ICI London supports Italian Sounds in London 2025 | Locanda Salieri
Part of the BAROQUESTOCK FESTIVAL
31st October to 5th December, Heath Street Baptist Church, NW3 1DN
Baroquestock Festival is presenting ‘Italian Sounds in London‘ for the fifth consecutive year. This year’s series is dedicated to the composer Antonio Salieri (1750–1825), marking the 200th anniversary of his death. The series opened with a chamber concert on 31st October, telling the story of Salieri both as a pupil and master, through the music of Florian Gassmann, Mozart, Franz Schubert, Weigel and Lebrun. On 29th and 30th November there will be two performances of his comic opera ‘Falstaff’, and on 5th December the Festival will conclude with another chamber concert — imagining ourselves in Locanda Salieri gathered around a table (in this case, a fortepiano!). There we will meet Mozart, the “false enemy”, as well as many other musicians who owe their future success to Antonio Salieri. All concerts will take place at Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead. Tickets and the full concert programme can be found at baroquestock.com
2nd Concert in the Festival:
Saturday 29 November at 7pm and Sunday 30 November at 3pm
FALSTAFF performed by Istante Collective
A comic opera in two acts after Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor
Heath Street Baptist Church NW3 1DN
The main event of the series will be Falstaff, based on Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor. Salieri’s opera is a rare exception, as Shakespearean subjects had not yet become fashionable in opera librettos at the end of the 18th century. With this composition, Salieri opened a path that only Verdi would fully realize almost a century later with his own Falstaff. This trajectory perfectly reflects the spirit of our work as well as the artistic connection between Italy and London.
Full concert programme and tickets: https://baroquestock.com/whats-on/