Composers and librettists | L'Ulisse errante

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Addio Dario!

Dario Fo, great playwriter and theatre director dies at the age of 90

The Comic Opera revolution | From Opera Seria to modern opera

At the beginning of the eighteenth century starts to develop a type of opera uniquely based on comic characters. It was a consequence of Zeno’s reform which separated the comic scenes within an opera, from all the rest. Two types of performances started then to take shape, marking a turning point in the history of opera. They were the interludes or intermezzi and a music comedy in Neapolitan dialect, called Commedeja pee Mmuseca.

The transition between 18th and 19th century in Opera

Opera, until then the favourite entertainment of aristocracy and educated classes, was going to change radically as a consequence of the French revolution. In the three decades of the rise and fall of Napoleon, opera social function changed completely and irrevocably.

Music Therapy | Opera Singer turned neuroscientist uses Music as medicine for Dementia, Autism and More.

We usually think of music as entertainment, but in the ancient world, music was often considered a form of medicine. Over the past few decades, scientists have rediscovered music’s healing abilities, and studies have shown that music can effectively treat conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, chronic pain, Parkinson’s, PTSD, autism, help stroke patients recover, and more.

Jesi | Wine and Music | Pergolesi and Spontini

Composers and librettists Places off the beaten track

Jesi, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi hometown Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born in 1710 in

IL VIAGGIO DI ROBERTO | Roberto’s journey – from Ravenna to Auschwitz

Composers and librettists Operas

Roberto Bachi, a boy like any other Roberto Bachi was a boy like any other. Born in Turin in 1929…

Forging the new Italian Opera | Francesca da Rimini

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera Verismo and twilight

Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini tells of the tragic love story between Paolo and Francesca, told by Dante Alighieri in…

Verismo and Wagnerianism

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera Verismo and twilight

Verismo composers were mainly opera composers; the new generation of composers was different, more eclectic. Franco Alfano’s two symphonies, among…

The generation of the 80s

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera Verismo and twilight

At the end of 19th century it became clear that the style used in opera until 1890s couldn’t be used…

Donizetti | Triumph and death

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera The romantic era

Donizetti moves to Paris in 1834-1835 Gaetano Donizetti was called, along with Bellini, by Rossini in…

Donizetti | The Romantic epitome

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera The romantic era

The beginning of Donizetti’s career At the beginning of his career, Donizetti writes mainly for the…

Donizetti and Romantic opera

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera The romantic era

The split between Italian and European music During the first half of the nineteen century starts…

Vincenzo Bellini | La Sonnambula

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera Operas The romantic era

Genesis of La Sonnamula Getting closer the deadline for the presentation of a new opera at…

Bellini | A love and death story I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera Operas The romantic era

I Capuleti e i Montecchi genesis Bellini composed I Capuleti e i Montecchi in one and…