Ticket costing 1 euro for the Royal Palace
Music and dance on the Grand Staircase, in the Palatine Chapel and in the Royal Apartments
Saturday 18 May is the European Night of Museums. The Royal Palace of Caserta celebrates with an extraordinary evening opening of the Royal Palace. From 7.30pm the ticket will have a symbolic cost of 1 euro.
The Museum of the Ministry of Culture will be open until 10.15pm, with last access at 9pm.
The European Night of Museums is promoted by the French Ministry of Culture to promote knowledge of European cultural heritage and identity. The initiative is sponsored by UNESCO, the Council of Europe and ICOM and since 2005 it has involved museums across Europe. The Royal Palace of Caserta, a royal residence bearing witness to the grandeur and power of the Bourbon kingdom, expresses the European spirit that has nourished it since its birth.
From 7pm the Royal Staircase and the Vestibule will come alive with the choreographies of dancers who will welcome visitors with tableaux vivant, modern performances of the entertainment music used in the Bourbon era to accompany some moments of the social life of the court. The initiative is organized by Progetto Sonora with the Arabesque association.
From 8 pm, as part of the Mozart Spring programme, the Caserta Chamber Orchestra and Simon Zhu, violinist who came to international attention with the victory in 2023 of the Paganini Prize, conducted by Maestro Antonino Cascio, will perform a Cappella Palatina some of the most beautiful Mozart works: the Concerto n.5 for violin and orchestra KV 219 “Turkisch”, the Symphony n.36 KV 425 “Linz” and the sparkling Divertimento n.1 KV 136.
After the concert, starting at 9 pm, the Sonora Wind Trio (Sabrina Vito, Antonio Troncone and Alfonso Valletta) with the dancers of the Arabesque company (Francesca Ferraresi, Caterina Ferraro, Martina Golino, Giulia Miraglia, Elisea Scagliarini, Giada Tibaldi) they will perform in a traveling performance in several stages along the tour of the Royal Apartments.
Tickets to the Royal Palace of Caserta for the Night of the Museums at the symbolic cost of 1 euro will be on sale starting from Thursday on TicketOne and at the ticket office in Piazza Carlo di Borbone. Free tickets remain valid as per law. Entrance to the Museum and participation in the initiatives are included in the ReggiaCard2024 subscription. On May 18th the Royal Palace of Caserta will therefore remain open from 8.30 am to 10.15 pm.
