Directing
From the Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini in Turin, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, conducted by John Axelrod and featuring the voices of The Swingles, performs music by Luciano Berio, Sinfonia for eight voices and orchestra, and Leonard Bernstein, Divertimento for orchestra and Fancy Free, suite for orchestra.
From the Rai Arturo Toscanini Auditorium in Turin, the Rai National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ottavio Dantone, performs Franz Joseph Haydn’s *The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross* (orchestral version).
From the Rai Auditorium in Turin, the history of symphonic music told by the great quick-change artist Arturo Brachetti. Music by the Rai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta.
From the Teatro Regio in Turin: “The Rickshaw Boy” by Guo Wenjing, directed by Yi Liming. Conducted by Maestro Zhang Guoyong.
Serebrjakov, Uncle Vanya's brother-in-law, is widowed and has remarried Helena. He wants to sell the country estate where the family lives: this unpopular decision sparks one of Chekhov's most famous dramas.
An original rewriting by the Vetrano-Randini company of two one-act plays by Pirandello, ‘Sgombero’ and ‘L'uomo dal fiore in bocca’, whose threads are intertwined with surreal dialogues and lightning-fast quotes drawn from the repertoire of Totò and Vicé, fantastic and poetic characters from Franco Scaldati's theater. - Luigi Pirandello: L‘uomo dal fiore in bocca – Sgombero – Colloqui coi personaggi - Franco Scaldati: Totò e Vicé
The Rai National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michele Gamba, Giulio Pelligra, and Markus Werba, the Turin Teatro Regio Choir, and Maestro Coro Ulisse Trabacchin perform pieces by Giacomo Puccini: Capriccio sinfonico; Le Villi. Preludio e Tregenda; Messa a quattro voci for soloists, choir, and orchestra.
