LUOGHI / SALA DEI FIUMI

The Sala dei Fiumi was designed in 1579 at the behest of Guglielmo Gonzaga and looked out like a closed loggia on the hanging garden, 12 meters above Piazza Sordello. The current appearance of Galleria dei Fiumi is mainly due to the interventions carried out between 1773 and 1775. The pictorial decorations on the walls and on the vault were in fact made when the Corte Vecchia of the Doge’s Palace was used as an official residence by the Austrian government.

In 1773, the theatrical painter Gaetano Crevola began to paint the architectural-decorative framework in the shape of a pergola, while the realization of the Rivers’ figures on the walls and the decoration of the vault were entrusted to one of the most appreciated artists of the time, Giorgio Anselmi from Verona who in the years immediately following painted the dome of the Basilica of Sant’Andrea as well.

On the walls, Anselmi portrayed the personifications of the rivers in the Mantua area (Po, Oglio, Chiese, Mincio, Secchia), on the vault he created the mythological theme of Phaeton asking his father Apollo for his chariot. The figures of the Horaes and Saturn are arranged around the central episode, portrayed from behind and with a glimpse from below, iconographic references to the passage of time.

Gemma Bertagnolli, Stefano Biguzzi, Luca Oberti - PICCOLO TEATRO DELLE PASSIONI

June 1st 2023 – 11.15 am
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Elicia Silverstein, Marco Bianchi, Francesco Cera - HARMONIA ARTIFICIOSA-ARMONIOSA

June 1st 2023 – 5.00 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Laura Catrani, Riccardo Doni, Accademia dell'Annunciata - Virtuosissima sirena

June 1st 2023 – 8.00 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Gabriele Pro - Telemann, Biber, Bach

June 2nd 2023 – 10.00 am
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Anima&Corpo - Golden Strings

June 2nd 2023 – 5.00 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Vox Musica Ensemble - Biber, Buonamente, Muffat, Uccellini

June 2nd 2023 – 8.00 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Arianna Radaelli - Mozart, Bach, Galuppi

June 3rd 2023 – 10.00 am
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Alberto Rasi, André Lislevand - Le Grand, Marais

June 3rd 2023 – 5.00 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Ensemble Zefiro - Mancini, Platti, Handel

June 3rd 2023 – 9.00 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Quartetto Vanvitelli - Scarlatti, Mascitti, Agus

June 4th 2023 – 10.00 am
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Il concerto di Apollo Ensemble - Merula, Stradella, Sances, Monteverdi, Castello, Falconieri

June 4th 2023 – 2.15 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

MDI Ensemble - Nieder

June 4th 2023 – 4.15 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi

Quartetto Prometeo - Šostakóvič

June 4th 2023 – 6.15 pm
Palazzo Ducale, Sala dei Fiumi