Despite being a native Tuscan, Elena has now moved to Rome to study for her Master’s degree in Musicology at the University La Sapienza. She is known to be an enthusiastic theatre-goer with a weak spot for Mozart and Richard Strauss, but in her spare time she can also be found playing piano, watching films or proclaiming her unconditional love for Virginia Woolf.
Having just concluded its 20th edition, the CMIM is one of the most important music competitions in North America. This year’s edition, dedicated to voice, gathered thirty-two promising young talents from all over the world.
Finally reaching the stage of the Venetian theatre, Benjamin Britten's first major opera meets with success thanks to Juraj Valčuha's conducting, Paul Curran's staging and an excellent cast.
On the occasion of her participation in the Singapore International Piano Festival, Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter talks about a life spent in the company of music.
For the 84th edition of its summer festival, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino presents its first ever production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.
A new, musically convincing production of Bellini's last opera marks a welcome return to the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, but Andrea De Rosa's staging lacks inspiration.
Challenged with a demanding programme of Beethoven, Franck and Rachmaninov, the Russian pianist gave proof of his personal, telluric approach to intense repertoire.
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra call in at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a programme of Prokofiev, Bartók and Stravinsky... and Gergiev picks up the keys to the city too.
The Teatro dell'Opera opens its season with the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli and Ian Burton's new Shakespearean work, under the baton of Daniele Gatti and the direction of Robert Carsen.
After a fifty-year absence from Roman stages, Verdi's opera about the Maid of Orléans makes an appearance at Teatro dell'Opera under the conduction of Daniele Gatti.
