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