Attila, like other early Verdi operas, has always sparked my interest. It’s a ‘patriotic opera’, but careful analysis reveals a certain scepticism behind the composer’s patriotism. The opera was received from the outset with some ambivalence,
Attila, like other early Verdi operas, has always sparked my interest. It’s a ‘patriotic opera’, but careful analysis reveals a certain scepticism behind the composer’s patriotism. The opera was received from the outset with some ambivalence,
We’ve just reached the end of the 2023/2024 season, which I’ve had the privilege of concluding at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, with Maria Stuarda (at the Naples opera house, I’m carrying forward this ‘Tudor Queens’ project,
In Naples, “another” of Donizetti’s home cities, I’m working on a project which is very special in terms of quality, continuity and significance. It began in 2022 with Le tre regine,
On 2nd June I was appointed Cavaliere dell’Ordine “al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”, by decree of the President of the Italian Republic, for outstanding service to the nation in the field of art.