Top Italy Jazz Shows

The new show by Vera Dragone takes its title from a famous piece by Lelio Luttazzi: a show with 9 artists on stage that proposes the setting and the sounds of the great Italian television variety of the 60s, one above all: Milleluci. The repertoire is inspired by the great ensemble numbers that have seen unforgettable performers such as Raffaella Carrà, Milva, Ornella Vanoni, Mina, Lo same Luttazzi, Jula De Palma and many others dance and sing. Along with her a varied kaleidoscope of artists: There are the dancers, the singer, the live band. The final picture is also framed by the sensuality of burlesque, which arrives and contributes in an elegant way to make this show even more seductive and mysterious, almost as if we were watching Sophia Loren’s famous striptease to the tune of Abat-Jour in “Yesterday Today and Tomorrow”. A spectacle of a world that no longer exists but that perhaps continues to excite and move us.

Few could deny that the Queen frontman and Bohemian Rhapsody singer had an operatic streak: He even collaborated with an opera star. Get a fresh perspective on Freddie Mercury’s oeuvre with this performance of Queen songs arranged for Italian opera singers and piano—and paired with traditional Indian music plus works by Handel. The show, in an atmospheric church, includes a glass of wine.