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Italian Opera the March monthly program

Italian Opera the March monthly program of main events

Venice | the invention of public theatre

Venice was an important and rich commercial centre, welcoming foreign merchants, businessmen dignitaries and aristocrats on the Grand Tour. The demand for entertainment was therefore high, particularly during the Carnevale, Some enterprising impresarios came up with the idea of setting up a public opera house, charging the public for the hire of boxes on a subscription system. The business turned out to be profitable. In a few years 16 theatres were built requiring a big number of new operas. By the end of 1600 the repertoire counted about 300 operas.

February

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

It is known that every Italian region is different from the other. Different location, morphology, history translated into a wide range of traditions, dialect, attitude… wine and cookery!

December

Castenaso | Rossini marries Colbran in a sanctuary

In the church Madonna del Pilar with its magnificent Baroque interiors and fine stuccoes on the 16th March 1822, by special concession as it was Lent, was celebrated the marriage between Gioachino Rossini and Ysabel Colbran crowning the great love and successful artistic alliance between the most prominent opera composer of the time and his muse.

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…

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Italian Opera the March monthly program

Venice | the invention of public theatre

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

Castenaso | Rossini marries Colbran in a sanctuary

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

L’Ulisse Errante

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