Music with a smile on your lips: this is somewhat the premise of the fourth event of The Center of Music, a series organized by the Teatro Donizetti Foundation in collaboration with the Department of Social Policies of the Municipality of Bergamo. The concert-show, scheduled for Saturday, June 21st (5:00 PM) in the “Gavazzeni” Foyer of the Teatro Donizetti, is titled Così fan tutte (or maybe not?) and will feature the popular actor Enrico Beruschi together with the Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta. It’s a “semi-serious journey through the loves of melodrama” that starts with two questions: is fidelity in love achievable? Does an authentic and satisfying monogamy exist, or is it just a concept of affective relativity? Così fan tutte (1790), the female (or anti-feminist, depending on the point of view) piece of the Mozart-Da Ponte trilogy, lives on similar questions. With Medea (Luigi Cherubini, 1797), everything seems to have changed: betrayed love becomes revenge, to produce the most intolerable pain. L’elisir d’amore (Donizetti, 1832) presents itself as a “fairy tale”, in which good ultimately triumphs after being put to the test, but it is precisely through the test that the true nature of people emerges and feelings mature.
Enrico Beruschi was born in Milan on September 5, 1941. Before dedicating himself to the entertainment world, he worked for 15 years as an accountant and commercial deputy director at Galbusera. Although he did not complete his studies, his career took a decisive turn in the 70s when he decided to pursue a career in entertainment. Success came in 1977 with the television program for children Qua la zampa. From there, Enrico Beruschi became a regular presence in successful television programs such as Non stop, La sberla and Luna Park. In the 80s, he reached the peak of his career with Drive In, where, thanks to hilarious gags, he won over the audience, becoming one of the symbolic comedians of the show. In addition to television, Beruschi has dedicated himself to theater, music, and cinema, demonstrating a rare versatility.
The Gruppo Fiati Musica Aperta was founded in 1976 by Pieralberto Cattaneo. Since then, it has established itself at the 1981 Stresa International Competition and participated in important concert seasons in Italy and abroad. It has recorded an album of unpublished sacred and chamber music by Donizetti and Mayr, also realizing numerous modern premieres of 19th-century Italian music. It also operates in the field of contemporary music, presenting world premieres of Italian composers, many of which are dedicated to the Group itself, which currently includes Giovanni Perico, flute, Angelo Giussani and Giuseppe Cattaneo on “oboe, Savino Acquaviva and Roberto Bergamelli on clarinet, Ezio Rovetta and Massimo Capelli on horn, Ugo Gelmi and Roger Rota on bassoon, Domenica Bellantone on” harp, Giampiero Fanchini on double bass. Direction by Pieralberto Cattaneo.
The next event of The Center of Music will be dedicated to jazz: on Saturday, June 28th, the quartet of saxophonist Gabriele Comeglio will pay tribute to the genius of Charlie Parker.
