While Martina Franca mourns the death of the President of the Paolo Grassi Foundation (organiser of the Festival della Valle d’Itria), Berlin has chosen Aviel Cahn, the current General Director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, to lead the Berlin Deutsche Oper from the 2026-2027 season. Dubai Opera also has a new General Director in […]

After having cancelled his appearance at the Chorégies d’Orange last summer, at the Arena of Verona and after his defection in La Gioconda at La Scala in Milan, the Italian tenor Fabio Sartori, unavailable, will not be on the stage of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome where he was supposed to perform as Radames either. […]

On 9, 10 and 11 November 2022, Roman audiences at the Parco della Musica will visit two pure masterpieces of classical music. Antonio Pappano conducts Bruckner’s final symphony (No. 9) and in the first half, the superb violinist Lisa Batiashvili performs Beethoven‘s Concerto with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Great stars for a […]

Tonight sees the premiere of a highly anticipated opera in Rome. Running from 22 to 31 March 2022 at the Teatro dell’Opera, the new production of Puccini’s Turandot is by Ai Weiwei. One of the most famous contemporary stage artists is making his directorial debut and says it will be his first and only experience. […]

It was to be one of the highlights of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s season, but in agreement with director Romeo Castellucci, the performances of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion scheduled for 10-13 April have been postponed until 2024. Due to the continuing pandemic, the project for the production directed by James Conlon could not be completed. From […]

The great Italian composer passed away this summer and yet, his name and his music canno’t disappear. The city of Rome where he was born decided to rename the Auditorium Parco della Musica which is now called the Auditorium Parco Della Musica “Ennio Morricone”. A beautiful tribute to one of the major figures of 20th […]