(12 July 2017) Everything is ready in Prague for the 18th edition of the International Music Festival “The Summer Festival of Ancient Music”. According to the Italian Institute of Culture, the event began yesterday, July 11, and will last until August 7th. This year’s edition focuses on the Versailles Palace, which at the end of the 17th and 18th centuries was not only a royal residence but also the most important music centre in France. The concert “Music for the Royal Princess”, on Monday July 31st at 20:00 at Troja Castle, will feature the Italian cantata written for Maria Giuseppina of Saxony, mother of Ludovico XVI (written by J.A. Hasse, A. Vivaldi, L. Leo, J-P. Guignon and J.-Ph. Rameau) who will be interpreted by the Italian soprano, Raffaella Milanesi, accompanied by the Odyssee Ensemble (Netherlands). The concert is held in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture of Prague under the patronage of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. (Red)
