María José Siri, Gregory Kunde, José Cura & Ekaterina Bakanova Headline Rai5 Broadcasts for Next Week

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(Credits: Maria José Siri official website / Chris Gloag / Zoe Cura / Georg List) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Feb. 14 – Feb. 20, 2021. The opera broadcasts will be dedicated to composer Giacomo Puccini. The stream on Feb. 14 will be dedicated to late soprano Mirella Freni. OPERAS The broadcast of Niccolò {…}

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Premio Internazionale di Canto Lirico – Borsa di Studio ‘Valerio Gentile’ Announces 2020 Competition

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The 23th edition of the International Lyric Singing Award will be held in the cities of Fasano and Monopoli on Dec. 8 and 9, 2020. Established by the Valerio Gentile Study Institute in collaboration with the Niccolo Piccinni Conservatory in Bari, and the Nino Rota Conservatory in Monopoli, the award was started in 1997 to commemorate Valerio Gentile, a young {…}

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Teatro Comunale di Treviso 2017-18 Review – La Cecchina: Piccini’s Opera Gets Comic Treatment to Sterling Success

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Born in Bari in 1728, the Italian composer Niccolò Piccinni had an established and successful career in both Italy and France, responsible for the composition of more than 80 operas. Although his work is firmly planted in the 18th century and does not stray from the traditional musical forms of the period, his work was widely praised by fellow composers {…}

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A Stroll Through The Many Genres of Opera (Part One)

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Opera is not one thing, as many people know. Instead, opera is an umbrella term for a large host of different categories and types ranging from the typical to the rather peculiar. While Mozart looks one way, Monteverdi and Wagner will look a different way. Of course they all follow the same trajectory, but their style has led them in {…}

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María José Siri, Gregory Kunde, José Cura & Ekaterina Bakanova Headline Rai5 Broadcasts for Next Week

Premio Internazionale di Canto Lirico – Borsa di Studio ‘Valerio Gentile’ Announces 2020 Competition

Teatro Comunale di Treviso 2017-18 Review – La Cecchina: Piccini’s Opera Gets Comic Treatment to Sterling Success

A Stroll Through The Many Genres of Opera (Part One)