Il baritono siciliano, fra i protagonisti del panorama lirico odierno, è impegnato in questi giorni nella preparazione del Concerto di Gala che segnerà il momento culminante dei festeggiamenti per i 40 anni del Rossini Opera Festival di Pesaro. Una partecipazione immancabile per l'artista, prima di affrontare i prossimi esaltanti impegni internazionali che lo vedranno protagonista... Continue Reading →
Dietro le quinte di “Demetrio e Polibio” al Rossini Opera Festival 2019: i giovani costumisti dell’Accademia di Belle Arti in Urbino
"Demetrio e Polibio", spettacolo andato in scena per la prima volta al Rossini Opera Festival nel 2010, è frutto di una fortunata collaborazione tra il regista Davide Livermore e la scuola di scenografia dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino. Le scene e i costumi sono stati ideati ed in gran parte realizzati da un giovanissimo,... Continue Reading →
Jessica Pratt and Treesure Jewels
The Opera Season 2017-2018 of the Teatro La Fenice closes under the sign of Gioachino Rossini with "Semiramide" - his last great opera - and with the display of the restored signed score. A tragic melodrama in two acts, which debuted at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on February 3, 1823, "Semiramide" is staged... Continue Reading →
Eleonora Buratto shines in Modena
The Teatro Comunale in Modena was sold out for the concert in memory of Luciano Pavarotti, in the eleventh year of his death. On the evening of September 5th the 'Stabat Mater' by Gioachino Rossini was performed. A magical evening with great music: on stage the Orchestra Filarmonica conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti and Eleonora Buratto... Continue Reading →
The masters of costume design. Michael Gianfrancesco at Rossini Opera Festival 2018
On the occasion of the Rossini Opera Festival, Operafashion met Michael Gianfrancesco, costume designer of the new production "Ricciardo e Zoraide" that will open the 2018 edition. Michael Gianfrancesco is a Toronto-based set and costume designer whose work has been seen across Canada in productions of theatre, opera and dance. In 2008, he received the... Continue Reading →
Olga Peretyatko at Echo Klassik 2016
The Echo Klassik is the most important German music award in the classical field. The coveted trophy, which gives the Federation of the Phonographic Industry every year for new CDs, were awarded in 22 categories to 57 winners. On 9 October, the Echo Klassik 2016 was awarded at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Also this year, meets the... Continue Reading →
Olga Peretyatko shines in Jewellery Theatre
Olga Peretyatko is promoting her new CD Rossini! in a series of recitals with Accademia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone in Baden-Baden, Wien and Paris. In these recitals, the Russian soprano will address the charming heroines, the seductive and capricious in Viaggio a Reims and Turco in Italia, but also the moving Amenaide of Tancredi, the legendary Queen of... Continue Reading →
Jessica Pratt: a modern Semiramide
On October 18, Australian soprano Jessica Pratt made her debut in one of G. Rossini’s most challenging soprano parts: the Babylonian queen Semiramide. The expected debut - in concert version - took place under the direction of Maestro Giuliano Carella at Opera de Marseille. For this special occasion, Jessica chose a dress-change between the first and second... Continue Reading →