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Ildar Abdrazakov: My career started with Verdi.

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Massimo Cavalletti: Communication begins with words and, with opera, words are amplified by the music.

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Beatrice Venezi: Music can’t be only about technique. We still need to get excited!

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Riccardo Zanellato: The most important thing for me is hearing that the one who is singing is conscious and has the knowledge of what he or she is doing.

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Francesca Dotto: Streaming can be only a valid support for an art form that can exist only alongside with its audience, thanks to an exchange of energy between artists and the public.

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The Librettist:

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Fabrizio Funari was born in Rome, Italy, in 1991. His long-term passion for music and lyricism began at the age of thirteen Read More

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Theaters around the world:
Sydney Opera House

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One of the most iconic buildings in the world, the Sydney Opera House, is an architectural masterpiece. The opera house is a Read More

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Charles Castronovo: I would say now, with my experience, that a mask should be worn at all rehearsals even when singing.

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Acclaimed internationally as one of the finest lyric tenors of his generation, Castronovo was born in New York to Sicilian and Ecuadorian Read More

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Eugenia Forteza: Being a professional opera singer requires so many skills beyond singing.

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360° of Opera is a platform founded by Eugenia Forteza in 2016, looking to bring to light all aspects of the art Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Larisa Ștefan

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Young Romanian soprano Larisa Stefan is currently a member of Centre de Perfeccionament from Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain. Read More

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Russian Cake alla Evgenij Onegin

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By Francesco Lodola & Ieri Oggi Domani Opera Evgeny Onegin, Tchaikovsky’s famous masterpiece based on Pushkin’s novel, is one of the most Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Francesco Cascione

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Our 3rd Charming beginnings protagonist is the young & handsome baritone Francesco Cascione. In a conversation with Viviana Nebuloni, Francesco talked about Read More

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Ildar Abdrazakov: My career started with Verdi.

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The best gift OPERA Charm Magazine could have received for the anniversary of our 1st year is, with no doubt, having ILDAR Read More

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Massimo Cavalletti: Communication begins with words and, with opera, words are amplified by the music.

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With his rich, robust baritone voice and compelling acting, Massimo Cavalletti has quickly established himself on the stages of the most prestigious Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Paula Iancic

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In a conversation with Bianca L. Nica, the young soprano Paula Iancic talks about the charming beginnings of her career, about her Read More

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Beatrice Venezi: Music can’t be only about technique. We still need to get excited!

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An interview by Viviana Nebuloni about M° Venezi’s thoughts on how theatre and opera is perceived nowadays. A natural and spontaneous way Read More

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Riccardo Zanellato: The most important thing for me is hearing that the one who is singing is conscious and has the knowledge of what he or she is doing.

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The cover artist of the 1st OPERA Charm Magazine issue, Riccardo Zanellato is back in conversation with Bianca L. Nica for our Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Cristina Fieraru

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Cristina Fieraru, soprano, is a fourth year BA Vocal Performance student in the class of, soprano Iulia Isaev, at the National University Read More

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Charming beginnings: Ana Stănescu

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Ana Stănescu is a graduate of the National College of Arts “Dinu Lipatti” in Bucharest and is currently studying at the National Read More

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Theaters around the World:
Arena di Verona

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Verona was built up in the first stage of the Roman Empire’s expansions because of its strategic location on the river Adige. Read More

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Fairytales about… opera!

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Cristina Bersanelli was born in Parma in 1972.She is a pianist and stage director and has enjoyed a busy career in opera Read More

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Marta Torbidoni: Luck is when preparation meets opportunity

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Marta Torbidoni started studying singing under the guidance of M° Doriana Giuliodoro, graduating in 2013 the Giovanni Batista Pergolesi Conservatory, improving then Read More

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Legends: Renata Scotto

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Internationally acclaimed for her sense of style and musicality, but also for remarkable acting skills, Renata Scotto is considered by the public Read More

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Leonardo Sini: I believe that a good conductor must be able to find the perfect balance between life and career.

