Serena Farnocchia
HERMANN HESSE IN MONTAGNOLA BETWEEN MUSIC AND POETRY
21 June 2026, 7.00 pm
Montagnola, Sala Boccadoro
Serena Farnocchia, soprano
Paolo Raffo, piano
Emanuele Santoro, narrator
On 21 June at 7.00 pm, Ceresio Estate invites the public to Montagnola for a concert dedicated to Hermann Hesse, to the Ticino landscape in which he lived, and to the relationship between words, music and inner landscape.
The programme brings together lieder on texts by Gabriele D’Annunzio and Hermann Hesse, tracing a journey from the nocturnal, sensuous world of the Italian fin de siècle to the quieter, more meditative dimension of the writer of Montagnola. The evening features music by Francesco Paolo Tosti, Pier Adolfo Tirindelli, Richard Strauss and Lee Bradshaw.
Soprano Serena Farnocchia, pianist Paolo Raffo and the voice of Emanuele Santoro shape an evening in which music and spoken word enter into a natural dialogue with the place that marked Hesse’s artistic and human maturity.
Free admission.
Music by:
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Pier Adolfo Tirindelli
Richard Strauss
Lee Bradshaw
BIOGRAPHIES
Serena Farnocchia
Serena Farnocchia is one of the most highly regarded Italian sopranos of her generation. Her career has taken her to leading opera houses in Europe and the Americas, where she has been appreciated for the elegance of her timbre and the refinement of her interpretation.
Paolo Raffo
Paolo Raffo is a pianist, vocal coach and conductor. He has worked with major figures on the international opera scene. For more than ten years he was a vocal coach at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala and today teaches vocal chamber music with piano at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.
Emanuele Santoro
Emanuele Santoro is an actor, director, narrator and a voice of RSI since 2003. He is one of the most recognisable figures on the Ticino theatre scene and creates recitals, staged readings and projects bringing together theatre, literature and music.
Hermann Hesse e Gabriele D’Annunzio