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October

Addio Dario!

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

February

Italian Opera the March monthly program

Italian Opera the March monthly program of main events

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.

September

Vocal Types | Opera voices

Operatic voices are divided into 4 categories: soprano (high female), alto (low female), tenor (high male) and bass (low male). There are also 2 intermediate voices: mezzo soprano, female voice and baritone, male voice between tenor and bass. There are many more subtle distinctions used to define the range, tone, colour and timbre of a voice. They developed as a consequence of increasingly demanding roles which required more specific vocal types.

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

L’incoronazione di Poppea For a long time, Monteverdi’s operas had been regarded essentially for their historical…

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Addio Dario!

Italian Opera the March monthly program

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

Vocal Types | Opera voices

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

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