Early 19th Century Milan

School; and directed Underworld Productions. Please email ginacrusco@gmail.com to confirm your attendance and receive an invitation link. The fourth encounter will focus on early 19th century Milan Giuseppe Verdi often called on his friend, painter Francesco Hayez, for advice on staging his operas. After all, Hayez had already established perfect figural placements in his paintings of I vespri siciliani and I due Foscari. Art: Francesco Hayez (1791 – 1882) Music: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) – I due Foscari (1844) Francesco Hayez: The Last Meeting Between Jacopo Foscari and his Family Before Leaving into Exile, c. 1838–40 Music+Art – our exploration of Italianate musical qualities illuminated by visual counterparts – is back! In this series we look at the qualities of and relationships among madrigals and museums, palaces and passacaglie, drawings and dramas. Highlights this semester: Elisabetta Sirani, Bolognese painter, and the music from her funeral; Veronica Klavzar, harpist/composer, and architect Renzo Piano in the Dolomites; Verdi and his sometime staging consultant, painter Francesco Hayez.