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Born in Sassari in 1990, he began his musical studies at Conservatorio di Musica “Luigi Canepa”, which he graduated in 2009. He Read More

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Theaters around the world:
Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Known also as El Liceu, Gran Teatre del Liceu is the most prestigious and oldest still active theater in Barcellona, but also Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Giulio Riccò

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At the age of five, Riccò joined the Verdi Chorale Children’s Choir, conducted by Maestra Beniamina Carretta. He spent ten years participating Read More

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Charming beginnings: Erica Cortese

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Soprano, Erica Cortese, was born in Carpi in Emilia-Romagna on the 6th of December 1994. She began her young career as a Read More

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Mattia Olivieri: Over time, I realized that the vocal aspect is not the only factor to focus on, but in order to become a complete Artist, the elements to be put together are many.

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Mattia Olivieri graduated Conservatorio di Musica Giovan Battista Martini in Bologna and the continued his preparation under the guidance of the baritone Read More

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Diletta Scandiuzzi: Without any doubt, the composer associated with the tiramisù is Rossini, definitely.

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Born in Vicenza in a family of artists, Diletta Scandiuzzi graduated both languages and in “Tecniche Artisiche dello Spettacolo” at “Cà Foscari” Read More

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Rosa Feola: The secret? Being constant in the study and having the luck to meet a good teacher!

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Rosa Feola rose to international fame after winning the Second Prize, the Audience Prize and the Zarzuela Prize at the Plácido Domingo Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Francesca Benitez

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Born in Chiavari, she began her singing studies privately with Cira di Gennaro at the age of 14. She graduated with top Read More

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Legends: Cesare Siepi

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Cesare Siepi was born in Milan on February 10th 1923. He was an Italian opera singer, generally considered to have been one Read More

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Giulio Pelligra: Without music, theater, art, the world is certainly dry and gray.

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Born in Catania, the Italian lyric tenor Giulio Pelligra is one of the most promising voices of his generation, appearing regularly on Read More

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  • Articles

The power of Stage Make-Up

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An article by Miriam Razza One of the most recurring moments in the life of an artist is undoubtedly the long series Read More

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  • Legends

Legends: Leontina Văduva

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When my manager asked me what kind of career I wanted at the beginning, I confessed that I would like to sing Read More

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Francesca Dotto: Streaming can be only a valid support for an art form that can exist only alongside with its audience, thanks to an exchange of energy between artists and the public.

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From the beginning of the career, Francesca Dotto was recognised as one of the most promising sopranos the Italian, but also international Read More

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Valentina Nafornita: Being a diva… it is not working nowadays!

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We are honored to have the Moldavian soprano Valentina Nafornita as one of the protagonists of the interviews of the 8th issue Read More

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The Art of Building the Stage

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The last time I managed to say goodbye to the Laboratories of La Scala Theatre was in April 2019, a placid and Read More

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Anna Maria Meo: Will and determination to fight and demonstrate one’s worth is the key.

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We are honored to have the General Manager of the Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma and Artistic Director of Festival Verdi, dottoressa Read More

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Saioa Hernández: I hope that soon we can return to reopen to the public, even in a reduced form, always in safety. I hope a vaccine will be found soon and this nightmare will be over.

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Saioa Hernández has distinguished herself as a new opera star since her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in the Read More

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Sofía Esparza: But one thing that amazed me in these great artists is their modesty and their humanity on and off stage.

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Sofìa Esparza was born in 1994 in Pamplona, Spain, and began her music studies at the age of 8, at Conservatorio “Pablo Read More

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Federico Longhi: Being a teacher is a great responsibility, because you have in your hands not only a voice, but, above all, a person with emotion and sensitivity

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Federico Longhi is one of the most important Italian baritones of his generation. He was born in Montjovet (Val d’Aosta), and there Read More

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Where did my breath go?!
A COVID-19 study in progress.

