Andrea Castello is the Artistic Director of the Vincenza in Lirica Festival. But he is a very different type of Artistic Director. For him a festival is about discovering young artists, discovering new works, and trying to challenge the norms. He is not interested in bringing the biggest names for the sake of the box office but in bringing them {…}
The Festival Vicenza in Lirica has announced its 2022 season, which will be themed “la Musica unisce.” The season opens with “Ballo delle ingrate – Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda” with Gennaro Di Filippo, Antonia Salzano, Isabella De Massis, Marta Pacifci, Roberto Manuel Zagari, Jesus Hernandez, and Marta Pacifci. Performance Date: June 17, 2022 The Concerto lirico Benefco will include {…}
(Photo: Federico Balestro) Vicenza’s Teatro Olimpico opened its doors for the first time in 1585. Almost 450 years later Palladio’s masterpiece, the first stone-built indoor theatre in the world and now a UNESCO world heritage site, is still a functioning theatre, and the primary venue for Vicenza in Lirica’s annual music festival. The theatre’s design is based on the theatres {…}
The Festival Vicenza in Lirica in Italy has announced its 2021 season. The Young Artist’s Future concert will feature students from Laura Polverelli’s masterclass. Performance Date: August 27, 2021 Mozart’s Oratroio “Betulia Liberata” will feature Nile Senatore (Ozia), Alessandra Visentin (Giuditta), Paola Leoci (Amital), Patrizio La Placa (Achior), Caterina Meldolesi (Cabri), and Véronique Valdès (Cami). The Orchestra di Padova e {…}
The Festival Vicenza in Lirica has announced two operas for its 2021 season. The Italian festival will present Mozart’s rarely performed oratorio “Betulia Liberata,” which was composed in 1771. The oratorio will inaugurate the festival on August 28, 2021, and it will be the first time the piece is performed at the Teatro Olimpico. The second work that the festival {…}
(Credits: Sony Classical / Chris Gloag / Todd Rosenberg / Elena Cherkashyna) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Feb. 7 – Feb. 13, 2021. The opera broadcasts will be dedicated to composer Gioachino Rossini. The stream on Feb. 7 will be dedicated to the late soprano Mirella Freni. Operas The broadcast of Cilea’s opera “Adriana {…}