To mark the 30th anniversary of I Barocchisti and the 90th anniversary of the RSI Choir, the two ensembles conducted by Lugano-based maestro Diego Fasolis – a leading exponent of historically informed performance – bring one of Joseph Haydn's masterpieces to the stage of the LAC: the oratorio La creazione del mondo, in the Italian version by Giuseppe Carpani. This is an unmissable opportunity to hear one of the great pillars of Western music.

The Creation (Die Schöpfung) was originally conceived by Haydn to an English libretto, partly based on Milton's Paradise Lost. Shortly afterwards, Gottfried van Swieten produced a German translation, adapting it to the Viennese taste of the time. The text was translated into Italian in 1801 by Giuseppe Carpani and enjoyed considerable circulation in the 19th century. Performing La Creazione in Italian today is not an arbitrary decision, but a way of bringing the work closer to its conceptual origins, emphasising its international appeal and Haydn's ability to create a universal musical language from “translated” and adapted texts. In the context of the LAC, which aims to be a crossroads of cultures and languages, performing the work in Italian takes on a double meaning: it is not just a question of making the text more understandable to the audience, but of emphasising how the great works of musical history are the result of influences, transitions and adaptations – not untouchable monuments, but living organisms.