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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 Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Charming beginnings: Franesco Leone

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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 Read More

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Elisa Balbo: Art will always find a way

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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 Read More

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Opera in Books: Maria Callas – The Woman behind the legend

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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 Read More

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Nello Santi Tribute by Cristian Sandu

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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’ Read More

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Maria Mudryak: Today we live in the age of the Internet and I love the opportunity to be in contact with my fans because they give me strength to continue.

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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 Read More

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  • Legends

Elena Moșuc: 30 years of International Career

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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 Read More

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The 2020 George Enescu Competition – New Format due to the global situation generated by Covid-19

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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 Read More

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  • Opera in books

Opera in Books: Midsummer Nights

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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 Read More

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  • Conductors of the future

Conductors of the future: Andrei Zapșa

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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 Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

Young Artist Portrait:
Diana-Elena Vornicu

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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 Read More

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Theaters around the world:
Royal Opera House

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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 Read More

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  • Blog

Travelling & working in the Live Performance area in times of Covid-19

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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 Read More

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  • Interviews

Claudio Sgura:
Opera is life and no one can take it from us!

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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 Read More

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Anna Maria Chiuri: Without an audience there is no air.

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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 Read More

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Anita Rachvelishvili: When I sing, I feel like I’m in a different dimension on stage.

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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 Read More

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Happy 207th Birthday, Giuseppe Verdi!

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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 Read More

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Theaters around the world:
Teatro Regio di Parma

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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 Read More

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  • News

XX Festival Verdi – the last week

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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 Read More

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Francesco Izzo

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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 Read More

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Michele Pertusi: The sound is not the final destination, it’s just a means.

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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 Read More

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  • Young Artist Portrait

WenMeng Gu

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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 Read More

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Roberto Abbado: When you are building a cast, you are building a team.

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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 Read More

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Candida Mantica

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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 Read More

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Violeta Urmana:  When I started to study singing, I knew that I had to first build my “instrument” – my voice.

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First of all, how are you? You are one of the Opera singers that kept her distance from the social media and Read More

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  • Legends

Leo Nucci

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Verdi gives me something special: my values of life, the values with which I was born, the values of my grandfather, saidLeo Read More

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Marco Spotti

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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 Read More

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  • Articles

Music’s rebirth post Covid-19 pandemic lockdown

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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 Read More

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Aurelia Florian

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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 Read More

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Annalisa Stroppa: I advice everyone not be afraid and to look to the future with confidence and positivity!

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Annalisa Stroppa began studying classic piano at an early age and  later completed her studies in Liberal Arts. She received a master degree in Read More

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Iain Bell

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Born in London, Iain Bell is best known for his vocal music (opera and song) and has developed a close artistic relationship Read More

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Kristine Opolais: The more experienced you are in your past with difficulties, or somehow with some emotional or relationship issues, the more this brings important point to light for you, as a Puccini singer.

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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 Read More

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  • Conductors of the future

Conductors of the future: Andrei Stănculescu

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Andrei Stănculescu was born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, the capital city of Vâlcea County, a royal city, with a huge cultural heritage, located Read More

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Angel Blue: My dad used to tell me: “Angel you should never get tired of learning.” I that that close to my heart.

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Angel, thank you very much for being on the cover of OPERA Charm Magazine’s 2nd number! Ever since our Instagram Live Interview, Read More

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Riccardo Fassi: You never stop learning. I think that the golden rule is: never think of “achieving” some aspects of the technique, because when you stop searching and fighting for it, you risk losing it.

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First of all, thank you again, dear Riccardo, for accepting my invitation! We are honoured to have an interview with you, one Read More

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Riccardo Zanellato: The most important thing is respect for the talent that is given to you, the ability and the pleasure to develop this gift.

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Riccardo Zanellato begins his vocal training in 2000 with Maestro Bonaldo Giaiotti. This collaboration will be fundamental for the journey of his Read More

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