Sardinia.

Arteven. Among the novelties of the Estate Incantata is the entry into the programme of Arteven, the largest national production circuit of cultural events and shows. From 7 to 11 August, at 7.30 p.m., there will be a circus (without animals) in Piazza Rinaldi, with clowns, juggling, and in Piazza Borsa there will be a special ‘chapiteau’ with balancing acts and contemporary circus. Under the Loggia dei Cavalieri there will be animated readings for children.

GEA. GIOIOSAETAMOROSA – Treviso Contemporary Theatre Festival. Space was also given to contemporary theatre with Gioiosaetamorosa: on Thursday 20 June the festival opened with the ‘Giuseppe Bepo Maffioli’ Contemporary Dramaturgy Award and the staged reading of the winning play. There were also four performances at the Mario Del Monaco Theatre: on 22 and 23 June, the debut of ‘Cobalto’ by Matteo Porru, written and produced for GEA.24 by the Treviso Theatre Committee and Teatro Stabile del Veneto, one of the most eagerly awaited events of the festival, on 26 June Dieci modi per morire felici (‘Ten ways to die happy’) by Emanuele Aldrovandi, on 28 June ‘La Scimmia’ by Giuliana Musso, and on 30 June ‘NUNC’ by the BRAT company.

Comedians in the Lodge. Thanks to CentroMarca Banca, from 3 July to 3 August, comedy theatre will also return with Comici in Loggia (‘Comedians in the Lodge’): on 3 July, at 9 p.m., Andrea Paris, ‘prestigiattore’, comedian, magician, illusionist and mentalist, winner of ‘Tu si Que Vales’ and star of important evenings in the biggest Italian theatres, will perform. On 10 July it was Dado’s turn, a popular comedian on Zelig, Colorado and Made in Sud. On 17 July, it will be Marino Bartoletti and Duo Idea‘s turn, combining the oratory and pith of the well-known journalist with the comic sagacity of the popular Zelig duo.

On 24 July there will be Antonio Mezzancella: showman, singer, imitator and presenter, winner of Tale e Quale Show and presenter on Rai Radio 2. On 31 July, Gianluca Impastato, a comedian known to the general public since the days of Colorado and Leonardo Manera, will take the stage in the loggia, and will close the event on 3 August. Comici in Loggia is organised by Spettacoli Pro with the artistic direction of Giovanna Donini and Andrea Midena. Free admission.

Summer Museums. Estate Incantata were enriched by the historic musical event at the Cloister of Santa Caterina (starting at 9 p.m.), Musei d’Estate (Summer Museums) promoted by Asolo Musica: the programme embraces several musical genres, promoting appointments of the highest quality. Five concerts are scheduled, starting on Thursday 4 July with the XY Quartet in Linguaggi Artificiali, followed on Thursday 11 July by the harmonica bocca of Max De Aloe, on Thursday 18 July by the Commedia dell’Arte with Pulcinella accompanied by the chitarra battente, on Thursday 25 July Riccardo Favero on fortepiano and harpsichord for a comparison between Bach and Mozart, and concluding on Thursday 1 August with the return to Treviso of Alessandro Santacaterina’s chitarra battente.

(Admission 10 euros reduced under 25 and Asolo Musica members 5 euros. Info: Asolo Musica Veneto Musica Tel. +39 392 4519244 info@asolomusica.com, www.asolomusica.com )

Un posto all’ombra. The theatre group ‘Gli Alcuni’ will bring the family theatre ‘Un posto all’ombra’ (‘A place in the shade’) and the Children’s Theatre Festival ‘Fiabe sotto il Cedro’ from Wednesday 19 June to Sunday 8 September. Throughout the summer, at 5.30 p.m., the Arena set up in the Park of the Talking Trees will host shows for children, with important theatre companies accompanying the little ones on summer afternoons. (Information and tickets at: www.live.alcuni.it, info.parco@alcuni.it, teatro@alcuni.it)

Theatre to Eat and Drink. After the great success of the previous editions, ‘Teatro da bere e da bere’ (‘Theatre to Eat and Drink’) will be back, which sees the experience of theatre leaving conventional venues. On 25 June in San Parisio there will be an aperitif with ‘Amanti e Pazzi’ (Lovers and Madmen), a show inspired by a comic, satirical, irreverent text that will speak of love ‘in reverse’, mocking the eternal sentiment sung by great poets and writers of all times. ‘Amanti e Pazzi’ is staged by Compagnia Fumo Bianco and Tema Cultura.

