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Paolo Fresu and Giovanni Sollima
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Paolo Fresu and Giovanni Sollima are two of Italy’s most remarkable musicians. Fresu, renowned for his expressive trumpet and flugelhorn playing, seamlessly blends jazz, classical, and world music influences. Sollima, a virtuosic cellist and composer, is celebrated for his innovative interpretations and dynamic performances. Together, they create a unique dialogue between instruments, genres, and traditions, captivating audiences with passion and precision. Their concerts offer a rich tapestry of sound, from baroque to contemporary, and from jazz improvisations to popular music. Fresu and Sollima’s collaboration embodies creativity, energy, and musical storytelling, making each performance an unforgettable experience for classical music lovers and new audiences alike.
Program and cast
Music: authors of the baroque, contemporary, jazz and popular traditions repertoire of the world
Performers
trumpet and flugelhorn: Paolo Fresu,
cello: Giovanni Sollima
Teatro Regio di Parma
The Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale (New Ducal Theatre), is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy.
Replacing an obsolete house, the new Ducale achieved prominence in the years after 1829, and especially so after the composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born nearBusseto, some thirty kilometres away, had achieved fame. Also well known in Parma was the conductor Arturo Toscanini, was born there in 1867.
As has been noted by Lee Marshall, "while not as well known as La Scala in Milan or La Fenice in Venice, the city’s Teatro Regio....is considered by opera buffs to be one of the true homes of the great Italian tradition, and the well-informed audience is famous for giving voice to its approval or disapproval – not just from the gallery."
The 1,400-seat auditorium, with four tiers of boxes topped by a gallery, was inaugurated on 16 May 1829 when it presented the premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's Zaira, a production which was staged another seven times, although it did not prove to be popular with the Parma audiences. Initially Rossini had been invited to compose a work for the inauguration of the house, but he was too busy and so the task fell to Bellini. However, that inaugural season saw three Rossini operas staged, including Moïse et Pharaon, Semiramide, and Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Today, the company stages about four operas each season from mid January to April and, since 2003, it has presented an annual Verdi Festival each October.
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