La musica dell’estate

The music of summer

Immancabili le proposte di TriesteLovesJazz e l’omaggio al Maestro Lelio Luttazzi il 17 luglio in piazza Verdi: una serata dedicata ai 100 anni del “giovanotto matto” dove si esibiranno Freddy Colt and His Swing Kids. Gli altri concerti della rassegna si svolgeranno nel giardino del museo Sartorio, da poco rinnovato, e il tradizionale suggestivo concerto all’alba sul molo Audace si terrà domenica 13 agosto.

Ritorna il Festival dell’Operetta che, oltre ai tradizionali appuntamenti, propone pure due serate speciali: “Evviva l’operetta” l’11 agosto in piazza Verdi e uno spettacolo dedicato ai successi della Disney nell’anno del centenario (Castello di San Giusto, 26 luglio).

Ci saranno anche le serate revival anni ‘60-’70 (Ruggente Nostalgia, 12/08), i concerti tributo a De Andrè (16/07, Villa Engelmann), un omaggio a Sergio Endrigo in occasione del 90° anno della sua nascita (12 agosto, giardino del museo Sartorio), la serata Stardust - Tributo a David Bowie a San Giusto il 19 luglio nonché una curiosa serata “Milano-Trieste (andata e ritorno) - 4 agosto, piazza Verdi - dove in un surreale susseguirsi di musica, dialoghi teatrali e sketch le anime vagabonde di Gaber e Jannacci incontreranno i triestini Luttazzi, Strehler, Nereo Rocco e altri ancora.

E nei locali? Noi vi consigliamo di seguire gli eventi organizzati da Creativa che nel dehors di Eataly, oltre a organizzare serate dj, proporrà serate con interessanti gruppi locali; e ancora Mast in via San Nicolò o la Stagione Rogers Outdoor sulle rive di Trieste, Hotello rooftop in via Valdirivo e Hamericas in viale XX Settembre.

Senza dimenticare che l’estate 2023 riporta i grandi concerti in piazza Unità d’Italia: dopo Zucchero il 4-5 luglio, ci sarà Biagio Antonacci sabato 15 luglio e i Måneskin allo Stadio Nereo Rocco domenica 16 luglio.

Summer is the musical season par excellence: think of the lapping of the waves lulling you on cool evenings on the seafront or the roar of the swells crashing hard against the rocks. At times, it seems as if the sea is playing a symphony: there are the off-screen voices of seagulls, the cries of children at play, the kisses of summer lovers and the music itself coming from an open window of a house or from a live concert of some band enlivening the summer evenings.

In Trieste, thanks to the presence of many music schools in the area and the many traditions stemming from the swing, blues and soul music of the Anglo-American period, from the spirit of great personalities of the past, from Lelio Luttazzi to Sergio Endrigo, to the concerts of Austro-Hungarian soul, the desire for music can be felt everywhere.

An example of this is the Triestate programme (www.triestestate.it) where, in addition to theatre and film festivals, music is a mainstay. No matter the genre, it ranges from Carmina Burana performed by the Orchestra and Chorus of the Giuseppe Verdi Opera Theatre Foundation of Trieste (27 July, San Giusto Castle) to Dj Ralf who, on 14 July in the same location, will present his original and innovative project that aims to fuse classical and house music. In the city of theatres, the Castle aims to become the summer theatre: On stage at San Giusto there will be Alice in a tribute to Battiato (9 July), Arturo Sandoval, the world’s greatest trumpeter and exceptional jazz pianist and composer (12 July), Stefano Massimi and Luca Barbarossa (28 July), the Godfather of Swing, Ray Gelato (30/07) and the 40 Fingers, an acoustic guitar quartet made up of Matteo Brenci, Emanuele Grafitti, Andrea Vittori and Marco Steffè from Trieste, whose special performance of a version of Bohemian Rhapsody received compliments from Queen.

TriesteLovesJazz proposals are unmissable, as well as the tribute to Maestro Lelio Luttazzi on 17 July in Piazza Verdi: an evening dedicated to the 100th birthday of the ‘mad young man’, where Freddy Colt and His Swing Kids will perform. The other concerts of the festival will take place in the recently renovated garden of the Sartorio Museum, and the traditional evocative dawn concert on the Audace Pier will be held on Sunday 13 August.

The Operetta Festival is back, which, in addition to the traditional events, also offers two special evenings: ‘Evviva l’operetta’ on 11 August in piazza Verdi and a show dedicated to Disney’s successes in the centenary year (San Giusto Castle, 26 July). There will also be ‘60s-70s revival evenings (Ruggente Nostalgia, 12/08), tribute concerts to De Andrè (16/07, Villa Engelmann), a tribute to Sergio Endrigo on the occasion of the 90th year of his birth (12 August, garden of the Sartorio museum), the StardustTribute to David Bowie evening in San Giusto on 19 July, as well as a curious Milan-Trieste (round trip) evening - 4 August, Piazza Verdi – where in a surreal succession of music, theatrical dialogues and sketches the wandering souls of Gaber and Jannacci will meet the Triestine Luttazzi, Strehler, Nereo Rocco and others. And in the clubs? We recommend you follow the events organised by Creativa, which in the dehors of Eataly, as well as organising DJ evenings, will propose evenings with interesting local groups; and also Mast in via San Nicolò or the Rogers Outdoor Season on the shores of Trieste, Hotello rooftop in via Valdirivo and Hamericas in viale XX Settembre. And let’s not forget that Summer 2023 will bring the big concerts back to Piazza Unità d’Italia: after Zucchero on 4-5 July, there will be Biagio Antonacci on Saturday 15 July and Måneskin at the Nereo Rocco Stadium on Sunday 16 July.