The European tour of Loreena McKennitt dedicated to the 30th anniversary of The Mask and Mirror will end in a very special way: the singer-songwriter has decided to close her long tour with a grand return to Milanfor the first time in five years. This date is added to the calendar of dates already announced for next summer:
Saturday 20 July - Bard (AO), Fortress of Bard
Sunday 21 July - Pratolino (FI), MusArt Festival / Parco Mediceo
Monday 22 July - Rome, Rock in Roma / Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Wednesday 24 July - Udine, Castle
Thursday 25 July - Merano (BZ), World Music Festival / Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle
New date: Friday 26 July - Milan, Arcimboldi Theatre Milan
I tickets for this extraordinary show, to be enjoyed in a comfortable air-conditioned hall, are already available on Ticketone e on the Theatre websitethose for all other shows are available at Ticketone.
Published in 1994, The Mask and Mirror has been described as 'timeless and transcendent' and praised for its cross-cultural contamination of Celtic, Spanish and Moroccan influences, and is undoubtedly one of the best-loved works of the McKennitt who says: "This album has been a historical and musical pilgrimage for me and I am thrilled to bring it back on stage during the summer tour in Europe. This is a milestone anniversary in my career and I can't wait to celebrate it."
In composing it, Loreena states that he followed different inspirations and considered some questions that resonate in history: "Who was God? What are religion and spirituality? What was revealed and what hidden, what was the mask and what was the mirror?"
