Published: 20240228
Event date: 2024y.March0323 d.19:00 - 20:30 All events
Great Renaissance Hall
Relevant until 2024-03-23
Soloists
Gunta Gelgotė / Regio Fasto
Yo Otahara / Amor Profano
Valeria Girardello / Humiltà
Domas Ignotas / Castità
Luca Cervoni Saint Casimir
FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Programme director and conductor Christian Frattima
Concertmaster Weronika Zimnoch
With participation of Kaunas Boys and Youth Choir Varpelis
Choirmaster Jeronimas Serebrinskas
The son of the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Casimir Jagiellon (1458-1484), Casimir, was renowned for his education, piety and compassion for the sick and the poor. His early death and the miracles associated with him were the impetus for the canonisation of Casimir, which took place in 1602. The attractive personality of the Lithuanian saint inspired many European artists, who painted pictures of the saint, composed poems and wrote musical works. In 1705, the premiere of the oratorio „Sanctus Casimirus re di Polonia“ by Alessandro Scarlatti, one of the most famous Italian composers of the time, commissioned by Marie Casimire d'Arquien, widow of the Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania John Sobieski, took place in Florence.
Tickets: 10, 15, 20 Eur
Tickets are available at www.kakava.lt and at the Museum box office.
Discounts apply.