We are happy to announce a new summer series for Loreena McKennitt, who will return to Italy after concerts dedicated to The Visit - Wednesday 20 March 2024 at the Gran Teatro Morato in Brescia e Thursday 21 March at the Gran Teatro Geox in Padua - for five stages celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of The Mask and Mirror:
Saturday 20 July 2024 - Bard (AO), Fortress of Bard
Sunday 21 July 2024 - Pratolino (FI), MusArt Festival / Parco Mediceo di Pratolino
Monday 22 July 2024 - Rome, Rock in Roma / Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Wednesday 24 July 2024 - Udine, Castle
Thursday 25 July 2024 - Merano (BZ), World Music Festival / Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle
I tickets for these new concerts will be on sale at Ticketone from 10 a.m. on Friday 16 February. The members of the Loreena's fan club will have access to a presale preview from from 10 a.m. on Thursday 15 February. I tickets for concerts by Brescia and Padua are already available on the circuits Ticketone, Ticketmaster and points of sale Fasticket.
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?"
