Winter is Farnesian in Piacenza: many free events including dance, music and theater for the Fasti di Elisabetta

Piacenza is stagingInverno Farnesiano, a rich series of collateral events conceived and organized by the Municipality of Piacenza, with the collaboration of Teatro Gioco Vita, to accompany throughout its opening period to the public the exhibition I Fasti di Elisabetta Farnese. Portrait of a Queen set up from December 2, 2023 to April 7, 2042 at the Civic Museums of Palazzo Farnese. An exhibition, curated by Antonella Gigli and Antonio Iommelli, organized by the Civic Museums of Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza with the support of the Municipality of Piacenza and in collaboration with the publishing house Electa, which gives the precious opportunity for visitors to see for the first time, after nearly three hundred years, the Fasti of Elisabetta Farnese (Parma, 1692 - Aranjuez, 1766), the last princess of Parma and Piacenza of the House of Farnese and queen consort of Spain as the wife of Philip V. This is an important cycle of canvases executed in the first half of the 18th century by court painter Ilario Mercanti known as lo Spolverini (Parma, 1657 - Piacenza, 1734). The Fasti of Caserta and Parma, coming thanks to extraordinary loans from the Royal Palace of Caserta and the City Hall of Parma, have in fact been reunited for this occasion with those already in Piacenza since 1928.

TheFarnese Winter, which kicked off on December 13, 2023 and will continue until April 7, 2024, thus accompanies the exhibition dedicated to the Fasti di Elisabetta with a series of events (more than forty), all free of charge, including dance, music and theater, which see the rooms of the Civic Museums of Palazzo Farnese become locations for choreographic performances, piètheatrical performances, concerts, meetings, lectures, and educational workshops in order to lead the public to the discovery of artistic worlds, architectural spaces and personalities that were protagonists in Piacenza in the first half of the 18th century.

Below, we see the program in detail.

January

January 19, 8 p.m. - 8:50 p.m.
Farnese Palace

Young students from the ArteDanza school present a traveling performance within the rooms of Palazzo Farnese. The audience will be invited into the private rooms of Elisabetta Farnese, intent on preparing, with the help of her bridesmaids for the festivities in honor of her wedding. The arrival of a young pageboy will announce the start of the party and the departure of the procession: the audience will accompany the young princess to Room 7 where she will find her consort Philip V waiting for her, along with the Court to begin the Grand Ball. Throughout the evening minuets, gavottes and pas de deux will be danced to the 18th-century music of Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Boccherini, including some played live by the young harpist Giulia Trabacchi (a talented student of the Piacenza Conservatory of Music), which will transport the audience to the rococo atmosphere of Elizabeth’s time

MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND GUIDED TOURS

Jan. 13, 3:30-5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Rota Pisaroni led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli;

Jan. 19, 9:45 a.m.-6 p.m. International study conference at Palazzo Farnese: The Farnese, a great dynasty;

Jan. 19, 9 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition with curator and director Antonio Iommelli;

Jan. 27, 3:30-5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Malvicini Fontana led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli.

February

FEB. 2, 8-8:50 P.M.
Farnese Palace

Program: Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor D.703; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “of the Harps”: poco adagio-allegro; Adagio ma non troppo Presto; Allegretto con variazioni.

FEBRUARY 21, 8-8:50 p.m.

Second episode of the Farnese Saga: Margaret of Austria, betrothed to the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, is the undisputed protagonist of this chapter of the saga. It is she who initiates work on the new architectural design of the Palazzo Farnese by Jacopo Barozzi continued and completed by her son Alessandro and grandson Ranuccio Farnese. Alessandro, son of Ottavio and Margherita, was always engaged outside the Duchy’s territories in war campaigns, thus leaving his very young son Ranuccio I in charge of the Duchy.

MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND GUIDED TOURS

Feb. 2, 9 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition with curator and director Antonio Iommelli;

Feb. 3, 3:30-5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Anguissola di Grazzano led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli;

Feb. 10, 3:30-5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Scotti di Sarmato led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli;

Feb. 15, 6-7 p.m. Lecture “The Farnese Collection at the Royal Palace of Caserta” by Dr. Tiziana Maffei at Galleria Alberoni Sala Arazzi.

Feb. 15, 6-7-8 p.m. Guided tour of the Cardinal’s Apartment, Antonello da Messina’sEcce Homo, the Municipal Library and the Science Section. Reduced admission 6 euros;

Feb. 17, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Workshop at Palazzo Farnese: The Strange Cases of Prof. Whippet;

Feb. 18, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Workshop at Palazzo Farnese: The strange cases of Prof. Whippet;

Feb. 21, 9 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition with curator and director Antonio Iommelli;

Feb. 24, 3:30-5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Galli led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli;

Feb. 24, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Workshop at Palazzo Farnese: The strange cases of Prof. Whippet;

Feb. 25, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Workshop at Palazzo Farnese: The strange cases of Prof. Whippet.