On Monday 1 July, in the Cloister of the Santa Caterina Museum, there was a special picnic under the stars: guests will receive baskets with food, cutlery and will be able to taste Prosecco. White tablecloths and cushions lying on the lawn will be lit by more than a thousand candles. The evening will be enlivened by the show Amanti e Pazzi (‘Lovers and Madmen’), again by Compagnia Fumo Bianco with the students of Tema Cultura. (info: Tema Cultura www.temacultura.it; info@temacultura.it; tel. +39 346-2201356).

A theatre with a roof of stars. Estate Incantata will bring theatrical performances to the neighbourhoods thanks to the Aprisogni organisation, which will propose the review for adults and children Un Teatro col Tetto di Stelle (A Theatre with a Roof of Stars).

It starts on Tuesday 4 July at 9 p.m. in the Sant’Angelo district (Pro Loco area in Via Papa Leone III) with ‘Nonna Volpe, una casa per due’ (‘Grandmother Fox, a home for two’, free admission) by the ‘Vladimiro Strinati’ company of Ravenna. On Tuesday 11 July, at the Case Piavone Ethnographic Museum in Via Cal di Breda, ‘Arlecchino e il Principe dei Mamelucchi’ (‘Harlequin and the Prince of Mamelukes’) will be staged by the ‘Paolo Papparotto Burattinaio’ company. On Tuesday 18 July, in Monigo (Via Sant’Elena Imperatrice, parish area), Naso d’Argento (‘Silver Nose’) by L’Aprisogni. On Tuesday 1 August, at the Cral Ospedalieri (accommodation facilities area), there will be Gioppino e il mistero del castello (Gioppino and the Mystery of the Castle) with the company ‘I Burattini Cortesi’ from Bergamo, and on Tuesday 8 August (at 9 pm), at Fiera, there will be Girotondo intorno al mondo (Roundabout around the World) with the Oroteatro company from Pordenone. For information www.aprisogni.it/organizzazione/stelle/stelle2023.html

Suoni di Marca. From 12 to 27 July, Suoni di Marca will be back on the Walls of Treviso, a festival that has been enriching the Treviso summer for over thirty years with great concerts, a rich taste itinerary, and an exhibition-market. Among the artists who will animate Suoni di Marca are Santi Francesi, the great revelation of Sanremo 2024, Paolo Benvegnù + La Crus, Matthew Lee, Modena City Ramblers, Valerio Lundini and I Vazzanikki, Gio Evan, Eugenio in via di Gioia and Planet Funk.

Teatro dei Pazzi also proposes an important review entitled Ritratti di Donna (Portraits of Women): Monday 22 July, at 9 p.m., under the Loggia dei Cavalieri will be Figlie di un’ordinaria follia (‘Daughters of Ordinary Madness’), a concert theatre show dedicated to Charles Bukowski and the women who became poetry through his words.

On 27 August, instead, always under the Loggia dei Cavalieri, Picasso, le Donne e la Chitarra (‘Picasso, the Women and the Guitar’) will be staged, a Concert Theatre show centred on the story of the muses and lovers who inspired the works of Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century (free admission, info. +39 0421330739 / +39 3204695365, www.teatrodeipazzi.com).

Free Prato. At Prato Fiera, from June to 29 August, there will be the cultural event FREE PRATO – Estate 2024 to promote the Prato della Fiera space as a meeting place for cultural production. There will be the CineCirco, the open-air cinema in collaboration with Cineforum Labirinto, the scenic reading (27 June) accompanied by accordion Giulietta Masina, una vita all’ombra di un genio, (‘Giulietta Masina, a life in the shadow of a genius’) by Franca Tamai, narrated by Lorena Daldin and accordion by Enrico Palù. There will also be an evening of Circus Theatre with the debut of Babordi (12 July), directed by Rita Pelusio, dramaturgy by Domenico Ferrari and the Milanese company MetaFuori of Ottavia Bo, Lapo Madia, Zeno Piovesan, Luna Sanguanini, and Anita Terzaghi. On all dates there will be a food and wine service with the Osteria Canova food truck from Treviso.

