(Photo: Luca Casadio) The Ravenna Festival, which takes place each year during the months of June and July, stages a wide variety of events ranging from opera to concerts, theatre and dance. It is also active in commissioning new works, which this year included a sacred oratorio for chorus, soloists and a small instrumental ensemble, composed by Mariana Acito to {…}
(Photo: Stefano Binci) Maiolati, a small Italian municipality of just six thousand inhabitants located in the province of Ancona, at the heart of Italy, preserves an important cultural legacy. In this serene village, Gaspare Spontini was born in 1774, a composer who, during his time, achieved extraordinary fame and recognition. However, over the years, his name and works have gradually {…}
(Photo: Zani-Casadio) In the space of three days, Ravenna’s Teatro Tradizione Dante Alighieri performed two operas, both of which involved trips into the afterlife. The first, “Il Viaggio di G.Mastorna” was a contemporary opera by Matteo D’Amico in which the hero Mastorna is killed in an airplane crash and condemned to journey through a modern-day purgatory in search of peace. {…}