Enchanted Villas and Gardens

A program of 14 concerts in 7 Villas between June and July is what the eighth edition of Enchanted Villas and Gardens (Ville e Giardini incantati) has planned, the musical event that sees the ORT - Orchestra of Tuscany as the protagonist in the gardens and halls of Tuscany's Medici Villas.

The Villas of the Medici family - UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013 - have been for centuries places of choice for the artistic, cultural, spiritual and scientific life of their time. And every summer, with this event, they confirm their role.

The Medici Villa involved in this edition are 7: La Petraia, Poggio a Caiano, Cerreto Guidi, Seravezza, Quarrata, Pratolino Park and the Garden of Villa di Castello.

The program:

• June 5 - Medici Villa in Poggio a Caiano
  June 6 - Medici Villa in Cerreto Guidi
  June 7 - Medici Villa La Petraia, Florence
  Diego Ceretta director
  ORT
  Schubert / Ouverture in the Italian Style D 591
  Prokof'ev / Symphony No. 1 Op. 25 Classical
  Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 4 Op. 90 Italian
• June 8 - Medici Park of Pratolino, Vaglia
  Diego Ceretta director
  ORT
  Schubert / Ouverture in the Italian Style D 591
  Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 4 Op. 90 Italian
• June 12 - Medici Villa in Poggio a Caiano
  June 13 - Medici Villa in Cerreto Guidi
  June 14 - Medici Villa La Petraia, Florence
  Kyrian Friedenberg director
  Giulia Baracani flute
  ORT
  Ibert / Hommage à Mozart
  Mozart / Concert for flute and orchestra K.314
  Mozart / Symphony No. 38 K.504 Prague
• June 27 - Medici Villa in Poggio a Caiano
  June 28 - Medici Villa La Petraia, Florence
  June 29 - Medici Villa in Cerreto Guidi
  Danila Grassi director
  Andrea Mancini horn
  ORT
  Mozart / Don Giovanni, ouverture
  Rosetti / Concert for horns and orchestra
  Beethoven / Symphony No. 8 Op. 93
• July 3 - Medici Villa "La Magia" in Quarrata
  July 8 - Medici Palace of Seravezza
  I misteri di Casanova
  Luci e ombre di un genio irrequieto 
  (The mysteries of Casanova. Lights and shadows of a restless genius)
  Brass and Percussion of ORT
  Eleonora Cappelletti narrator
  Free entrance, upon reservation
• July 13 - Garden of the Medici Villa di Castello
  Luci e Ombre
  Passeggiando per Vienna
  (Lights and shadows. Walking through Vienna)
  ORT ensemble
  Schubert / Octet in F major, D. 803
• July 20 - Medici Villa La Petraia, Florence
  Giacomo Bianchi orchestrator and violin
  Flavio Giuliani oboe
  ORT
  Bach / Concert for Violin, Oboe and Orchestra BWV 1060R
  Vivaldi / The Four Seasons

Musical performances are sometimes enriched by guided tours and/or buffets (for a fee).
See the full calendar, with concert schedule and information on tours and buffets.

Ticket purchase:

• online
• box office of Verdi Theater in Florence (from June 10, Monday - Wednesday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
• locations of Ticketone network
• on site if still available