The present critical edition, available now on sale, is based on the partly autograph manuscript preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria of Turin (Foà 39).

On November 22 Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera Orchestra presents the world premiere of Un romano a Marte by Vittorio Montalti. Book by Giuliano Compagno.

This year Donizetti Opera festival programs Lucrezia Borgia in the new critical edition by Roger Parker and Rosie Ward. Lucrezia Borgia is considered one of Donizetti’s most innovative operas.

This year, the jury at the international competition for compositions for youth string quartets, convened on September 30 in Milano to announce the winners of the competition’s third edition.

The composer Nikolaus Brass turned 70 on 23 October 2019, and the occasion is being marked with several events in November.

Six made-to-order concerts at six sites in a historic city: in September 2019 Georg Friedrich Haas was in the midst of an extraordinary musical event. Dr. Silke Hilger, General Manager of Ricordi Berlin, accompanied the composer to Italy and describes her impressions in this travel report.

Lisa Streich’s new work FRANCESCA received its world premiere at the Klangspuren Schwaz festival in a performance by ensemble recherche.

Dedicated to the ageless works of William Shakespeare, the Salzburg Taschenopernfestival presented the world premiere of Sarah Nemtsov’s “miniature opera-monologue” verflucht in September 2019.

In the new opera Denis & Katya, composer Philip Venables, librettist and director Ted Huffman, along with dramaturge Ksenia Ravvina, transform the true story of two lovers pitted against the world into a novel drama about adolescence.

October 5 marks the world premiere in Venice of Claudio Ambrosini’s Rappresentazione di anima e corpo for soprano, bass clarinet and orchestra.