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December

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.

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December

Therapeutic art: A British Health initiative

An initiative, unveiled this week by British Health Secretary Matt Hancock, may soon enable the country’s doctors to prescribe therapeutic art- or hobby-based treatments for a wide range of mental health conditions. Therapeutic art- or hobby-based treatments for dementia, psychosis and mental health issues The medical benefits of engaging with the arts are well-recorded. According to the Telegraph “Dementia patients should be prescribed personal playlists to trigger happy memories   Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-doctors-may-soon-prescribe-art-music-dance-singing-lessons-180970750

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March

The short life of Vincenzo Bellini

Bellini met in Milan an artist who will be fundamental in his career: the librettist Felice Romani, the greatest theatrical poet of his time. Their cooperation lasted for 6 years and Romani, who wrote something like 90 librettos, created for and with Bellini some of his best ones. Bellini was actively involved not only in shaping the subjects but also in writing the verses, to insure the effective delivery of his idea through word and music simultaneously.In Milan Bellini met an artist who was going to be fundamental in his career, the greatest theatrical poet of his time: librettist Felice Romani. Their cooperation lasted for 6 years. Romani, who wrote something like 90 librettos, created for and with Bellini some of his best ones. The first opera produced through this collaboration was Il Pirata The Pirate, an opera that completely electrified the audience in Milan on October 27th 1827, night of the premiere. The newspapers titled “the start of Italian Romantic opera”.

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December

Rome, the Domus Aurea | Monteverdi’s Incoronazione di Poppea

The libretto for Monteverdi’s Opera L’Incoronazione di Poppea was mainly drawn from the roman historians Tacitus. Its leading character is Poppea, the beautiful mistress who became wife to the Roman Emperor Nero, one of the most loved and, at the same time, hated emperor of the ancient Rome. Nero after the great fire of Rome, built on the Colle Oppio, the most lavish and vast villa of the ancient Rome, the Domus Aurea.

The Diva and Bagnacavallo | Ebe Stignani

The Diva and Bagnacavallo | Ebe Stignani

History of Italian Opera Itineraries Places off the beaten track Singers and conductors Things to see
When the diva is a mezzo Romantic opera brought at the centre of the stage sopranos, heroines of every love…
Sara Filippini 5th July 2017
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Vittorio Grigolo triumphs at the Met

Vittorio Grigolo triumphs at the Met

Opera World Singers and conductors
Vittorio Grigolo, one of the today favorite tenors on the stages worldwide Vittorio Grigolo, thanks to his voice and stage…
Sara Filippini 16th January 2017
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Pesaro | Pavarotti’s “Buen retiro”
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Pesaro | Pavarotti’s “Buen retiro”

Opera World Places off the beaten track Singers and conductors
A longlasting relation The relation between Pesaro and Luciano Pavarotti will live on. His family announced that…
Sara Filippini 21st January 2016
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Remembering Claudio Abbado
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Remembering Claudio Abbado

Opera World Singers and conductors
Who is Claudio Abbado? According to a survey carried out by the Classic Voice magazine in…
Sara Filippini 20th January 2016
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Riccardo Zandonai
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Riccardo Zandonai

Composers and librettists History of Italian Opera Singers and conductors Verismo and twilight
Dedicated composer and intelligent conductor Riccardo Zandonai was one of the last Italian operatic master craftsmen.…
Sara Filippini 30th December 2015
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Castenaso | Rossini marries Colbran in a sanctuary
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Castenaso | Rossini marries Colbran in a sanctuary

Composers and librettists Places off the beaten track Singers and conductors Things to see
The little sanctuary of “Our Lady of the Pilar” The tower of the little Sanctuary of…
Sara Filippini 20th December 2015
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