“La Traviata”: The Last Masterpiece of Franco Zeffirelli, at the Arena Opera Festival
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 23rd Sep 2019 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Theatre and Opera
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...
Read MorePosted by Armand D'Angour | 7th Jun 2019 | Essay, Greece
“Research into ancient Greek music is pointless”—Giuseppe Verdi “Nobody has ever made head or tail...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 4th Oct 2018 | Italy, Poland, Review, Theatre and Opera
The great success of Professor Paolo Bosisio as an opera director in Eastern Europe is confirmed...
Read MorePosted by Valdas Vasiliauskas | 27th May 2018 | Directing, Essay, Lithuania, Playwriting
Eimuntas Nekrošius and Lithuania’s Youth Theatre May 2018 marks thirty years since an event of...
Read MorePosted by Massimo Malavasi | 1st Apr 2018 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Opera
On February 18th, 2018, Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata was staged at the Teatro Sociale in...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 23rd Dec 2017 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Romania, Theatre and Opera
Year after year, the Galati Theatre Festival commands a prestigious position for opera theatre in...
Read MorePosted by Tomasz Cyz | 14th Aug 2010 | Essay, Poland, Theatre and Opera
Jan Kott wrote that in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, history is shown as a nightmare, something that...
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