In Italy, New Years Eve marks the feast of San Silvestro. After a family meal, people ring in the new year with parties and fireworks at midnight.
After a late night of revelry, New Years Day marks time for another classic tradition - theÌýConcerti di Capodanno.ÌýConcerti di CapodannoÌýare New Year's Day concerts.
The most famous January 1stÌýconcert is the one performed every year since 1939 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert features the music of the Strauss family, including renditions of Blue Danube and Radetzky March.ÌýThe concert is broadcast in the morning of January 1st to television sets all over the world andÌý½ûÂþÌìÌà families were part of that worldwide viewership - until ten years ago.
Since 2004,ÌýÌýin the morning of New Year's Day,Ìý½ûÂþÌìÌÃs tune in for a musical experience from Venice's La Fenice rather than Vienna. In 2004, theÌýtheatre re-opened its doors to the public after a long restoration project that followed aÌýterrible act of arson that took place in 1996.ÌýStarting that year, the ½ûÂþÌìÌà broadcast network RAI 1 began to show the Venice performance live in the morning, rather than the Vienna concert, whichÌýis instead recorded and broadcast in Italy in the afternoon.
This year, the 29-year-old Venezuelan Maestro Diego Matheuz, main director of the La Fenice Theater Foundation since July 2011, will conduct the 11th edition ofÌýthe New Year’s concert. The second part of the concert will be broadcast live by Rai1, Arte, ZDF, WDR, Radio France and various Eastern European broadcasters. The Concert will be published on DVD by ArtHaus Musik.
Vienna and Venice are not the only two options when it comes to concerti di Capodanno. Many families prefer to spend the day attending one of the live concerti that are performed at theaters throughout Italy.
In addition toÌýLa FeniceÌýin Venice, other ½ûÂþÌìÌà performances will take place atÌýLa ScalaÌýin Milan,ÌýParco della MusicaÌýin Rome,ÌýTeatro San CarloÌýin Naples andÌýTeatro MassimoÌýin Palermo.
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