Italian Opera the December monthly program of main events in the most famous Italian theaters and festivals. Don’t waste time and plan your visit to Italy now, a great choice of amazing performances is at hand, wherever you are in these days!
Claudio Abbado was a relentless disseminator of beauty, engaged in a constant search for “the truth” in music, a supporter of culture democracy, of beauty accessible to everyone.
Italian Opera the November monthly program of main events in the most famous Italian theaters and festivals. Don’t waste time and plan your visit to Italy now, a great choice of amazing performances is at hand, wherever you are in these days!
Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini tells of the tragic love story between Paolo and Francesca, told by Dante Alighieri in the 5th Canto of his Inferno, first part to the XIV century poem The Divine Comedy. Nearly 100 years later Boccaccio retold the story in his commentary on Dante’s Divine Comedy, adding details which are still historically controversial. In his account Malatesta from Verucchio, founder of the powerful Malatesta family, decided the marriage of his crippled son Gianciotto Malatesta to Francesca Da Polenta to put an end to the war between the two families. According to Boccaccio, Malatesta the Old, concerned that the bride could reject the bridegroom on the altar, sent in his place to perform a proxy marriage his handsome brother Paolo, a trick that she’d uncover only upon her arrival in Rimini. Gabriele D’Annunzio based the libretto for Zandonai’s opera on Boccaccio’s tale. His intention was to make of Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini, (1902) the first of a series of dramatic works and the foundation to “the new Italian art”. D’Annunzio’s importance as a writer in the early-twentieth-century Italy was matched only by the prominence of his blatant, extravagant personality, his debts and his scandalous lifestyle, which left a trail […]
via Santa Caterina da Siena, 38 80132 Napoli
The competition is open to singers of all nationalities.Cash prizes, national and international engagements in theaters and scholarships. Accommodation on a B&B basis at Riva…
Palazzo San Francesco Viale della Liberazione, 7 38066 Riva del Garda TN
Competition for singers of any nationality below 35 years of age, for the staging of an opera at the theatres of Treviso and Ferrara. Cash prize for the winners.
Corso del Popolo 31, Teatro Comunale Mario del Monaco 31100 Treviso
Competition is open to all Italian and foreign citizens of both sexes above 18 years of age. Cash prizes.
Via Olindo Guerrini, 3 - 20133 Milano
International competition for Opera singers. Competitors should present at least 7 compositions by Francesco Paolo Tosti (of which 3 in Italian). Cash prize and engagement for the…
Corso Giacomo Matteotti, 2, 66026 Ortona CH
The International competition for oera singers Ottavio Ziino takes place annually in the wondeful Teatro Torlonia, located in Roma in the park of Torlonia villa. Cash prizes are…
Via Lazzaro Spallanzani, 1A, 00161 Roma, Italia