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The secrets of Traviata, a talk by Maestro Speranza Scappucci

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19th WEEK OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

 

Revolutionary, controversial, lashing the bourgeois society: this and much more is La Traviata, one of Giuseppe Verdi‘s most celebrated operas. Maestro Speranza Scappucci, among the first and most acclaimed women conductors in the world, returns to Washington DC to recount the story of Violetta. Performing some of the Traviata’s famous arias at the piano, she will show the connection between the music and the libretto and unveil the secrets of an opera that represents a highlight of Italian culture in the world. 

 

This program is organized under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic as part of the 19th Week of Italian Language in the World, an event promoted yearly by the Italian diplomatic and cultural network to foster the diffusion of the Italian language in the world.

 

LOCATION

Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street NW 
Washington, DC 20008

 

Please Note

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DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME

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SPERANZA SCAPPUCCI

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Italian born Speranza Scappucci, a graduate of the Julliard School and the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome, is an internationally known conductor who works regularly at major opera houses including the houses in Vienna, Rome, Barcelona, Zürich, Los Angeles and New York. Since 2017 she holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor at the Royal Opéra de Wallonie in Liège and is considered one of the most interesting conductors of her generation on the international scene.

Upcoming engagements of the season 2019 include La Boheme at Zurich Opera House as well as L´Elisir d´amore, La Cenerentola and La Boheme at Vienna State Opera. As Principal Conductor she will lead Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Aida and I Puritani at Opéra Royal de Wallonie. At Théâtre des Champs-Élysées she will conduct Maria Stuarda. At the end of the season she will give her debut at Semperoper Dresden with Puccini’s La Boheme. In addition, she will lead symphonic concerts at Luzern, Lausanne, San Diego and Vienna.

Recently she conducted Tosca at the Washington National Opera, La Sonnambula at the Opera di Roma, Le nozze di figaro in Turin as well as Attila at Liceu Barcelona. During the Hollywood Bowl season, she gave her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonics. At Opéra Liège she conducted a new production of Verdis Jerusalem, as well as Manon Lescaut and Carmen. She debuted at Zurich Opera with La fille du regiment and conducted Il turco in Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, concert performances of La Sonnambula at Lincoln Center in a MET Lindemann/Juilliard School production, La Boheme at the Los Angeles Opera, La Cenerentola at the Washington Opera and Teatro Regio Torino, a new production of La Fille du regiment at Santa Fe Opera, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Orchestra Regionale della Toscana in Florence. She had great success conducting Don Pasquale at Vienna State Opera, furthermore, she conducted symphonic concerts with the Holland Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, a Gala Concert at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and symphonic programs with the Orchestra Toscanini in Parma and Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

 

  • Organizzato da: Italian Cultural Institute