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Verdi's Nabucco on Italian television to celebrate 150 years of unification

22 April, 2020

To celebrate 150 years of Italian unification, Italy went back to what it knew best about its traditions and could most celebrate. National broadcaster RAI treated Italians to a live performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco on Italian television last night.…

Arena Opera festival opens for summer Verona opera season

19 April, 2020

In 1913 the famous tenor from Verona, Giovanni Zenatello, visited the Arena in Verona with some friends, and for some improvised fun, sang an operatic aria. Zenatello and the group were surprised by the incredible acoustics in the 2,000 year-old…

Italian mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli hits French charts with her new album "Sacrificium"

13 April, 2020

The term bel canto can easily be applied to Italian soprano Cecilia Bartoli’s beautiful voice; the singer who with her latest album Sacrificium has just entered the French charts at number 8 (selling more than 8,614 copies) is not doing…

The new generation three tenors: Volo Tenorini from Italy

9 April, 2020

A new Italian trio of singers is showing that opera can live on in a new generation. “Il Volo” is a modern take on the famous three tenors of the past and features three young Italians, known as the Tenorini,…

Puccini's La Boheme cancelled at La Scala in Milan

9 April, 2020

My mother is visiting me in Italy over the next two weeks, and I had planned on taking her to the opera at Milan’s La Scala. I thought a nice evening out after work on a Friday would be just…

Secluded Italian getaways: Veneto and the Villa Giustinian for prosecco and opera

6 April, 2020

Halfway between the Venetian countryside and the Dolomites sits the Romantik Hotel, Villa Giustinian. It’s situated at Portobuffolè near Treviso and provides a natural retreat and some great food.The hotel has a neo-classical feel transformed in a quiet and elegant…

Italian opera song "O Sole Mio" in punk version

1 April, 2020

“O sole mio” is one of Italy’s most famous songs, originally written in 1898 in the language of Napoli. It has since become a world renowned song, performed by operatic artists such as Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti (and The Three…

Learning Italian from Mozart: "Così fan tutte" translated "all women are like that"

30 March, 2020

Recently we spoke about Geri Halliwell’s and Fabrizio Politi’s split, and I mentioned the phrase “Così fan tutte“. The words are the title of Mozart’s famous opera set in Venice, which takes up the theme of “fiancée swapping”.In a complicated…

Il Volo album to be released in April: online pre-orders available

20 March, 2020

The new Italian singing talent trio of Il Volo has already enjoyed international interest and their debut album will be released in April. If you want your slice of young Italian opera beforehand, the Il Volo album is available for…

Andrea Bocelli new album: My Christmas

20 March, 2020

Andrea Bocelli’s new album My Christmas features some great Christmas classics favoured by the famous Italian opera singer. Bocelli sings “Silent Night”, “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” and even does a rendition of “Jingle Bells” with the Muppets.The CD+DVD…

What to see in Italy: Guide to opera in the Arena at Verona

15 March, 2020

After realising that I couldn’t get to see the opera at Milan’s La Scala this year, we went to the Arena in Verona instead, and as promised here are a couple of tips for an evening at the opera in…