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Rome Opera’s Orfeo ed Euridice Is Balm for the Soul

02/04/201919/03/2019 by Rick Perdian

ItalyItaly Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Chorus and Orchestra / Gianluca Capuano (conductor), Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 17.3.2019. (RP)

Carlo Vistoli (Orfeo) © Fabrizio Sansoni

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A Billy Budd for the Twenty-First Century

30/05/201818/05/2018 by Rick Perdian

ItalyItaly Britten, Billy Budd: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Boys Choir of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / James Conlon (conductor), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome, 15.5.2018. (RP)

Toby Spence (Captain Vere) in Rome Opera’s Billy Budd © Yasuko Kageyama

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Auber’s Fra Diavolo in a Single Word – Deliziosa!

27/10/201721/10/2017 by Rick Perdian

ItalyItaly Auber, Fra Diavolo: Soloists, Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma / Rory Macdonald (conductor), Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome, 17.10.2017. (RP)

Fra Diavolo_Anna Maria Sarra(Zerlina) John Osborn(Diavolo)_ph Yasuko Kageyama-Opera di Roma 2016-17_0849 WEB
Anna Maria Sarra & John Osborn in Fra Diavolo © Yasuko Kageyama

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Beatrice Rana plays the Goldberg Variations

21/03/201718/03/2017 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Bach: Beatrice Rana (piano), Sala Sinopoli at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia,  Rome, 15.3.2017. (JB)

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Beatrice Rana (c) Accademia Santa Cecilia

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The (Rome) Story of Il trovatore

11/03/201707/03/2017 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Verdi, Il trovatore: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell ‘Opera, Rome. Chorus Master, Roberto Gabbiani / Jader Bignamini (conductor). Teatro dell ‘Opera Rome 2.3.2017. (JB)

S. Piazzola(conte di Luna) ®Yasuko Kageyama-Opera Roma 2016-176192 WEB_1
Il trovatore (c) Yasuko Kageyama/Opera Roma

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Music of Vienna in Rome

13/01/201708/01/2017 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Johann Strauss II, A Viennese Night for the New Year, including Die Fledermaus (Act II) in concert form (semi-staged): Orchestra and Chorus (chorus master: Ciro Visco) of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 5.1.2017. (JB)

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Kissin Disappoints in Rome

22/12/201620/12/2016 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Albéniz, Larregla: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 14.12.2016. (JB)

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Further to Rome’s Magnificent Tristan

17/12/201612/12/2016 by Jack Buckley

ItalyItaly Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera/Daniele Gatti (conductor), Rome, 11.12. 2016. (JB)

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