Treviblues. Treviblues, the Treviso blues festival organised by young people, will also return to Piazza Rinaldi. On Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be jam sessions and concerts with musicians from the contemporary blues scene, as well as a series of stands displaying the work of local craftsmen.

In addition, there will be the opportunity to visit two exhibitions on the history of the blues: the first tells of one of the Italian pioneers of this genre, Guido Toffoletti; the second, deals with the emancipation of numerous female artists who found within the musical environment of the 1900s an outlet for their individual freedom of expression.

A refreshment corner will be present.

Treviso Incanto (Enchanted Treviso). From 12 to 14 July, the first City of Treviso choral singing festival organised by the Getsemani Cultural Association will be held in the Church of Santa Caterina, San Francesco, Loggia dei Cavalieri and Piazza Rinaldi.

Civic Music. Treviso Harmonia brought the fourth concert of the Musica Civica initiative: the Gala Pucciniano (Puccini’s Gala) will take place on Saturday 13 July at 6.30 p.m. at the S Caterina civic museum.

Adriana Manzoni, Alina Tabolina, Claudia Zarantonello, Elena De Simone, Federica Frasson, and Filippo Filipov will perform, accompanied by Maestro pianist Mauro Perissinotto. Excerpts from Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly will be performed.

On Saturday 21 September, at 6 p.m., there will be another Gala Pucciniano (Puccini’s Gala) that will follow the composer’s chronological history with excerpts from the operas La fanciulla del West, Il Tabarro, La Rondine, Suor Angelica e Gianni Schicchi and Turandot (admission 10 euros, free for under 14s, with reservation at info@trevisoharmonia.it).

Treviso Retrò. Thursday 22 August, Friday 23 August and Saturday 24, in Piazza Santa Maria dei Battuti, there will be Treviso Retrò – music, theatre and amenities from another era – with the artistic direction of Carlo Colombo and Luisa Trevisi. On 22 August, Candy and the smoothies with Elisa Bortoluzzo, Valentino Favotto, and Enrico Parolin will perform, amidst vintage atmospheres and retro sounds, American and Italian swing, and the great rock’n’roll classics. On 23 August it will be the turn of Tre in Italiano: Stefano dall’Armellina, Massimo Zemolin, and Gigi Sella will perform a swing-jazz show on the songs of the last century that made Italian pop music great in the world. It will close on 24 August with the theatrical and musical performance Non ho paura dell’intelligenza artificiale (‘I’m not afraid of artificial intelligence’), the point of view of an artist born in 1970 who has enthusiastically lived through the 50 years with the most rapid technological evolution in the history of mankind (Free entrance, infotrevisoretro@gmail.com)

Guided tours. IAT Treviso Centro (Unpli Treviso) organises a series of guided tours. Friday 21 June, Friday 12 July and Friday 26 July at 6.30 p.m., departing from Piazza Borsa, it will be possible to experience Treviso at Sunset, discovering the most characteristic corners of our city.

On Saturday 6 July (3.30 p.m.) at the Museo di Santa Caterina, it will be possible to visit the exhibition Donna in Scena – Boldini Selvatico Martini, which celebrates women in art in the late 19th and early 20th century.

(Admission 10 euro full price, 8 euro reduced price plus museum entrance 10 euro)

Saturday 10 August, Saturday 24 August, Saturday 7 September and Saturday 21 September, with Treviso, che di chiare fontane tutta ride (‘Treviso, that all laughs at clear fountains’), it will be possible to discover the many fountains in the city.

