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March

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

I Capuleti e i Montecchi is considered by many Bellini’s first masterpiece. It certainly recalls in many ways the great belcanto era, particularly in the way the roles are organized: the mezzo-soprano as male protagonist, the soprano as his lover, the tenor as the hero’s rival, bass and bariton respectively as the noble father and the tyrant. However, Capuleti is not strictly a belcanto opera because of its intimate and at times dramatic atmosphere. So much so that the many embellishments, counterbalanced by a well-defined melodic core, are not ornamentation anymore but start to take an expressive connotation.

10
October

Moving forward from Baroque opera | Zeno, Metastasio, Gluck

Gluck finally estabilished an indissoluble link between music and words, with music becoming the main element for the success of an opera. As in the striking aria “What shall I do without Euridice?”. It is through to the incomparable beauty and expressiveness of the melody sung by Orpheus that Love is presuaded to bring Euridice back to life.

02
January

Italian Opera the January monthly program

Italian Opera the January monthly program

20
September

Opera | A Renaissance creation

The main difference between Opera and the previous polyphonic vocal music is the unique melodic line, resulting from the merging of bass and singing. In polyphonic music different vocal lines work independently, overlapping one another and making a text often incomprehensible. Opera instead offered a new way for making words expressive and intelligible, by creating a single melodic line, supported by an accompaniment.

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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