Originally an eighteenth-century urban villa with a large garden on the edge of the town of Mola di Bari, probably with a plant designed by the same director of the works of the Royal Palace of Caserta, Vincenzo Ruffo da Cassano. Built by the Roberti family and then inhabited by my family until 1810, now a centrally located bed & breakfast to serve growing tourism … Continue reading Palazzo Pesce-Martinelli 🏛🐟🎶
🇬🇧 Originally inaugurated in 1903 and almost completely destroyed by a devasting fire in 1991, it took an enormous effort to be reconstructed and restored to its former glory. In 2009 the Teatro Petruzzelli, the cultural gem and largest theatre of Apulia, was re-inaugurated. Since then The Petruzzelli Foundation is managing the venue and its productions that span to opera, ballet, prose, classical and more … Continue reading Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari 🏛🎶🇮🇹
Originally built in 1732 as Theatre Royal for the performance of ballet, opera and oratorio mssic this has been the main venue for classical music in London for the past 300 years. Theatre buildings were destroyed by devastating fires in 1806 and 1832, while the current third building is the result of a major reconstruction occured during the 1990s, which made the auditorium fit more … Continue reading Royal Opera House 👑🎼🏛
My top 5 music venues in London As a lover of classical music I do love attending live concerts, as much as I can, whichever city I happen to be in, at my favourite venues, which are always a guarantee of quality performances. London is a premier city in the offer of world-class concerts. London has a marvellous concentration of venues with great acoustics for classical … Continue reading Concert venues in London 🎶🏛💂🏼♂️
My top 5 music venues As a lover of classical music I do love attending live concerts, as much as I can, whichever city I happen to be in, at my favourite venues, which are always a guarantee of quality performances. London has a marvellous concentration of venues with great acoustics for classical music performances of all kinds. My favourites are the more intimate ones, like … Continue reading Concert Halls 🎹🏛🎶
Not only an interesting early Victorian church in the posh neighbourhood of Knightsbridge, St Paul’s is also a regular venue for concert and recordings by BBC Radio 3 and other musical groups. The church is the perfect recording venue for the BBC Singers, who perform there regularly, especially for their sacred music programmes. The church was founded in 1843, under the auspices of the … Continue reading St Paul’s Knightsbridge ⛪️🎼🎶
Built in 1909, the BBC Maida Vale Studios were orginally the home of the Maida Vale Roller Skating Palace and Club. In the 1930s the building became home to the BBC Symphony Orchestra and later was also a standby centre of the BBC radio news service during the Second World War. The Studios are now used for a variety of live performances and recordings of the BBC … Continue reading BBC Studios Maida Vale 🎶🎙📻
