Barbara Napolitano
Directing
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Miseria e Nobiltà

Blind and wandering, Oedipus arrives in Colonus, near Athens, supported by Antigone and then also by Ismene. Everyone avoided him, but now everyone seeks him, because the city that will have his tomb will be invincible, according to the oracles. Oedipus drives everyone away and, accompanied by the Athenian king Theseus, sets off towards death. Directed by Robert Carsen.
Edipo a Colono 2025

Il sangue e la parola (Blood and Words) “Not the sword but words illuminate the way” is a cantata by maestro Nicola Piovani with lyrics freely adapted from Aeschylus' The Eumenides. Performed by the orchestra and choir of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with Andrea Pennacchi as narrator. The concert also includes performances of symphonic suites from La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of San Lorenzo) and La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful).
Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via

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Natale in casa Cupiello

The story of Guglielmo, a successful doctor and confirmed Don Juan who, in order to help his friend Vincenzo, who is a bit clumsy with the fairer sex, lets him use his house for a romantic rendezvous with a woman he met in a chat room, lying to his wife Raffaella and forcing her to leave the apartment.
Non mi dire te l'ho detto

The Youth Orchestra - Luigi Cherubini conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti performs the Symphony from “I vespri siciliani” by Giuseppe Verdi the “Symphony No. 4” in A major ‘Italiana’ op. 90 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and the “Symphony No. 5” in C minor op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025

Grieving and thirsting for justice for the murder of her father, committed by her mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, Electra, together with her brother Orestes, embarks on a path of suffering in which there is no room for remorse or repentance, culminating in irrevocable decisions. Directed by Roberto Andò.
Elettra 2025

An opera in a prologue and two acts by John Adams, with a libretto by Alice Goodman, inspired by the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro. Conducted by Lawrence Renes, directed and designed by Luca Guadagnino. A new production by the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
The Death Of Klinghoffer

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Medea

Richard Strauss' Salome opens the 87th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival. Alexander Soddy conducts; Emma Dante directs the new production. Lidia Fridman is Salome, Anna Maria Chiuri is Herodias, and Nikolai Schukoff plays Herod.
Salome (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2025)

To mark the tenth anniversary of the L'Aquila earthquake, Nicola Piovani will conduct *The Symphony of the Seasons* for soloists, children’s choir, narrator and orchestra from the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio.
Sinfonia delle Stagioni

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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Core 'ngrato

Opera in one prologue and one act. Music and libretto by Luigi Dallapiccola. Mattia Olivieri in the title role, Ángeles Blancas Gulín as La Madre. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti. Directed by Calixto Bieito.
Il Prigioniero (2025)

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Napoletano? E famme 'na pizza

From the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the world premiere of “Julius Caesar” with music by Giorgio Battistelli. Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, conducted by Daniele Gatti, directed by Robert Carsen.
Julius Caesar (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma)

From the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the world premiere of ‘Amorosa presenza’, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Vincenzo Cerami, and the opera debut of Oscar-winning composer Nicola Piovani. Conducted by Maestro Piovani, with stage direction by Chiara Muti.
Amorosa presenza

Dialogues of the Carmelites. Opera in three acts and twelve scenes by Francis Poulenc, based on the play by Georges Bernanos. Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma conducted by Michele Mariotti, directed by Emma Dante.
Dialogues des Carmélites (2022 E. Dante)

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In Scena Backstage: Salemme, il bello... della diretta

An evening event at Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica to celebrate the 162nd anniversary of the founding of the Italian Army. The concert will feature the Italian Army Band conducted by Maestro Magg. Filippo Cangiamila.