On the occasion of the Italian Republic Day, musicians Francesco Bearzatti and Gianpaolo Rinaldi performed together with the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra at the Damascus Opera House.<\/p>\n
The concert opened with a piece from Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s La traviata (The fallen woman)<\/em>, before moving on to contemporary Italian compositions, including Estate<\/em> by Bruno Martino, a piece renowned for its themes of longing and nostalgia.<\/p>\n Speaking during the event, Bearzatti described music as a bridge between cultures, stating that his composition was intended as a message of hope.<\/p>\n Rinaldi, attending his first event in Syria, expressed his delight at taking part in the concert and praised the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra for its artistic approach.<\/p>\n The orchestra then performed a selection of Italian opera classics, including Rossini\u2019s Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em> (The barber of Seville)<\/em>, as well as excerpts from Puccini\u2019s Gianni Schicchi<\/em> and Turandot<\/em>.<\/p>\n The evening concluded with works by Syrian composer Nouri Al-Rahiban, including the traditional songs \u201cTal\u2019a Min Beit Abuha\u201d and \u201cBint Al-Shalabiya\u201d, highlighting the musical dialogue between Syrian and Italian cultural traditions.<\/p>\n The concert was organised by the Embassy of Italy in Damascus. Ambassador Stefano Ravagnan subsequently hosted the celebrations for the National Day at the Residence of Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the occasion of the Italian Republic Day, musicians Francesco Bearzatti and Gianpaolo Rinaldi performed together with the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra at the Damascus Opera House. The concert opened with a piece from Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s La traviata (The fallen woman), before moving on to contemporary Italian compositions, including Estate by Bruno Martino, a piece […]","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":193777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[32,6],"class_list":["post-193917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retediplomatica","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193926,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193917\/revisions\/193926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}