Les Arts celebrates Rossini's anniversary with an opera marathon, concerts, recitals, gastronomic activities, DJ music, col·loquis and cinema

The Palau de les Arts celebrates from February 20 to 29 the birth of Gioachino Rossini with a festival of activities around the figure of the composer born in Pesaro and his cultural arrival, which will culminate with the premiere of the opera 'Il viaggio a Reims' on February 29 in the Main Hall.

Named after 'Marató Rossini', Les Arts proposes a complete agenda of opera, symphonic music, recitals, gastronomic activities, educational workshops, trobades and col·loquis, in addition to DJ music and cinematographic sessions in different parts of the city of Valencia and also Castelló.

The artistic director of Les Arts, Jesús Iglesias Noriega, presented at a press conference this new initiative that he offers, “through a transversal figure like Rossini, a wide and varied window of cultural proposals that transcend beyond the musical so that each city can discover its space in Les Arts and in its current programming.”

In this sense, Iglesias Noriega has highlighted the business and institutional collaboration that has allowed the relocation of the activities that, in addition to the Arts, housed spaces such as the Museum of Fine Arts of Castelló, the IVAM, the Filmoteca, the La Nau Cultural Center, the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatori de Música and the Lys Cinemas.

The 'Marató Rossini' will also transcend the artistic work of the brilliant composer to explore and experience the prestigious fame of 'bon vivant'. Rossini's renowned culinary skills will arrive at the Valencian gastronomic circuit, thanks to the collaboration of Tourism and the Valencian Hospitality Business Federation (FEHV), to taste his famous recipes in various restaurant spots in the province of Valencia.

Les Arts reminds you that the concerts, the recitals, the performances and the col·loquis are only available in order to complete the capacity of the sales. In this way, the opera session at Cines Lys is also free. For more information on this topic, interested parties can consult the Les Arts website .

Agenda

The activity began on February 20 with the recital of the artists of the Plácido Domingo Perfection Center at the Museum of Fine Arts of Castelló. The soprano Larisa Stefan, accompanied by the pianists Carlos Sanchis and José Miguel Román, will dedicate the next performance to the work of the maestro from Pesaro.

On the day, February 23, Cines Lys screens in the morning session (11:00 am) the registration of the opera 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' at the Verona Arena in 2018, with Daniel Oren on the podium, Hugo de Ana with the stage director and Leo Nucci in the role of Figaro. At 1:00 p.m., Rossini's work will also be the protagonist of the visit of the artists from the Center de Perfectionament to the IVAM.

The Joaquín Rodrigo Conservatori Superior de Música will hold on December 24, at 7:00 p.m., the premiere of a show designed expressly for the marathon 'Opera on the Sofa', in which they will perform an adaptation of the famous 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'.

For the first time, with Rossini as an excuse, 'Les Arts és Educació' introduced a didactic workshop connected to gastronomy and his various links to the composer. The Palau de les Arts will open on Tuesday the 25th, at 11.00 am, this practical day, carried out in collaboration with the gastronomic forum of the University of Valencia 'Ars Frumentària'.

Starting February 26, the intensity of activities increases, with four proposals for that day. The Filmoteca screens at 6:00 p.m. 'Boyfriend in Sight' (1954), by Luis García Berlanga, which, in the same way as 'Il viaggio a Reims', addresses social disagreements in a fictitious lloc d'esbarjo.

Per seua, at 6:30 p.m., the La Nau Cultural Center held a round table, 'A table, with Rossini', with Pablo Ministerio, from Contrapunto-Gourmet, and representatives of''Ars Frumentària'. An hour later, at 7:30 p.m., the artists of the Plácido Domingo Center will perform at the center a program dedicated to Rossini and his other links to Spain.

Meanwhile, Les Arts has scheduled an edition of 'Perspectives' at the end of the day in which the protagonists of 'The Journey to Reims' will dialogue with the public in a conversation moderated by Álvaro López-Jamar of Friends of Opera and Arts at the Aula Magistral.

The Palau de les Arts will be the epicenter of the activities of the 27th, when the music of the Conservatori Joaquín Rodrigo will inaugurate, at 6:30 p.m. at the Aula Magistral, the concert 'Rossini: wind quartet'. Subsequently, at 7:15 p.m., soprano Emilia Onrubia, accompanied on piano by José Madrid, presents to the audience the recital: 'Manuel García: Spanish lyrical caprices', with an introduction by professor Nieves Pascual on the figure of the Spanish composer and tenor, Rossini's favorite interpreter for the children. òperes.

