Teatro Lirico Sperimentale
The Teatro Lirico Sperimentale in Spoleto was founded in 1947 by Adriano Belli , lawyer and musicologist, with the aim of preparing young singers who have not yet made their debut for an artistic career.
advancement
The activity carried out on an annual basis is divided into three phases:
- The competition for young opera singers of the European Union (in March), considered one of the most important European competitions at international level. A jury selects the candidates.
- The debut preparation course for the winners of the singing competition (from April to August). During the course, the singers have lessons in facial expressions, vocal expression, diction and recitation. The lecturers in recent years have included: Renato Bruson , Raina Kabaivanska , Luca Ronconi , Ugo Gregoretti , Henning Brockhaus , Piera Degli Esposti , Enza Ferrari , Massimo De Bernart , Ruggero Raimondi and many others. In the final phase of the course, the singers are prepared for the roles of the operas selected by the artistic direction.
- The opera season that takes place in Spoleto at the Teatro Nuovo and the Caio Melisso theater is the culmination of the young singers' preparation. The season includes at least three titles in the operatic repertoire. One of the productions is also performed in the main cities of Umbria: Perugia (Morlacchi Theater), Terni (Verdi Theater), Todi (Municipal Theater), Orvieto (Mancinelli Theater), Città di Castello (Teatro degli Illuminati), Assisi (Lyrick Theater).
Employees and graduates
Various renowned artists have made their collaboration available in recent years, including as conductors Spiros Argiris , Bruno Aprea , Massimo De Bernart , Enrique Mazzola , Ivo Lipanovic , Marcello Panni , and as directors Giancarlo Cobelli , Giorgio Pressburger , Luca Ronconi , Henning Brockhaus , Denis Krief , Franco Ripa di Meana , Piera degli Esposti , Daniele Abbado , Gabriele Dolcini , Gigi Proietti , Stefano Monti .
Some of the most important artists of the last 50 years began their careers by winning a competition and studying in Spoleto. They include Franco Corelli , Antonietta Stella , Anita Cerquetti , Giangiacomo Guelfi , Ettore Bastianini , Anna Moffo , Gabriella Tucci , Marcella Pobbe , Rolando Panerai , Margherita Rinaldi , Franco Bonisolli , Giorgio Merighi , Leo Nucci , Ruggero Raimondi , Mietta Sighuson , and Renato Sighuson , Veriano Luchetti , Salvatore Fisichella , Luciana D'Intino , Mariella Devia , Lucia Aliberti . In recent years: Natale De Carolis , Giusy Devinu , Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz , Giuseppe Morino , Monica Bacelli , Roberto Frontali , Nuccia Focile , Giuseppe Sabbatini .
further activities
For several years now, the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale has been running training courses for musical assistants and orchestral musicians in collaboration with the Umbria Region , the Province of Perugia , the Municipality of Spoleto and the European Social Fund.
Since 1993 the biennial Orpheus competition for new chamber operas has been organized. Luciano Berio chaired the international jury for five years . The world premieres of the winning works, which must be unpublished, take place in Spoleto and then in the Rome Opera House.
In 2001 , the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale realized the “Bach / Berio Project - The Art of Fugue”, a project coordinated by Luciano Berio of transcription for several instruments, reworking and execution (in Spoleto , London , The Hague , Lyon ) of the masterpiece by Brook. Teaching takes place in Spoleto in the 18th century Villa Redenta and in ancient halls of the city, including the Pegasus Hall, a former church from the 12th century.
The works of the opera season are prepared, staged and performed in the Teatro Nuovo ( built in 1864 in the Italian style) and in the even older Caio Melisso Theater. The “Centro Studi-Belli Argiris”, history archive and media library of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale, has an extensive music library and a well-equipped audio / video library dedicated to opera. The Teatro Lirico Sperimentale works with some of the largest Italian opera theaters, including the Rome Opera House, the Bologna Municipal Theater, the Florence Municipal Theater and the Arena Sferisterio in Macerata.
With its concert and opera performances, the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale has not only been a guest in various Italian theaters, including the Florence City Theater and the Rome Opera House, but also in
- Austria ( Vienna 1994),
- Spain ( Barcelona 1995)
- United States ( New York City 1996 and 2009, Los Angeles 2005),
- in Switzerland ( Bern 1997),
- in Japan ( Tokyo , Kyoto , Osaka , Nagoya , Kobe , Sapporo , Hiroshima , Tokorozawa , Ina , Takasaki , Sendai , Matsudo , Fukuoka , Kitakyushu 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008),
- Hungary ( Budapest 2002, Miskolc 2003, Budapest and Miskolc 2006),
- Canada ( Vancouver 2002),
- Germany ( Schwetzingen 2003, Salzau 2005),
- Poland ( Tczew 2003),
- People's Republic of China ( Beijing and Tangshan 2004, Beijing and Shenyang 2006),
- Russia ( Saint Petersburg 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010),
- Qatar ( Doha 2007, 2008),
- Cuba (2008)
- and Romania ( Bucharest and Sibiu 2007, Sibiu 2008 and 2009).
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