Giuseppe Mazzini and opera
“Music is the fragrance of the universe.” An intense and passionate phrase that does not belong to a musician, as one might think. The author is instead a man better known as a politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy and founder of the secret revolutionary society Young Italy. In his 1836 essay […]
Turandot at the Rome Opera House
Turandot is an opera in 3 acts and 5 scenes, set to a libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, left unfinished by Giacomo Puccini, and posthumously completed by Franco Alfano.
Fryderyk Chopin: the poet of the piano
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was a Polish composer and pianist. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music, sometimes called “the poet of the piano” whose poetic genius is based on a professional technique that is unmatched in his generation.
Farewell to Mirella Freni, exceptional soprano and friend of Big Luciano
The soprano Mirella Freni, who died recently due to a long illness, would have turned 85 on February 27, 2020.
Vittorio Grigolo, the prince of tenors
Vittorio Grigolo is an Italian operatic tenor. He was born in Arezzo on February 19, 1977 and raised in Rome where he studied singing at Schola Puerorum cantorum of the Sistine Chaple. Son of an opera lover, Vittorio began singing by the age of four. One day, while he was in a waiting room, he was […]
The fundamentals of the Opera
Opera is the Italian term of international use for a theatrical and musical genre in which the scenic action is combined with music, ballet and singing. The name “opera” is the conventional abbreviation of the noun phrase opera in musica.
Five operas recommended for novices
We report this article from the website www.cinquecosebelle.it. In this article, the author asserts that opera is a genre that can prove to be somewhat complex and severe. Precisely for this reason, not all operas are suitable for starting to take an interest in opera. Of course, there may be love at first sight even […]
Verdi Rap and the meeting of two different musical genres
Lyrical opera is a musical genre capable of giving great emotions and creating great artistic beauty at the same time. Unfortunately, perhaps precisely because of its refinement, it is hardly appreciated by young people who therefore cannot experience its beauty. Yet someone has found a way to bring together young people and opera and, even more risky, to […]
“La Tosca” in Milan: a national success that revives the opera
Big round of applause for the soprano Anna Netrebko, the tenor Francesco Meli and the baritone Luca Salsi. They are the protagonists of “La Tosca”, the opera performed on the 6th of December at the La Scala theatre in Milan.
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
“Madama Butterfly” is an opera in three acts – although they were originally two – by Giacomo Puccini, with a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. In the score and in the libretto the opera is called “Japanese tragedy” and it was dedicated to the queen of Italy Elena Montenegro.
