When in Rome
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s only opera for Rome was written to an existing libretto by the great Pietro Metastasio, L’Olimpiade, which had already been set by Vivaldi the year previously.
Nicola Ulivieri
3 pieces since 2010 — in 3 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Gran Teatre del Liceu.
3
pieces
3
roles
2
companies
17
years
By role
By company
Role Berengario
Role Don Prudenzio
Journey into the unknown
Among the ten musical feasts that Paris staged to celebrate the coronation of the last Bourbon king, Charles X, in 1825, Il viaggio a Reims by Gioachino Rossini had undoubtedly the highest profile. Others, including La Route de Reims, a pastiche of Mozart music, are now long forgotten, and Rossini’s score once seriously risked suffering […]
Role Sir Giorgio
Giglio d’april
April brought I Puritani to Palermo’s centerpiece Teatro Massimo.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).