Italy Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra / Ben Glassberg (conductor). Rome Opera, Teatro Costanzi, 23.9.2025. (RP)
Bostridge and Warner unite for a spare, intense The Turn of the Screw in Rome
Rome
Supercharged singing from Sir Antonio Pappano’s outstanding Elektra cast in Rome
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Marco Patino) from the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 18.10.2022 and available on Rai Play. (JPr)
First Italian performance of Thomas Adès’s Piano Concerto
Italy Dukas, Adès, R. Strauss: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, 5.2.2022. (GP)
Shostakovich’s complete Quartets at the Roman Philharmonic Academy
Italy Shostakovich: Quartetto Prometeo (Giulio Rovighi, Aldo Campagnari [violins], Danusha Waskiewicz [viola], Francesco Dillon [cello]). Teatro Argentina, Rome, 20.1.2022. (GP)
Javier Camarena is no Caruso at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome
Italy Various: Javier Camarena (tenor), Symphony Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia / Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 22.12.2021. (GP)
Contemporary music and a world premiere in Rome
Italy Nilson, Cifariello Ciardi, Gervasoni, Battistelli, Sani: Ivo Nilson (trombone), Antonio Caggiano (percussion). Nuova Consonanza Festival, La Pelanda, Rome, 14.12.2021. (GP)
Beatrice Rana and a Fabbrini piano in a room in Rome full of frescoes
Italy Bach, Debussy, Chopin: Beatrice Rana (piano), recorded exclusively for Cal Performances at Oratorio del Gonfalone, Rome, 6-7.4.2021. First streamed 13.5.2021, and available on demand through 12.6.2021. (HS)
Gatti leads superb cast in Rome Opera’s Les vêpres siciliennes
Italy Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 22.12.2019. (RP)
