The Tullio Serafin Opera Competition has announced its ninth edition. This year’s competition will be centered on Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with winners getting the opportunity to perform the opera at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza in September 2026 as part of the 14th edition of the Vicenza in Lirica Festival. Preliminary rounds will take place in April across {…}
Verona is set to celebrate Maestro Tullio Serafin on Dec. 17. The concert will showcase the Società Letteraria di Verona. The event, which is supported by the Amministrazione Comunale di Verona – Assessorato alla cultura, is organized by the associazione culturale “Concetto Armonico” and the Archivio storico Tullio Serafin. The concert will see such artists as Arianna Giuffrida and Said Gobechiya, {…}
The Tullio Serafin Competition is set to return to Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. The competition, which is organized by Concetto Armonico in collaboration with Archivio storico Tullio Serafin and with the hospitality of Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Israeli Opera of Tel Aviv and Teatro Tullio Serafin in Cavarzere, will take place in {…}
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 {…}
It is now 50 years since the celebrated Italian conductor Tulio Serafin passed away. During an illustrious career that lasted over 70 years, he had a significant impact on the world of opera and on music in general. Probably he is now most clearly remembered for his association with the work of Maria Callas, and in particular their landmark recordings, {…}
