Italy Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev: Marianna Tarasova (mezzo-soprano), Chorus of Rome Opera, Roberto Gabbiani (chorus master), Orchestras of Rome Opera and St Petersburg Philharmonic, Juri Temirkanov (conductor),Video installations, film, lighting and direction:Pier’ Alli, Terme di Caracalla, Rome, 7.7.2012 (JB)
Rome
Mischief in the Shadows – Britten’s Dream in Rome
Italy Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Rome Opera / James Conlon (conductor), premiere on 19.6.2012 (JB)
Keeping it Airborne: Juan Diego Florez’s Rome Recital
Italy Songs and Arias by Bononcini, Ciampi, Piccinni, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Lalo, Offenbach, Padilla, Garcia, Soutullo, Vert, Donizetti, Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Vincenzo Scalera (piano), Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 24.5.2012 (JB)
Rumbustious Business: Attila at the Rome Opera
Italy Verdi, Attila: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera Rome, Riccardo Muti (conductor), 27.5.2012 (JB)
Rescuing the Wit of Rome’s Barbiere
Italy Rossini, ll Barbiere di Siviglia: Teatro dell’Opera, Bruno Campanella (conductor). Rome, 22.4.2012 (JB)
Where Was Sokolov When The Lights Went Out?
Italy Rameau, Mozart, Brahms: Grigory Sokolov (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 18.4.2012 (JB)
Rigoletto by Satellite
Italy Verdi, Rigoletto: (from London via satellite),Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), screened at the cinema piccolissimo, Ciampino, 17.3.2012 (JB)
Sicilian Blood and Thunder: Cavalleria Rusticana Returns Home
Italy Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana: in concert form, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia, James Conlon (conductor), Ciro Visco (chorus master), Rome, 4.4.2012 (JB)