Il viaggio a Reims
The historic 1984 revival performance of Il viaggio a Reims was the first time in over 150 years the opera was performed. Set in a luxurious hotel...
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Spectacular adventures of twin brothers, one with a scar which gives him a permanent smile, and their meetings with the Borgias.
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The last days of humanity by Karl Kraus, a mammoth drama - almost 800 pages in the Adelphi edition - staged by Luca Ronconi in the Lingotto in...
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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi...
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It truly is an historic performance. Domingo looking and singing like a god pouring out golden tones; Renato Bruson sounds, like the sublime...
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La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a...
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The story of the “Oresteia” begins with King Agamemnon's return to Argos after the fall of Troy. The chorus, composed of old Argives, recalls the...
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I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact that it has 5 acts, therefore they conclude...
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John Gabriel Borkman, a former bank director, was imprisoned for fraud but believes he was wrongly convicted. He had invested clients' money in a...
See moreIn cerca d'autore. Studio sui Sei personaggi
The study of “Six Characters in search of an author” that Luca Ronconi conducted for three years in his summer creative workshop with the students...
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Ruggero Raimondi and Barbara Frittoli star in this 2006 production of the Verdi opera with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino...
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documentary on the play Infinities
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