{"id":91812,"date":"2025-12-17T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/assisi-voce-e-musica-tra-gli-affreschi-di-giotto\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:16:25","slug":"assisi-voce-e-musica-tra-gli-affreschi-di-giotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/assisi-voce-e-musica-tra-gli-affreschi-di-giotto\/","title":{"rendered":"Assisi: Voice and Music amid Giotto\u2019s Frescoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the evening of December 15, 2025, the national premiere of the play \u201c<em>Francesco<\/em>\u201d took place among Giotto\u2019s frescoes in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. The play recounts the life of St. Frances on the occasion of the 800<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of his death. It was performed by Aldo CAZZULLO, with music by Maestro Angelo BRANDUARDI in collaboration with Fabio VALDEMARIN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friar Giulio CESAREO, OFM Conv., is the Director of Communications for the Sacred Convent. \u201cThe Franciscan churches,\u201d he declared \u201cwere always more than places of worship \u2014they were true <em>areopagi<\/em>\u2014spaces where city communities gathered, debated, and, through the friars\u2019 mediation, forged municipal pacts and agreements among professional and social groups. Today, art undoubtedly serves as one such <em>areopagus<\/em>, a realm where social bonds are strengthened through relationships and the pursuit of shared goals. Hosting the play by Aldo CAZZULLO and Angelo BRANDUARDI and seeing it performed in the Basilica was a valuable experience. This retelling of St. Francis\u2019 story invited everyone present to be inspired by his life and to discover his relevance, so that in our day, we might experience a turn toward respect, solidarity, and care for our common home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To add to this event, the \u201cSultan\u2019s Horn\u201d was displayed on stage. According to tradition, this relic is the same ivory horn that St. Francis received as a gift from Sultan al-Malik al-K\u0101mil during their meeting in Damietta in 1219. A symbol of friendship and interreligious dialogue, it was used to call people to prayer and is preserved and regularly displayed in the Chapel of St. Nicholas in the lower church of the Basilica. The Chapel also features frescoes by Giotto.<br \/>\nAmong the many attendees in the Basilica was a special guest, Lorenzo CHERUBINI, also known as the singer JOVANOTTI. He was accompanied by some family members. The Custos of the Sacred Convent, Friar Marco MORONI, during his opening remarks for the evening, invited the singer to return to Assisi in 2026 for the grand Franciscan centenary.<br \/>\nThe play <em>\u201cFrancesco\u201d<\/em> was adapted from Aldo CAZZULLO\u2019s book, <em>\u201cFrancesco; Il Primo Italiano\u201d<\/em> (published by HarperCollins Italy). The book has topped the sales charts since September and is the best-selling nonfiction book of 2025. It was promoted by Corvino Productions and Lungomare in collaboration with the television production company <em>Stand by Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Press Office &#8211; Andrea ROSSI<br \/>\nSacred Convent of St. Francis<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of December 15, 2025, the national premiere of the play \u201cFrancesco\u201d took place among Giotto\u2019s frescoes in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. The play recounts the life of St. Frances on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of his death. It was performed by Aldo CAZZULLO, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,117,148],"tags":[2138],"class_list":["post-91812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-federations","category-fimp-en","category-news","tag-italy-assisi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91816,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91812\/revisions\/91816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}