New Generation Foundation
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The Projects
Artistic excellence that transcends boundaries
Nouveaux Ballets Russes
A new international ballet company co-founded by the New Generation Foundation and Artistic Director Xander Parish OBE, bringing together outstanding dancers and multidisciplinary creatives of the highest calibre in pursuit of artistic excellence that transcends boundaries.
Where the next generation takes the stage
Mascarade Opera
Mascarade Opera is the Foundation’s flagship performance and training programme for emerging singers, offering intensive artistic development through fully staged opera productions and tailored professional opportunities across Europe.
Rediscovering Florence Sacred Music
Vox Medicea
For hundreds of years, the music of Medici Florence has lain dormant in archives across Europe, unperformed and largely forgotten. The New Generation Foundation is committed to the belief that this creative legacy does not belong solely to the past. Through Vox Medicea, it seeks to rediscover, revive, and restore this extraordinary repertoire, bringing it back into living performance while training a new generation of specialist musicians to carry it forward.
A season of opera, ballet, and jazz
New Generation Festival
The Festival presents a curated summer programme of opera, ballet, jazz, and live performance in Florence, bringing together international artists and emerging talent from the Foundation.
The Foundation
Supporting a new generation of artists, creating work and inspiring audiences. The New Generation Foundation is an independent non-profit based at the Palazzo Corsini al Prato in Florence. The Foundation’s story begins in 2017 with the founding of the New Generation Festival by Francis Parham, Roger Granville and Maximilian Fane to champion exceptional young performing artists from around the world. Following the Festival’s success and growing international recognition, including the landmark ReGeneration Festival, presented in collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries during the summer of 2020, the Foundation expanded into a year-round cultural institution. Today, the Foundation comprises four principal branches: the New Generation Festival, Mascarade Opera, Vox Medicea and the Nouveaux Ballets Russes. Together, they advance artistic excellence across disciplines through advanced training, scholarly research and professional performance.
News & Info
19 ottobre 2026
Mascarade Opera presenta Tristia: Viaggi Romantici
Tra il lirismo di Beethoven, l’inquietudine di Liszt e la forza drammatica di Dvořák. In programma la prima versione di Tristia del 1880
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Laurus Florentiae: le nuove voci di Mascarade Opera
Mascarade Opera e The New Generation Foundation inaugurano la nuova stagione con “Laurus Florentiae”
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3 ottobre 2026
The New Generation Foundation presents an engaging season of performing arts in Florence
Five Mascarade Opera events, Vox Medicea’s debut album, the debut of Nouveaux Ballets Russes and the tenth anniversary of the New Generation Festival
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25 settembre 2026
Nouveaux Ballets Russes - A New Ballet Company Is Born
The new company makes its debut at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in March 2027 with a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
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27 gennaio 2026
Mascarade Opera Presents the Spring 2026 Concert Season
Four events at Palazzo Corsini al Prato from February to May 2026: opera, chamber music and a public masterclass, with tickets from €10.
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Palazzo Corsini al Prato
The glorious spaces of the New Generation Foundation at the Palazzo Corsini al Prato are situated in a 16th-century palace in the grounds of one of Florence’s largest and most beautiful private gardens, offering various options that are suitable for a wide range of corporate and private events.
