Rai 5 is set to present the Festival “Vicenza in Lirica’s” Mozart’s Messa in do minore. The concert, recorded on Sept. 2, 2022, at the Teatro Olimpico, showcased the new performing version under maestro Luca Guglielmi. The concert features sopranos Nina Solodovnikova and Paola Leoci, tenor Giuseppe Di Giacinto, and bass Giacomo Nanni. In a statement, Artistic Director Andrea Castello said, {…}
(Photo credit: Alessio Chao) The 25-year-old Italian mezzo-soprano Emma Alessi Innocenti is still at the stage in her career in which she is attempting to establish herself as a known singer within the industry. Of course, at such a young age, she has had relatively few opportunities to perform in fully staged operas. But by sheer chance, OperaWire has reviewed {…}
The Vicenza in Lirica Festival has unveiled its 2024 edition. The season kicks off with a performance of Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” starring Claudia Pavone, Ekaterina Gubanova, Bryan Lopez Gonzalez, and Riccardo Zanellato. Benedikt Sauer conducts the Orchestra dei Colli Morenici. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2024 Filomenta Fittipaldi and Manuel Epis are the soloists in “W Puccini.” Alessandro Marini accompanies them at {…}
(Photo: Michel Crosera) Vicenza in Lirica closed its 2020 festival with a second performance of Vivaldi’s opera “L’Olimpiade.” Written to a libretto by Metastasio in 1734, it received its premiere at Venice’s Teatro Sant’Angelo. Yet, the work struggled to establish itself and had to wait over 200 years before it eventually received a revival, this time at Siena’s Teatro dei {…}
(Photo: Borin) Now in its eighth year, Vicenza in Lirica under the guidance of Andrea Castello continues to move from strength to strength and is starting to have a clearly defined format, centered on the baroque, with Palladio’s marvelous Teatro Olimpico as its primary venue. It is supportive of young singers who are cast in the operas but is also {…}
(Photo: Beatrice Milocco) Last year’s edition of Vicenza in Lirica met with notable success for the production of Antonio Lotti’s 1713 opera, “Polidoro.” In resurrecting this forgotten work, which had remained unperformed for over 300 years, conductor Francesco Erle and director Cesare Scarton, made a strong case for the opera. The music and staging combined to produce, despite the occasional {…}
Although very few people are now aware of the fact, Antonio Lotti, during his lifetime, was one of Venice’s most highly regarded opera composers. Today he has largely been forgotten, along with his operas and other compositions, and is now known only to the dedicated followers of the Venetian tradition. Born in 1667, Lotti established himself in both his home {…}