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July

The Diva and Bagnacavallo | Ebe Stignani

When the diva is a mezzo Romantic opera brought at the centre of the stage sopranos, heroines of every love drama composed by Bellini to Donizetti to Puccini passing through Verdi. Mezzo-sopranos in those days played somehow the part of “Cinderella”, before the meeting with the fairy Godmother. Relegated mostly to a secondary role, they were seldom able to share the popularity and admiration granted to the leading sopranos of their time. Ebe Stignani, one of the most beautiful voices of the last century Take for example Ebe Stignani. Not many know her or who she was, yet she was one of the most beautiful voices and of the finest musicians of the last century. Ebe Stignani and Maria Callas Stignani was a main star at the Teatro Alla Scala while Maria Callas was just starting her cooperation with the Milan stage. Those were Callas’ difficult first years at La Scala, where she debuted in 1950 as a replacement to Renata Tebaldi in Aida. There was certainly a pre-established criticism if not hostility and even a lack of interest for Callas’ vocal talents, that kept growing till 1953 when, after a Norma with Stignani, the Greek soprano left Italy to return […]

27
December

Il Matrimonio Segreto by Domenico Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa’s most successful opera, The Secret Marriage, was composed on a libretto written by Giovanni Bertati, a Venetian employed as court poet in Vienna, on a subject very popular at the time. The story was in fact at the centre of a series of 6 paintings by William Hogarth, the Marriage in Fashion, le Mariage à la Mode, published in London between 1743 and 1745, depicting the bad consequences of a wedding between a penniless aristocrat and a rich bourgeois. Bertati the librettist turns the social satire into a mockery of bourgeois, eager to ennoble but happy to save half of the dowry when the opportunity arises.

15
September

Opera | Useful basic definitions of commonly used terms

Opera is a drama created through music. It is the result of the joint effort of some of the best poets and composers in music history who worked together in perfect synergy to create a work as a whole.

31
December

La Bohème on free streaming from Turin Teatro Regio until April 20th

Now available on demand until 20th of April 2017, Puccini’s La bohème, which opened the 2016-2017 opera season and was broadcasted from the Teatro Regio in Turin. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Regio in a new staging by Àlex Ollé. This staging of La Bohème marks the 120th anniversary of the opera world premiere, which took place at the Regio on 1st of February 1896 conducted by a 29 years old Arturo Toscanini.

Bergamo | Donizetti’s hometown
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Bergamo | Donizetti’s hometown

History of Italian Opera Places off the beaten track The romantic era
The birth of Gaetano Donizetti Gaetano Donizetti, was born in Bergamo on November 29th 1797, fifth child…
Sara Filippini 4th April 2020
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Jesi | Wine and Music | Pergolesi and Spontini
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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
Sara Filippini 21st July 2019
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Rigoletto in Mantua | Palazzo Te, the pleasure palace

Rigoletto in Mantua | Palazzo Te, the pleasure palace

Cities Operas Places off the beaten track Things to see
What is Rigoletto it about? This sounds like a simple question, which could be answered by telling the story of the…
Sara Filippini 6th April 2019
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Lugo di Romagna | A hidden gem at the heart of Emilia Romagna

Lugo di Romagna | A hidden gem at the heart of Emilia Romagna

Itineraries Places off the beaten track Things to see
A more authentic and original touristic experience
Sara Filippini 16th February 2019
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From Jesi to Palermo | On the traces of Frederick II of Swabia

From Jesi to Palermo | On the traces of Frederick II of Swabia

Places off the beaten track Things to see
The town of Jesi, birthplace of emperor Frederick II of Swabia Jesi, home town to…
Sara Filippini 14th July 2017
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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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Where Vincenzo Bellini meets the Coldplay | Palazzo Biscari in Sicily

Where Vincenzo Bellini meets the Coldplay | Palazzo Biscari in Sicily

About Itineraries Places off the beaten track
Vincenzo Bellini and the Prince of Biscari, two great Sicilians If a great composer such as Vincenzo Bellini was born…
Marisa Bonamico 11th March 2017
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Donizetti | Elisir d’Amore and the magic of Italian borghi
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Donizetti | Elisir d’Amore and the magic of Italian borghi

History of Italian Opera Operas Places off the beaten track The romantic era
Donizetti’s full mastery of the comic style. L’Elisir d’amore is the first opera in which Donizetti…
Sara Filippini 9th July 2016
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Catania | Bellini the Sicilian
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Catania | Bellini the Sicilian

History of Italian Opera Places off the beaten track The romantic era
Bellini’s “volcanic” character Francesco Florimo, his lifetime friend, described Bellini as “a pure, sweet, grateful, modest…
Sara Filippini 18th March 2016
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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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