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Rossini’s first opera, the one-act farce La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage), premiered in 1810 at Venice’s Teatro San Moisè. Composed in a few days when he was 18 years old...

Il trovatore (The Trobadour), premiered in Rome in 1853, is a panel of Verdi’s so told ‘popular trilogy’ alongside Rigoletto and La traviata. Themes of obsession, revenge, family...

In 1860 Isma’il Pascià, the Khedive of Egypt commissioned Verdi with a composition to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal for a sum of 80,000 francs. Verdi refused, saying he...

The Staatskapelle Dresden (known formally as the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden) is a German orchestra based in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Founded in 1548 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it...

One of the most exciting operas from the mid 19th century, Rigoletto was initially embattled by the censors of the time, who had several issues with its content for both aesthetic and political...

It’s ironic that Carmen, this stereotypical Spanish woman, was created by two Frenchmen: Prosper Mérimée and Georges Bizet.

In 1867, Bizet wrote to a friend: “my sensuous...

Celebrating the highest tribute to the Leone di San Marco, symbol of our city, as a lion painted on a large canvas will fly up to the bell tower over the audience in the square....

Anche quest’anno l’offerta della Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia per Carnevale è ampia e articolata, e affianca alle proprie proposte la collaudata collaborazione con Vela Spa. Sono previsti...

EX NOVO MUSICA 2019/20

Quarantennale dalla fondazione dell’Ex Novo Ensemble (1979-2019)

XVI. edizione

dal 23 ottobre...