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, {…}