Monday, July 13th at 9.30 pm in San Luca Palace Hotel’s Sala Catalani (via San Paolino), the “Alfredo Catalani” Friends of Music circle offers a listening guide to Lehar’s The Merry Widow. The listening guide, with free admission, will be with soprano Carla Giometti and accordionist Franco Bonsignori: the two artists will illustrate the plot and perform the most popular songs from the operetta. On Sunday 19th the Catalani Circle is also organizing a trip to Genoa’s “Carlo Felice” Theatre for a performance of The Merry Widow conducted by Felix Krieger and directed by Augusto Fornari with the theatre’s orchestra and chorus. Information and bookings Tel: +39347 9951581.