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Summertime from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Performed by Cecily Nall
“Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess” by Gershwin performed live by Cecily Nall and The Point Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Efraín Amaya at La Fenice Theater in Venice, Italy on July…
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Luigi Alva Performs Un’aura Amorosa from Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte
…renowned Italian Romanticism artist known for his historical paintings and portraits. Hayez came from a poor family in Venice and was apprenticed to an art restorer before studying under painter…
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Igor Stravinsky
…in New York. His funeral was held in Venice, and he was laid to rest on the island of San Michele, close to his long-time friend, Sergei Diaghilev. Igor Stravinsky’s…
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Gaetano Donizetti
…“Enrico di Borgogna” at the Teatro San Luca in Venice in 1818. However, it was the opera “Anna Bolena,” produced in Milan in 1830, that catapulted him to international fame….
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George Frideric Handel
…operas, secular music, and church music for esteemed patrons in Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice. His interactions with Italian composers like Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti significantly influenced his work….
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Claudio Monteverdi
…a devastating event that deeply affected him. Despite these hardships, Monteverdi continued to compose and found solace in his music. Later Years Monteverdi spent his later years in Venice, where…
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Richard Wagner
…in Venice, Italy, where he succumbed to a heart attack on February 13, 1883. Despite his demise, Wagner’s music continues to echo through the corridors of history, testifying to his…
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Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck – Full Opera
Venice Theater presents “Orfeo ed Euridice” – music by Christoph Willibald Gluck and libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi….
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…style, traveling extensively across Europe to cities like Venice, Turin, and London. His works during this period followed the conventions of opera seria, characterized by elaborate arias and virtuosic singing….
