Milan (Italy) - Milan’s La Scala opera house has opened its new season with the original more brutal version of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”.
Light, hope, joy: thus, on the notes of Nicolò Jommelli, an 18th century Neapolitan composer, ends the extraordinary musical trip Joyce DiDonato invites us to embark on: from the horrors of war to the comfort of peace – one of the many gifts music can offer.
Turin (Italy) - Among the masterpieces in the operatic repertoire, “Bohème” by Giacomo Puccini was first put on 120 years ago in Turin.
Sonya Yoncheva has taken the opera world by storm: The Bulgarian soprano who started as a baroque singer and won Operalia in 2010 is on an extraordinary musical journey.
Un progetto di formazione, promozione, produzione e condivisione del talento musicale unico in Europa. Potrebbe essere sintetizzato così il Campus della Musica previsto per sabato 17 e domenica 18 settembre all’Opera di Firenze dalle 9:30 alle 19:30 (ingresso libero con registrazione per i partecipanti / 5 € per gli uditori - info su www.campusdellamusica.com).
Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Asistir a la ópera fuera de la ópera, en el metro, ¿por qué no? Eso es posible en la red subterránea de Buenos Aires gracias a una iniciativa entre el gobierno porteño y la Ópera Periférica.
Roma (Italia) - Duelo en el mundo de la ópera tras el fallecimiento de la soprano italiana Daniela Dessì.
Rome (Italy) - Renowned Italian soprano Daniela Dessi has died aged 59. She had been suffering from colon cancer, for which she had only begun receiving treatment last month.