The Zecchino d'Orosymbol of children's music, returns to enchant with two Christmas events on Rai 1 that is to say Zecchino d'Oro – The magic of Christmas Eve And Zecchino d'Oro – The Christmas celebration. They will lead the two appointments Cristina D'Avena And Paolo Belli with the inevitable presence of Small Choir of the Antonianodirected by Sabrina Simoni.
In the Christmas Eve episode, broadcast on Tuesday 24 December at 2.10pm, the Gold Zecchino will celebrate 70 years of history shared with Rai And Antonianus. In addition to traditional songs and Zecchino's latest successes, there will be:
- A performance by the Maestro Peppe Vessicchio with the unreleased song Christmas like a kingsung by Little Choir.
- The exciting story of the little one Simonwho will sing The leaveswritten with Achilles Laurel during his fight against leukemia.
- The young soloists of the 67th Gold Zecchino with the winning songs, like Becoming a tree.
- Special performances by artists such as Disco Club Paradiso, The Green Notesand the Small Choir of Caivano with When Ninno was born.
Christmas morning, i.e. Wednesday 25 December at 9.40am, will be an opportunity to celebrate joy and creativity with performances by the small soloists of the 67th Gold Zecchino and musical guest Virginiowho will sing Francesco's Christmas.
There is also room for creative advice with Chiara Maci and his daughter White who will teach us how to decorate Christmas cookies, and with Barbara Gulienetti to create unique place cards.
He directed both specials Sabrina Tricarico.
Gold coin at Christmas, Solidarity at the centre: Operation Bread
The Gold Zecchino it's not just music, but also solidarity. Both events will support the Operation Bread campaign, which helps 20 Franciscan canteens in Italy and 5 around the world (Ukraine, Romania and Syria). You can donate on the Operationapane.it website or by calling the toll-free number 800 987 752.
The Christmas specials will be available to stream on RaiPlayalong with animated Advent songs and the Christmas Collection. Furthermore, the compilation is already online Zecchino d'Oro 67th Editionavailable in digital and CD formats.
In the meantime, for those who have a children's song in their drawer, the call for the 68th Zecchino d'Oro is already active, all the details here.
Scene photo by Umberto Guizzardi