Aida Nicole Pezza 29/01/2026Aida is one of those operas that must elicit an immediate ‘wow’ effect; a good production is one that delivers...
L’Italiana in Algeri Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 05/09/2025There was already a buzz outside the Teatro Rossini before curtain-up. Fifteen minutes before the performance, an old smoking VW...
La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Soirées Musicales Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro – 2025 Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2025Rossini was just 18 when Venice commissioned his first opera, the one-act comedy La Cambiale di Matrimonio (“The Marriage Contract”)....
Zelmira Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 31/08/2025Rossini’s Zelmira, last composed for Naples in 1822, was once a staple at one of Europe’s great operatic centres, before...
Ermione Josi Steinfeld 30/08/2024Ermione is the sixth of nine operas Rossini composed for the San Carlo in Naples and one of the biggest...
Bianca e Falliero (Bianca and Falliero) Josi Steinfeld 23/08/2024Bianca and Falliero, Rossini’s 30th opera and the fourth composed in 1819, had an impressive initial run of 39 performances—the...
The Barber of Seville Josi Steinfeld 22/08/2024Pesaro is the Italian Capital of Culture 2024, and to mark the occasion, the city is presenting four operas instead...
The Bizarre Misunderstanding (L’equivoco Stravagante) Josi Steinfeld 21/08/2024It’s wonderful to be back at the stunning Teatro Rossini, which was closed for repairs after earthquake damage last year....
157th Anniversary of Pirandello’s Birth Enza De Francisci 14/07/2024Agrigento, a city steeped in history and culture, paid homage to one of its most illustrious sons, Luigi Pirandello, on...
Giuseppe Gramaglia in conversation with Enza Enza De Francisci 11/07/2024On June 28, 2024, the theatre Il Circolo Empedocleo in Agrigento, Sicily, premiered new English surtitles for the Sicilian play...