March - April.

MARCH 1, 8-8:50 p.m.
Farnese Palace.

Di Stanze Fastose edi Giovani Spose is a traveling performance that will see various eighteenth-century characters, some more realistic, others more surreal, move through various imaginary space-time locations as they grapple with the setting up of the most sumptuous wedding banquet of the century. The journey will end inside the exhibition.

MARCH 15, 8 TO 8:45 P.M.
Farnese Palace
La Gobernadora, Elisabetta Farnese, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, Queen of Spain
by Kabukista Teatro

The human, political and social story of a woman with uncommon intellectual, human and civic characteristics and resources in a difficult historical period marked by many epochal transitions in which Elisabeth’s own contribution was often of no small importance. The stages in the history of the Farnese family, whose vicissitudes are so deeply intertwined with the life of the city of Piacenza, that brought Elisabeth to the throne of Spain will also be retraced, thanks in part to such notable figures as Cardinal Giulio Alberoni. Through the figure of a strong woman with an extraordinary life, we will retrace a moment rich in notable and fundamental events in the history and culture of the period that profoundly affected all of Europe.

MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND GUIDED TOURS

March 1, 9 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition with curator and director Antonio Iommelli;

March 2, 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Anguissola di Cimafava Rocca led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli;

March 2, 3:30-5:30 pm. Workshop at Palazzo Farnese: The strange cases of Prof. Whippet;

March 3, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Workshop at Palazzo Farnese: The strange cases of Prof. Whippet;

March 6, 8 p.m. Throne Room at Palazzo Farnese. Farnese Palace. Benefit dinner (ticketed event);

March 9, 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Costa led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Marco Horak;

March 15, 9 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition with curator and director Antonio Iommelli;

March 22, 6-7 p.m. Lecture “The End of the House of Farnese” by Professor Andrea Merlotti (Director Center for Studies of the Consortium of Royal Residences of Savoy) at PalabancaEventi in Via Mazzini (Bank of Piacenza);

March 23, 3:30-5:30 pm. Tour of Villa Caramello, near Castel San Giovanni, led by director Antonio Iommelli and architect Manrico Bissi;

April 4, 6-7 p.m.. Conference “The Legacy of Elisabetta Farnese. The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in the Eighteenth-Century European Context” by Dr. Alfonso Alibrandi (Researcher at Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome) at PalabancaEventi in Via Mazzini (Banca di Piacenza);

April 5, 4 p.m. Lecture “Digital Tools and the Artistic Heritage. Present and future scenarios” by Dr. Marco Stucchi and Professor Valeria Poli at Palazzo Farnese;

April 6, 3:30-5 p.m. Tour of Palazzo Casati led by director Antonio Iommelli and professor Valeria Poli;

April 7, 4 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition with curator and director Antonio Iommelli.

Also scheduled in the Inverno Farnesiano program through April 7, 2024, are special openings of Piacenza’s Alberoni College and Gallery with special guided tours (Saturdays at 4 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.) that will unveil, in the Alberoni College Library, the most important letters and documents of Cardinal Giulio Alberonilegated to the marriage of Elisabetta Farnese. On Sundays only, until March 31, 2024, a shuttle bus will take visitors from Palazzo Farnese to Collegio Alberoni (and vice versa) departing at the following times: outbound (Palazzo Farnese/Collegio Alberoni) boarding at Via S. Antonino 19, at 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.; return (Collegio Alberoni/Palazzo Farnese) boarding at Via Emilia Parmense 84, at 4:30 p.m. and 5:20 p.m.

Ticket holders of the exhibition I Fasti di Elisabetta Farnese will be entitled to reduced admission.

For info call 0523 322635 - 349 4575709 or write to uffici@operapiaalberoni.it - info@collegioalberoni.it or visit www.collegioalberoni.it

Guided tours of the exhibition and the noble residences of Piacenza are free of charge. Reservations required until available places are reached (maximum 25 participants). For all other events (except when expressly indicated) admission is free while places last (max. 60 places). During the evening events at Palazzo Farnese, access to the exhibition will be allowed from 7 to 10 p.m. (last entry at 9 p.m.) upon payment of the relevant entrance fee.

For all info you can visit https://www.palazzofarnese.piacenza.it/it or call 0523 492658 or write to info.farnese@comune.piacenza.it

Winter is Farnesian in Piacenza: many free events including dance, music and theater for the Fasti di Elisabetta

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