His first opera to be performed on stage, “La cambiale di matrimonio” was composed by Rossini when he was just 18, having been hired as an opera composer for the…
L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI | Rossini Opera Festival
The second new production of the Rossini Opera Festival was l’Italiana in Algeri, one of the Pesaro composer’s most performed works and a masterpiece of the genre “opera buffa. Composed…
ZELMIRA | Rossini Opera Festival
“ciò che mi conforta è la certezza di aver Scritto bene, del resto poco mi curo” “What comforts me is the certainty of having written well, I don’t care about…
NABUCCO | Arena Verona Festival
The most Italian opera in the most Italian place on earth! Giuseppe Verdi’s third opera, which revealed his genius to the entire world, is closely linked to the history of…
NORMA (cast 2) | Teatro Alla Scala
Temple of opera or Disneyland of classical music? Even in the scorching Italian summer, Teatro alla Scala manages to monopolize newspapers and television, media and social media. For days, two…
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES | Teatro La Fenice
“Avec votre permission, l’ai dĂ©cidĂ© d’entrer au Carmel” Although Poulenc’s masterpiece has now firmly entered the repertoire in theaters all over theworld, this production of “les dialogues des CarmĂ©lites” is…
IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO | Teatro San Carlo
Il Matrimonio Segreto by Domenico Cimarosa was performed for the first time at the Burgtheater in Vienna on February 7, 1792, just two months after the death of Wolfgang Amadeus…
HAMLET | Teatro Regio Torino
“To be or not to be a tenor? That is the question” The Teatro Regio in Torino is staging the world première version of Ambroise Thomas’ masterpiece with the title…
LA FILLE DU REGIMENT | Teatro San Carlo
Among the most popular of the immense catalogue of Gaetano Donizetti, scornfully called “Dozzinetti” by his detractors, la Fille du rĂ©giment is a stable presence on the schedule of theaters…