Classical New York
October 20, 2011
Classical New York 3.0
Peter Mattei as Don Giovanni and Luca Pisaroni as Leporello in Mozart's "Don Giovanni." Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
For the third consecutive year, i-Italy is taking a look at things Italian at the Met and beyond in New York. This month we have new productions of "Anna Bolena" and "Don...
April 27, 2011
Week of the Titans
Photo: CSO/Todd Rosenberg
Riccardo Muti, Krassimira Stoyanova, Aleksandrs Antonenko and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus following Friday night's performance of Verdi's "Otello" at Carnegie Hall
With the spring season heading to its conclusion, two of the greatest conductors alive, James Levine and Riccardo Muti, led their orchestras to success during an intense week of...
April 7, 2011
The Good Stuff. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato Stars at the Met and at NYU
A Conversation with Joyce DiDonato from Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò on Vimeo.
The complete footage of the conversation between Fred Plotkin and Joyce DiDonato at NYU.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is in town performing in Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" and Strauss' "Ariadne Auf Naxos" at the Met. On March 30 she was at NYU to talk about her work and...
March 21, 2011
Opera Stats
The Vienna State Opera
While protests rise in Italy against the huge government cuts to the Fondo Unico per lo Spettacolo, numbers are out to shed some light on Italy's role in today's world of opera
March 1, 2011
The Art of Singing Verdi. A Lecture by Fred Plotkin
Fred Plotkin speaking at NYU's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) began its celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Italian Unification with a lecture on the art of singing the works of Giuseppe Verdi,...
February 22, 2011
A "Cervello in Fuga" Around the World. An Interview with the LSO's Lorenzo Iosco
Julian Sachs
A promotional video of Valery Gergiev speaking about performing Mahler with the LSO
An interview with Principal Bass Clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra Lorenzo Iosco
December 9, 2010
Puccini’s 100-Year-Old Girl
Met general manager Gatti-Casazza, David Belasco, Toscanini and Puccini at the time of the world premiere of La Fanciulla del West © T.P./Lebrecht Music & Arts 2010
2010 marks the centennial of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, premiered in New York. The Italian Cultural Institute celebrated by hosting a panel of experts and announcing the...
November 1, 2010
Classical New York 2.0
Julian Sachs
A scene from Wagner's "Das Rheingold" in Robert Lepage's production. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
For our first piece of this season, the ups and downs of the first month of operas at the Met. Plus, what we can look forward to in November.
September 29, 2010
New 'Adventures' with Fred Plotkin
As the classical music scene in New York picks up where it left off three months ago, opera expert Fred Plotkin leads the fourth season of talks, Adventures in Italian Opera, at...
April 30, 2010
Ending it With a Blast
Act I of Mary Zimmerman's new production of Rossini's "Armida" at the Met
The final weeks of the 2009-2010 season, with new productions and repertoire, Muti's final concerts with the New York Philharmonic and Pollini's all-Chopin recitals.
March 31, 2010
Classical Springtime
Zeffirelli's Paris in "La Boheme", at the Met since 1981.
March offered us new and old productions at the Met, the reprise of "Madama Butterfly" at New York City Opera, and two Muti programs with the Philharmonic. April promises lots of...
