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Song in the City: Primavera: The Story of Italy in Song
Thu 22 May
|St Giles, Cripplegate, Barbican
An Italian songbook that celebrates the birth of a nation, tracing a story of identity and memory


Time & Location
22 May 2025, 19:30 – 21:00
St Giles, Cripplegate, Barbican, Fore St, City of London, London EC2Y 8DA, UK
About the event
An Italian songbook that celebrates the birth of a nation, tracing a story of identity and memory, through non-operatic delights by Puccini, Verdi and Donizetti to lesser-known vocal gems by Pizzetti, Casella, Salviucci, Ottorino and Elsa Respighi and Martucci
Madeleine Holmes soprano & Gavin Roberts piano
Many of the songs were researched as the result of work undertaken by the generosity of a Finzi Trust Travel Scholarship.
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