Jakub Hrůša Named Music Director of Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

(©Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Musacchio Ianniello Pasqualini) The Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has named Jakub Hrůša its new Music Director. Hrůša’s contract will last three years and will see the conductor perform at least three productions, special projects, and lead international and national tours. The conductor will begin his tenure in the 2021-22 season conducting Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 {…}

Lisette Oropesa & Xabier Anduaga Headline Bel Canto Gala

On April 16, Lisette Oropesa and Xabier Anduaga will join Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia for a Bel Canto concert. Sir Antonio Pappano will conduct the two stars in a program that will include music from Bellini’s “I Puritani” and “La Sonnambula” and Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment,” “Lucrezia Borgia,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Don Pasquale,” and “L’Elisir d’Amore.” The {…}