Loreena McKennitt: live shows in Italy and a new album

Loreena McKennitt is engaged in her 23-date European tour dedicated to “The Visit” the fourth album she released in 1991.

There are two appointments, both organized by Zed Livewhich the Canadian musician has scheduled in our country:

March 20 at the Gran Teatro Morato in Brescia
March 21 at the Gran Teatro Geox in Padua.

Tickets for the two concerts are available at electronic ticket offices

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On stage the Canadian singer-songwriter will be accompanied by four of her historical collaborators: Caroline Lavelle on the cello, Brian Hughes on the guitar, Hugh Marsh on the violin and Dudley Phillips on the bass.

The concert will consist of two sets: the first dedicated to the best-known songs of his career, while the second entirely dedicated to the songs that compose “The visit”.

A few days before the double Italian performance Loreena McKennitt on March 8, close to the St Patrick’s Day, will publish “The Road Back Home”his new album that recalls the early days of his career and more traditional Celtic music.

The album will be available on CD, 180g vinyl and via digital music services, including Dolby Atmos, and will feature 10 songs, including many from McKennitt’s early days on the folk circuit, which have remained unreleased to date.

This summer he will be in our country again for five stages who celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the release of “The Mask and Mirror”.

Published in 1994, “The Mask and Mirror” has been called “timeless and transcendent” and praised for its cross-cultural contamination of Celtic, Spanish and Moroccan influences, and is undoubtedly one of the most beloved works of McKennitt who talks about it like this:

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..

In composing it, Loreena he says he followed several inspirations and considered some questions that resonate throughout history: “Who was God? What are religion and spirituality? What was revealed and what was hidden, what was the mask and what was the mirror?”

This is the calendar

Saturday 20 July 2024 – Bard (Ao), Bard Fort
Sunday 21 July 2024 – Pratolino (FI), MusArt Festival / Medici Park of Pratolino
Monday 22 July 2024 – Rome, Rock in Rome / Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
Wednesday 24 July 2024 – Udine, Castello
Thursday 25 July 2024 – Merano (BZ), World Music Festival / Gardens of Castel Trauttmansdorff

Loreena McKennitt’s eclectic mix of Celtic-inspired pop, folk and world music has sold over 14 million albums worldwide.

His works have achieved gold and platinum certifications in 15 countries on four continents. The singer-songwriter has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award and has won two Juno Awards and a Billboard International Achievement Award.

Loreena McKennitt has performed in some of the most spectacular and prestigious venues in the world, from Carnegie Hall to the Alhambra Palace in Granada, and in front of personalities such as Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III and many other heads of state.

These are the details of the next two concerts.

March 20 – Gran Teatro Morato – Brescia
1st seat: €69.00 + prev.
2nd seat: €60.00 + prev.
3rd seat: €50.00 + prev.
1st level armchair: €50.00 + prev.
2nd level armchair: €40.00 + prev.

March 21st – Gran Teatro Geox – Padua
1st seat: €69.00 + prev.
2nd seat: €60.00 + prev.
3rd seat: €50.00 + prev.
1st level armchair: €50.00 + prev.
2nd level armchair: €40.00 + prev.