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I am opening this topic out of curiosity. Listening to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp11bweiOA8 I downloaded the score from Mozartum, but what aria is it in Scene XIX of Act I (betwe...
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danielescarpetti
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pianoexpert
Can you explain to me what the "World Premiere" of a Butterfly at La Scala would consist of? Thank you...
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danielescarpetti
I have a free morning and I wanted to retrace with you this dream that is happening to me... These days I am at the Ponchielli in Cremona rehearsing Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", an...
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Terenzio
Good evening everyone, I need some information, does anyone know of recordings of Il Barbiere with Rosina as a contralto? I have always found Rosina as a soprano, and the thing piques my cur...
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antares86
S. Lissner's ignorance - Director at La Scala and the Paris Opera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7twOtL-GWI&feature=share&app=desktop How foreign-loving we are in Italy, culture managed by...
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danielescarpetti
Germany even censors Mozart to avoid offending Ankara: the text of Don Giovanni has been modified http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/04/29/la-germania-censura-anche-mozart-per-non-indispet...
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thallo
In Vienna, "Tosca" begins without Tosca. Laughter, comments and embarrassment in the hall It happened at the Staatsoper. And the tenor sings: "We don't have the soprano" http://www.lastampa....
http://ilmondodelloperalirica.blogspot.it/2015/08/la-vita-di-steve-jobs-diventa-unopera.html
I am returning after a long absence with the opera suggested to me by Frank, "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni. It is extremely famous, widely performed, liked by almost everyone, an...
Taormina, Sales boom for works signed by Enrico Castiglione http://catania.livesicilia.it/2015/05/01/boom-di-vendite-per-le-opere-firmate-da-enrico-castiglione_338426/
I read comments from various friends, one opposing the other, regarding the ending of Turandot rewritten by Berio (on stage yesterday at La Scala). Some appreciate it very much, others rejec...
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danielescarpetti
I believe that watching an opera at the cinema is a good idea for two reasons. First, the cost is certainly lower than the entrance ticket. Second, the convenience, because not everyone is l...
Milan, actors sing La Traviata in the metro to promote the show http://video.repubblica.it/edizione/milano/milano-gli-attori-cantano-la-traviata-nel-metro-per-promuovere-lo-spettacolo/197592...
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thallo
Singers against opera which no longer pays http://www.avvenire.it/Spettacoli/Pagine/cantanti-contro-la-lirica.aspx ...great, just wonderful
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thallo
Theater: Luca Ronconi, master of innovation, has died http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2015/02/21/teatro-morto-luca-ronconi_2bd0ea2f-dff1-4bf2-9765-1cb1a936dc64.html
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danielescarpetti
Lyric foundations in Italy referred to in art. 6 of the Law of 14 August 1967, n.800. Petruzzelli Lyric Symphonic Foundation and Bari Theatres (Law 11 November 2003 n.310.) Bologna Municipal...
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Ettore
Would anyone be able to point me toward titles of works with a maximum of 3 singers and without a chorus? Some that came to mind were: Bastiano e Bastiana La serva padrona Il segreto di Susa...
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thallo
La Traviata: ''Libiamo ne' lieti calici''. Happy New Year from Teatro La Fenice http://video.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/traviata-libiamo-ne-lieti-calici-buon-anno-dal-teatro-la-fenic...
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thallo
I just listened to it live from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia on Radio tre. Anna Netrebko - Song to the Moon (From "Rusalka" by Antonin Dvořák)Little moon, so high in the sky, your light pi...
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thallo
Hello everyone. For about a month now, I've been practically obsessed with Turandot; it has become practically like a drug. It would be lovely if Claudio (Thallo) wanted to write something a...
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Thesimon
The 40 most beautiful opera arias of all time http://www.pescini.com/cms/top-of-music/top-arie
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thallo
http://www.accademialascala.it/it/palcoscenico-e-laboratori/1027-tecnico-di-spettacolo.html The Accademia Teatro alla Scala proposes a new training program for the 2014-2015 year: an IFTS co...
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I recently saw the film "O come Otello": http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_come_Otello with clear references to "Otello" I don't know if you have had the chance to see it, the film is about ten...
Black on white. http://www.iltempo.it/cultura-spettacoli/2014/02/08/enti-lirici-a-picco-e-ai-sovrintendenti-stipendi-d-oro-mancano-regole-per-le-nomine-dei-responsabili-i-teatri-senza-difese...
