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Italian Opera the April monthly program

Italian Opera the April monthly program of main events in the most famous Italian theaters.

Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai was one of the last Italian operatic master craftsmen. Although many Italian composers after him continued to write operas, none will show the same consistent dedication or would produce such an impressive body of works. Composer of symphonic and chamber music as well as sacred music, Zandonai was also a sensitive and intelligent conductor.

January

Italian language | the fourth most spoken in the world thanks to music

Everywhere in the world, Italian language is popular thanks to music; not just Opera but also pop hits such as Volare or Mamma. Common Italian words are increasingly used in other languages while notation on music scores is traditionally in Italian (piano, forte, crescendo, rallentando etc…). So much so that many Italian terms used for music are now truly international, representing a substantial part of the international Italian vocabulary.

March

Naples | City of music and magic

The Teatro San Carlo, certainly one of the finest and biggest in Europe was opened in 1737. Two years later, in 1739 French politician and writer Charles de Brosses referred to Naples as “the world capital of music”.

Venice | the invention of public theatre

The shift from private to public opera When Vincenzo Gonzaga duke of Mantua died,

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Italian Opera the April monthly program

Riccardo Zandonai

Italian language | the fourth most spoken in the world thanks to music

Naples | City of music and magic

Venice | the invention of public theatre

L’Ulisse Errante

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