(Photo credit: Paulo César) During the 2026 Garda Festival soprano Elena Moșuc and director and designer Pier Luigi Pizzi will receive awards. Soprano Elena Moșuc’s career will be honored with the Cigno del Garda 2026 Prize. Moșuc made her debut in 1990 as the Queen of the Night at the Romanian National Opera, Iași. “The following year she made her {…}
(©Alessandro Lodola) Belgian-Italian director Maximilien Seren-Piccinni has deep roots in the history of music as he is a descendant of the famous Italian composer and master of opera buffa Niccolò Piccinni. From a young age, he has been involved in the arts, having been the personal assistant to Mario Monicelli and later studying opera directing at the Polo Nazionale Artistico {…}
Soprano Ekaterina Bakanova will headline a concert at the Garda Festival on July 26, 2025. The showcase, titled “Folies d’Amour,” will showcase the soprano performing works by Donizetti, Dvořák, de Falla, Liszt, Massenet, Puccini, Purcell, and Verdi, alongside pianist Emanuele Savròn. Bakanova is an internationally recognized soprano who has performed at the Royal Opera House, Arena di Verona, Teatro Real, {…}