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Davide Van De Sfroos and Folkestra
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After the success of his summer tour and major outdoor events, Davide Van De Sfroos returns to theaters with an ambitious new project: "Davide Van De Sfroos & Folkestra 2026," his first tour with a small orchestra that will feature some of his longtime musicians to give a new lease on life to the ballads, stories, and emotions of his repertoire.
The “Davide Van De Sfroos & Folkestra 2026” tour will be a musical journey through the most beautiful theaters in Northern Italy (and beyond), in a more intimate yet orchestral dimension, where folk and symphony meet, keeping Davide's authentic and poetic soul intact.
"This tour is a way to rediscover my songs in a different light," says Van De Sfroos, "with new colors, new breaths. The Folkestra brings with it the energy and depth of our collective sound, but remains faithful to the spirit of the stories we've always told together with our audiences."
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Teatro dal Verme
The Teatro Dal Verme is a theatre in Milan, Italy located on the Via San Giovanni sul Muro, on the site of the former private theatre the Politeama Ciniselli. It was designed by Giuseppe Pestagalli to a commission from Count Francesco Dal Verme, and was used primarily for plays and opera performances throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, the theatre is no longer used for opera, and is a venue for concerts, plays and dance performances, as well as exhibitions and conferences.
The original 3,000-seat theatre, surmounted by a large cupola, was constructed in the traditional horseshoe shape, with two tiers of boxes and a large gallery (or loggione) which alone contained more than 1000 seats. It opened on September 14, 1872 with a production of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots and soon established itself as one of Italy's most important opera houses. During its "golden years", the theatre saw the world premieres of Puccini's Le Villi (May 31, 1884); Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (May 21, 1892) and I Medici (November 9, 1893); and Cowen's Signa (November 12, 1893). It also saw the Italian premiere of Lehár's The Merry Widow (April 27, 1907).
By the 1930s, the theatre was mainly being used as a cinema. It was then severely damaged by American aerial bombardment during World War II, after which its magnificent central cupola, which had survived the bombing, was stripped of all its metal parts by the occupying German army. It was partially rebuilt in 1946, and for a period in the 1950s it was used for the performance of musicals. It then reverted to a cinema and a political conference hall.
In 1991, the theatre's interior underwent a major restructuring and renovation project which was completed in 1998. It now has a large modern auditorium, the Sala Grande, with 1420 seats, a smaller performing space known as the Sala Piccola, with 200 seats, and a space for exhibitions and conferences, the Sala Terrazzo. Since September 2001, it has been administered
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