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…
0Focusing his activity on the operatic repertoire, Paolo Arrivabeni collaborates with the most prestigious European opera houses, such as: Berlin Staatsoper and Berlin Deutsche Oper, Wiener Staatsoper, Zürich Opernhaus, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperopern in Dresden, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Opéra de…
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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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