The Main Hall opens at 7:00 p.m. for the preview of 'Il viaggio a Reims', reserved exclusively for those under 29 years of age, who will be able to watch after the performance a DJ music session 'After Preview' in the Main Hall with students at the Juan Comenius.

Music and gastronomy center the proposals of the event 28. While Berklee College of Music proposes 'A journey from the classic to the contemporary' at the Aula Magistral (7:00 p.m.), the students of the CS Joaquín Rodrigo, per part seua, perform a chamber program at the Teatre Martín i Soler at 7:30 p.m.

At the end of the day, Pablo Ministerio and the gastronomic forum 'Ars Frumentària' will hold a 'showcooking' at La Octava, which will be followed by a tasting soup (9:00 p.m.), for which a reservation will be necessary at educacio@lesarts.com .

The Martín i Soler Theater offers this day's musical offerings with two sessions: the concert 'Rossini i la màquina del temps', performed by CS Joaquín Rodrigo's instrumentalists, and a 'Musical Soirée', at 10:00 p.m., with the violinist of the Valencian Community Orchestra Susanna Gregorian as soloist.

As the final point of the 'Marató Rossini', Les Arts will host activities open to the public from the morning of the 29th, which will begin with the 'Piano Quintet in E flat major, op. 44' from Schumann to the Aula Magistral (11.30 am) to the music of CS Joaquín Rodrigo.

Per seua, the Auditori will play, at 12.00, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Universitat d'Alacant with overtures and àries d'operas by the geni de Pesaro in the faristol. Meanwhile, at 12:15 p.m. the performers of the Conservatori Professional Number 1 of Valencia offer the recital 'Buongiorno Rossini' at the Teatre Martín i Soler.

Abandoning musical activities, Les Arts proposes 'Il viaggio in Europa', a coffee-party, in collaboration with the UNED, in the Lobby of the Teatre Martín i Soler (3:30 p.m.).

From this moment on, the students of CS Joaquín Rodrigo will be the protagonist of artistic activities in three sessions: the recitals at the Aula Magistral 'Operissimo Rossini' (4:00 p.m.) and 'Rossini i el cant' (5:15 p.m.) and the adaptation of 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' amb the muntatge 'Opera on the sofa' at the Teatre Martín i Soler at 6:45 p.m.

The premiere of Il viaggio a Reims in the Main Hall will close the 'I Marató Rossini'.

'Rossini Menu'

In addition, in addition to most of the gastronomic business sector of the Valencian Community, it is possible to taste the 'Rossini Menu', which will rescue and update part of the recipes that have the name. There will be no shortage of 'Insalata alla Rossini', 'Uova alla Rossini', 'Filetto di vitello alla Rossini', 'Tournedos alla Rossini' or the 'Cocktail Rossini', among others.

A selection of dishes that mix with inspirations from different nationalities (Germany, British, Spanish, French, Polish or Russian) and that from February 23 to 29 will be offered by Bodega de Tofolet, Bar Marvi, Gastro Café Sabil, Espadán 31, Jardins del Palau and Contrapunto Les Arts a la ciutat from Valencia.

Furthermore, people from the province of Valencia, Nou Racó (el Palmar), Bergamonte (la Pobla de Farnals) and Camí Vell (Alzira) join the culinary circuit of the 'Marató Rossini'.

Thanks

The inn in Marx of the first 'Marató Rossini' has remained possible thanks to the collaboration of Turisme de la Comunitat Valenciana, the Valencian Institute of Culture, the Federació Empresarial d'Hostelería de València (FEHV), the University of Valencia, through the Vice-rectorate of Culture and Sports, the Area of Musical Activities and the Cultural Center La Nau, the Universitat d'Alacant, Alzira-València Center of the UNED Francisco Tomás y Valiente, the Joaquín Rodrigo Conservatori and the Professional Conservatori of Music number 1 of Valencia, Berklee College of Music, the Col legi Juan Comenius, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art, Cines Lys, Digital Version, Gourmet Catering & Espacios, Amics de l'Òpera i de les Arts de la Comunitat Valenciana, the artists of the Plácido Domingo Perfection Center and the professor of the Valencian Community Orchestra Susanna Gregorian.