Missing the sunshine already.

🎻#OTD 18 Oct 1706 BALDASSARE GALUPPI was born on Burano (Nr Venice)
🎭 One of the most loved composers of his day; known as the 'Father of Opera Buffa' although he contributed to several genres & deserves better recognition & more championing!🎧@guidltours.bsky.social with @milesbsn.bsky.social & me!

#OTD in September 1984 Luigi Nono's 'Promoteo' premiered in Venice, restaged in 2024 commemorating 40 years since the premiere - do you know it? @milesbsn.bsky.social & I walk in Nono's footsteps on our #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice available with the free to download @guidltours.bsky.social app

#OTD September 1882, Richard Wagner & family arrived in Venice for the last time. We walk in his, & other composers' footsteps, in our fascinating #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice audio tour available in the #guidl app. Let @milesbsn.bsky.social & I transport you to Venice with @guidltours.bsky.social🎧

Born #OTD 18th August 1750, Antonio Salieri's music is often overlooked, although he paved the way for his successors who became more successful, and better remembered than him. The 1984 film Amadeus gives one side of his story...

Celebrating Legrenzi, baptised #OTD 12 August,1626. He moved to Venice where he was both prolific & influential & I love the conjecture that he might've taught the young Vivaldi!
Although his sacred works have been more popular, his secular repertoire including several operas, is being rediscovered.

Remembering Nicolò Coccon born #OTD in Venice. Not one of the most well remembered or celebrated Maestri di cappella at San Marco, but he was prominent in the musical life of Venice into the late 1890s. In 1903 at his funeral in San Trovaso, one of his own settings of the Requiem Mass was performed.

1/2 It's a 30th anniversary screening of #SenseAndSensibility this weekend. So while I'll be in the cinema having an inner dialogue with my younger self, and sighing over Winslet, Thompson, Grant, Rickman et al, I will patiently await the appearance of a hidden character in the film...

As Maria makes it to Netflix in the UK today, @milesbsn.bsky.social and I are reminiscing about walking in her footsteps around Venice and Milan. We loved the film, but whilst it was beautiful, it was a heartbreaking watch... #MariaCallas

Baptised #OTD August 6, 1619 in Venice, Barbara Strozzi composed some of the most beautiful music of the Baroque repertoire. We visit Santa Sofia & discover more about Strozzi & her world in our #MusiciansWalkingTourOfVenice audio tour of Venice, available on the free @guidltours.bsky.social app 🎶

If you're heading to #Bologna for the #BolognaPorticiFestival or any of the fantastic concerts during June, we'd love to take you on a @guidltours.bsky.social audio tour of this UNESCO city of music's musical sites🎧 Download the app linktr.ee/guidltours to enjoy from anywhere! @milesbsn.bsky.social