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Donizetti | Elisir d’Amore and the magic of Italian borghi

Elisir d’amore is Donizetti’s first opera to show his full mastery of the comic style. Arias like “Adina believe me” and the most famous “A furtive tear” are pieces in which Donizetti not simply suggests emotions but gives body to their very essence thanks to a music of universal, immortal power. The story is set at the end of eighteenth century, in a country village.

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Italian Opera the January monthly program

January

I Pagliacci ¦ Leoncavallo’s Calabria

Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci is a opera of tremendous energy and impetus, up to the final scene, one of the most gripping of Italian opera. The aria”Vesti la giubba” “put on your costume” is one of the best-renowned tenor arias of the whole repertoire. It is in fact both an expressive and a vocal test for any lyric tenor.

January

Pesaro | Pavarotti’s “Buen retiro”

The house has an unbeatable location. Situated halfway up the hill that gradually becomes mountain, the San Bartolo – the only high stretch of coast on the Adriatic sea along with Trieste and Ancona – it faces a large bay. A lush vegetation surrounds the white building from early spring to late autumn. During summer it provides a shelter from the heat of the blazing sun and also from the curious eyes of the bathers crowding the beach – mainly locals as this is not a trendy beach; it’s simply a nice place -. Vegetation could not, however, shield the sounds. So, in the years gone by, it was quite common for people lying on the beach – including me – to hear the Maestro’s powerful voice singing a piece or some musical charade. It was quite something!

Where Vincenzo Bellini meets the Coldplay | Palazzo Biscari in Sicily

Vincenzo Bellini and the Prince of Biscari, two great Sicilians If a great composer such as Vincenzo Bellini was born…

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Donizetti | Elisir d’Amore and the magic of Italian borghi

Italian Opera the January monthly program

I Pagliacci ¦ Leoncavallo’s Calabria

Pesaro | Pavarotti’s “Buen retiro”

Where Vincenzo Bellini meets the Coldplay | Palazzo Biscari in Sicily

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