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From September 30th to October 5th the Teatro della Pergola - now the leading drama theater in Florence - will go back to its roots as an opera theater, which on 14th March 1847 hosted the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth". This time it will host Verdi's Aida in a very special staging devised by Franco Zeffirelli for the 2001 celebrations on the centenary of the Verdi's death. In case you do not know him, Zeffirelli is a Florentine director with a rock-solid Hollywood reputation: his film credits include "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967) starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, "Otello" (1982) with Placido Domingo and Katia Ricciarelli, "Hamlet" (1990) starring Mel Gibson in the title role and Glenn Close as Gertrude, "Jane Eyre" (1996) starring William Hurt and "Tea with Mussolini" (1999) with Cher. He has also worked on many stage productions, especially opera and Shakespearean titles. Thanks to his ingenious stage devices and directorial solutions, this "Aida" - originally created for the tiny theater of Busseto, Verdi's birthplace - has been able to adjust to much bigger stages losing none of its original power. The extraordinarily young cast has been selected among the very best international talents and also features Carla Fracci, former étoile of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, who is also the author of the choreography. [Teatro della Pergola infoline 055.2264335]
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More Giuseppe Verdi to open the 2003/2004 season of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (also called Teatro Comunale), the leading music institution in Florence. From September 9th to 19th Mark Elder and Nir Kabaretti will take turns on the podium to conduct "Il Trovatore". One month later - from October 9th to 19th - it will be the turn of Mozart's delightful "Le Nozze di Figaro", and later in the season the theater will offer two more operas: Verdi's (well, yes, more of him again!) "Rigoletto" in November and Bellini's "La Sonnambula" in January. But the winter season of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino offers also eighteen great concerts (including Beethoven's symphonies conducted by Zubin Mehta) and ballets.
[Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
infoline 199.109910]
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ORT, the Orchestra Regionale Toscana - which will be playing at the Teatro Verdi throughout the season - for some years running has launched its season with a couple of movie-related events. This year the Orchestra will play Chostakovich's music to accompany "The New Babylon" by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg (USSR, 1929) on September 25th-26th, while on October 2nd-3rd New York composer Carl Davis will conduct the ORT in his own music for Rupert Julian's early version of "The Phantom of the Opera" (USA, 1925) starring Lon Chaney. With seats as low as € 7.00, this is certainly an unusual experience worth trying and unmissable chance to enjoy some early cinema masterpieces.
[Orchestra Regionale Toscana infoline 055.281993]
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