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February 2021
Virtual: Before Fidler – Live from Florence
Before the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof there was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved character of Tevye the Milkman. Before the beloved songs, “Tradition,” “If I were a Rich Man,” “Matchmaker” and more, there was music of the old world…a music that imitated talking, laughing, weeping and singing, where musicians didn’t just make music, they spoke to you in song…Klezmer. In Florence, Italy, one of the oldest artistic centers in the world, a group of such musicians have been…
Find out more »March 2021
Virtual: Puccini – Live from Florence
In the tradition of the “one man composer shows” adding operatic voices when called for, Puccini is the story of the great composer’s deliciously scandalous life, his female characters, and how the real women in his life affected the women he created on stage. Filmed live on location in the places where these events and these compositions and premieres actually took place Puccini will include music from La Bohème, Tosca, Turandot and more.
Find out more »Virtual: Anna & Sergei – Live from Florence
Taking place as a memory play in the house in which the Russian Rachmaninoff died in Beverly Hills, this is the story of a very strange meeting Between Rachmaninoff and Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be the sole surviving member of the Romanov Dynasty, the Princess Anastasia. Featuring Rachmaninoff’s most beloved melodies and music.
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