[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] The Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona began in 10th August 1913, with the first performance of Aida organized by Verona tenor Giovanni Zenatello and impresario Ottone Rovato to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. For over a hundred years (except for two short breaks during the two World Wars),...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Carlo Vistoli began his vocal training with William Matteuzzi and Sonia Prina in 2007 and made his stage debut with Dido & Aeneas in 2012. He received several awards in international singing competitions like the «Farinelli Prize» at the 2012 Città di Bologna Singing...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] At 28 years of age, Filippo Gorini’s “brave, original playing” (The Guardian) has drawn unanimous acclaim in recitals in venues such as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, Vienna Konzerthaus, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, London Wigmore Hall, Società del Quartetto di Milano, Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris, Zurich...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Described by the «Times» as "a baroque star", and an untiring promoter and reference artist of baroque culture, countertenor Raffaele Pe’s repertoire ranges from Recitar cantando to the contemporary operas specifically written for his voice. In 2019 he was awarded the Abbiati Prize by Italian...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] As a baritone, actor and stage director, Luca Micheletti is one of the most original, eclectic and visionary theatre artists of his generation. His training began as a theatre actor, which then led to his appointment as resident stage director and artistic director of...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Michele Spotti (1993) is Musical Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra. His most recent engagements include debuts at the Wiener Staatsoper where he conducted La fille du régiment directed by Laurent Pelly, at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia with Ernani, at...
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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Francesco Lanzillotta is Music Director of the Macerata Opera Festival from 2017. Born in Rome, after graduating with honors at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome in orchestra conducting with Bruno Aprea and in composition with Luciano Pelosi, he specialized in conducting at the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Tenor Piero Pretti started his musical studies in his hometown, Nuoro, and made his professional debut on a European tour in 2006 performing the role of Rodolfo in La Bohème. In subsequent seasons, he played Alfredo in La Traviata in Jesi and Treviso, the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] The Chamber Music International Festival “ClassicheFORME”, organized by the Associazione “Opera Prima”, comes from the desire of the young Italian pianist Beatrice Rana to create a musical center of attraction in her own area – the Salento, in Apulia – where renowned national and international concert artists...