Federico Longhi is one of the most important Italian baritones of his generation. He was born in Montjovet (Val d’Aosta), and there he moved his first steps into the music world, singing in the church choir and at home where…
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A Covid-19 study in progress by Prof. Marius Vlad Budoiu. What’s the disease’s impact on the singer and what’s his way out. It is happening now. “Sometime late October 2020 I got infected with Covid19. On the 3rd of November 2020, I sang…
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Born in Cagliari, he began his musical studies at the “Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina” Conservatory in his hometown, studying the classical guitar under the guidance of Luigi Attademo and the lyric singing and the guidance of Elisabetta Scano. He subsequently…
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Part II: “Maria Callas – The Woman behind the legend”, published by Cooper Square Press, New York, 2002 Arianna Huffington’s book on Maria Callas is definitely one that can’t be missed, especially if we consider ourselves fans of “The Tigress”….
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Artist gifted with great stylistic and vocal ductility, she tackles a vast repertoire that includes Rossini (Anna Erisso in Mohammed II, Anaï in Moïse, Amenaide in Tancredi), Verdi (Desdemona in Otello, Alice in Falstaff, Violetta in La Traviata), Puccini (Mimi…
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Falling in love with opera and singing in his childhood, when he used to listen to overtures and arias on his parents’ vinyls, Cristian Sandu has always dreamt of singing and becoming an opera conductor. Currently conductor & professor at…
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In just a few years young soprano Maria Mudryak (born in 1994 in Kazakhstan ) has become one of the most sought after lyric coloraturas of her generation, having already celebrated successes in roles such as Violetta in La Traviata,…
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An article by Luminița Arvunescu The plan was for Elena Mosuc to be celebrated, on March 27th, with a gala concert at the Romanian Broadcasting Hall in Bucharest – a concert postponed because of the Covid 19 Pandemic for October…
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George Enescu Competition is an international platform for launching the future world-class musicians and for promoting the compositions of the great Romanian composer to the new generation of artists. It is thus a natural extension of the George Enescu Festival, the…
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Part I: “Midsummer Nights”, edited by Jeanette Winterson, published by Quercus, London, 2009 Take one brilliant festival – the internationally renowned Glyndebourne Festival, founded in 1934 – add one talented, British opera lover – Jeanette Winterson OBE – then kindly…
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Andrei Zapșa is one of the most talented emerging conductors in the Republic of Moldova and one of the few who has focused mainly on music inspired by folk motives. His passion for traditional music was most likely determined by…
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Diana – Elena Vornicu was born in a small town, Fălticeni in Suceava, but at the age of 5 she moved in Iași with her family. The story about the way her parents realized that she has artistic inclinations is…
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Royal Opera House is an opera house located in Covent Garden, central London. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House. Originally called the Theater Royal, it served primarily…
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As I said in the beginning of the 5th issue of OPERA Charm Magazine, the edition dedicated entirely to XXth edition of Festival Verdi, I am grateful and honored to have the chance to collaborate with an institution of such…
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Claudio Sgura is one of today’s foremost Italian dramatic baritons. He has electrified audiences throughout the world with his performances of Verdi and Verismo repertoire. Born in Puglia, Italy Sgura began his vocal studies in Lecce with soprano Maria Mazzotta….
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Italian mezzo-soprano Anna Maria Chiuri studied at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma before perfecting her technique with Franco Corelli. She is now one of the most sought-after mezzo-sopranos in the Italian, German and French repertoire, appearing regularly at leading…
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According to Mº Riccardo Muti she is “without doubt, the best Verdian mezzo-soprano today on the planet”. Born in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, she studied piano at the Mukhran Machavariani School and singing at the Vano-Sarajishvili Conservatory under the…
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One of the most beloved composers of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Verdi had a genius of a politician and an artist, all fused in the same person. His creation offers an example of realistic and deeply human art. There is…
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Teatro Regio di Parma is one of the most famous theatres in the world. Its popularity is given by the beauty of the hall and of certain pieces of decoration, but also by the fact that Teatro Regio hosts the…
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After bringing Macbeth & Ernani in concert form and Messa da Requiem to its public, the 20th edition of Festival Verdi arrived successfully to its final week, starting today, Friday, October 2nd, with the concert of Valery Gergiev & of…
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Francesco Izzo is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. His research focuses primarily on nineteenth-century Italian opera. He has published numerous articles in leading academic journals and various collections of essays, often focusing on the work of Giuseppe…
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Acclaimed as one of the greatest singers at present on the world lyric scene, Michele Pertusi was born in Parma, where he studied the piano and singing at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory. Then, he continued his studies under the guidance…
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WenMeng Gu was born on September 4th, 1992, in ChengDu, the People’s Republic of China, in a family of musicians. When she was younger, she could often hear her father, who was a tenor, give singing lessons to students in…
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Roberto Abbado, awarded the prestigious “Premio Abbiati” by the Italian Music Critics Association, is Musical Director of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia and, from 2018, of Parma’s Festival Verdi. He studied orchestra conducting under Franco Ferrara…
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Candida Mantica is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southampton, and the Managing Editor of the Edizione Critica delle Opere di Vincenzo Bellini (Casa Ricordi). She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Musicology from the University of Pavia/Cremona and…
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Born in Verdi’s Land (Terre Verdiane), in Parma, Marco Spotti studied in his hometown at the Conservatorio Arrigo Boito, where he took his first steps towards a decisive and important career at the Music Academy. The meeting with Maestro Carlo…
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Friday, July 12th. With profound emotion, the National History Museum of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca was hosting the first after lockdown live musical event of the city. The protagonists: great instrumentists of the Transylvania Philharmonic, such as Bence Haáz (oboe), Aurelian…
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Aurelia Florian was born in Romania where she completed her musical studies (voice and piano) at the Transylvanian University Brașov. She has won several vocal competitions, among them the First Prize at the Hariclea Darclée Competition in Romania and the…
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Annalisa Stroppa is one of the most distinguished young mezzo-sopranos, having conquered the world’s most prestigious opera houses in just a few years. She studied singing at the Conservatory “L. Marenzio” of Brescia. She is a winner of various competitions,…
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Kristine Opolais is one of the most sought-after sopranos on the international scene today, with a firmly established reputation amongst the world’s pre-eminent singing actresses, combining lustrous tone and fierce dramatic intensity. Opolais appears at the Metropolitan Opera in New…
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An article by Luminița Arvunescu Since 2008, when the desire to meet her had wandered daily through the narrow spaces of everyday life – so that three years later could rejoice in the most beautiful meeting in Bucharest in a…
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