Alessandro is an opera, music and theatre lover, Italian born with a solid humanistic education, Londoner by adoption, he is been enjoying the London rich cultural scene for the past 14 years and recently started writing reviews.
Music it has always been part of his life. He used to be a choir singer and director, and amateur piano player.
The heyday of Italian neorealism in cinema lasted only a few years but its legacy can still be felt today. Thanks to the genius of Roberto Rossellini,...
In his 2001 play, Beau Brummel An Elegant Madness, Ron Hutchinson vividly portrays the final years of the famous dandy and arbiter elegantiae of Regen...
The first revival of Jonathan Kent’s production of Manon Lescaut stirs strong emotions as it undoubtedly must have when it premiered back in 2014. Puc...
The Pearl Fishers is one of the early works of the French composer Georges Bizet. He was in his mid-twenties at the time of the composition, trying to...
The most beautiful aspect of Grange Opera Park 2016 production of Don Carlo is its intimacy combined with a minimalist elegance. This is one of Verdi’...
Do you want 45 minutes of Japanese madness? Then Miss Revolutionary Idol Berkeser is the show for you. This summer the Barbican gives a glimpse into t...
This summer ENO presents a new production of Wagners’ Tristan and Isolde under the direction of Daniel Kramer, the stage designs by the acclaimed arti...
Cesare Lievi’s direction of Alcestis is faithful to the Euripides’ idea of a seriocomic tragedy so he skillfully blends the two aspects. The play is s...