Info and booking (compulsory): info@turismotreviso.it, tel. +39 0422.595780

Donna in Scena (‘Woman on stage’). Donna in scena. Boldini Selvatico Martini, directed by Fabrizio Malachin, will be extended until 15 September with a series of collateral events to explore themes related to the exhibition and enjoy the works in an alternative way. The exhibition emphasises the figure of women through celebrities such as Eleonora Duse, Wally Toscanini, Lyda Borelli and Toti Dal Monte, alongside elegant exponents of the bourgeoisie and nobility of Treviso, Veneto and Italy, immortalised by the colours of the most successful painters at the turn of the century, artists who often specialised in large female portraits, and for this reason were famous, admired, and fought over.

Music and folklore. From 28 August to 1 September, during the Treviso International Saxophone Festival, promoted by the Associazione Chiostro Armonico, there will be concerts and masterclasses dedicated to the world of the saxophone.

On 15 August, Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore will host the Gran Concerto dell’Assunta on the theme with Orchestra Filarmonia Veneta directed by Massimo Raccanelli and conducted by Elena Filini. Divine will be a tribute to the centenary of Giacomo Puccini‘s death and will highlight the creatures of La Bohème, Floria Tosca, Cio-Cio San, Suor Angelica, and Liù. They are, in fact, the women who defined Puccini’s universe. These roles were brought to success by the great singers of the early 20th century, prima donnas on stage and in life. Gran Concerto dell’Assunta is a tribute to Puccini’s female universe and is linked to the figures and stories brought to light by the exhibition Donna in scena  at the Santa Caterina museum. There will also be the Rassegna Folcloristica Sile Folk organised by the Pastoria del Borgo Furo group with folkloristic dances and groups from Venezuela, Spain, Kenya and Portugal, both in the historic centre and in the neighbourhoods. The 35th International Folklore Festival will instead be held in Piazza dei Signori and under the Loggia dei Cavalieri with groups from Spain, Bulgaria and Slovakia.

On the other hand, Circolo Culturale Amicizia Sarda APS promoted on 30 June, in Piazza Rinaldi, Terra Mia. La Sardegna in musica, (‘Land of Mine. Sardinia in music’) including dances, Sardinian songs of yesterday and today with dancers in traditional costumes and Enzo Mugoni singer and entertainer of the evening (free admission).

The Enchanted Summer is enriched every year with novelties and appointments, – are the words of the Mayor of Treviso Mario Conte. This testifies to the desire to create a shared and festive context, attractive and perfectly connected to our all-round cultural and artistic context, which once again proves to be particularly lively. I would like to thank the councillors for Culture and the Productive City, Maria Teresa De Gregorio and Rosanna Vettoretti, as well as the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso – Belluno|Dolomites and the commercial partners such as CentroMarca Banca and Prosecco Doc, who are always close to us in the construction and programming of these events. Putting together 180 events is an important job, but thanks to the contribution of so many territorial realities, it has been possible to create a programme of quality events, to give the people of Treviso and visitors one more reason to enjoy summer afternoons and evenings with us’.

This varied proposal of events will offer the entire community a valuable opportunity to meet and share, fundamental elements for individual and collective wellbeing. Values that strengthen the bond with the territory and are therefore essential for a Cooperative Credit Bank such as CMB, – comments Tiziano Cenedese President of CentroMarca Banca, a historical partner of the Treviso summer event. We recognise the importance of culture and entertainment as instruments capable of creating social cohesion and essential moments of leisure. For this reason, we have chosen to renew our support for ‘Estate Incantata’, contributing to a rich calendar of events, including the six evenings of ‘CMB Comici in Loggia’, which will feature some of Italy’s best-loved cabaret artists as guests of excellence. A unique opportunity to enjoy evenings of fun and light-heartedness in what we hope will become a truly enchanting summer for everyone. – The CMB President concludes.

For Giancarlo Guidolin, President of the Consortium for the Protection of Prosecco DOC, Our commitment in the social sphere finds particular expression in supporting local projects that are born in favour of the community. We are therefore delighted to accompany the summer of Treviso as part of the broader collaboration with the city, particularly in this initiative that reveals a great cultural, artistic and entertainment breadth and is characterised by a wealth of diversified proposals capable of involving broad segments of the population.

Translated by Cecilia Flaccavento
Intern at the Chamber of Commerce of Treviso – Belluno|Dolomites