Gianpaolo Mazzoli will conduct "Norma" at the Belogradchik Rocks
03 Aug 2022BTA

Gianpaolo Mazzoli will conduct "Norma" at the Belogradchik Rocks

Sofia,  
07.08.2022 14:44
(BTA)

The Italian Gianpaolo Mazzoli will conduct Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma" on the stage of the Belogradchik Rocks today, the Sofia Opera announced.

The cast includes Norma – Gabriela Georgieva, Adalgisa – Tsvetana Bandalovska, Pollione – Martin Iliev, Oroveso – Svetozar Rangelov, Clotilde – Ivanka Ninova, and Flavio – Krasimir Dinev.

Director of "Norma" is the world-famous artist Hugo de Ana, who is visiting the Sofia Opera for the third time. Considered the pinnacle of the bel canto style, the title is exceptionally rarely staged even on large stages due to the complex music to be performed and the tradition established by great female performers of the title role from the past. Starting with the first Norma, Giuditta Pasta, one goes through names like Malibran, Callas, Caballé, Ghena Dimitrova.

Gianpaolo Mazzoli is a composer and Deputy Director of the Lucca Luigi Boccherini University of Music. He won numerous prizes in Italy from 1985 to 2000. He has given concerts in Italy and abroad, performing the symphonic repertoire of major composers with prestigious orchestras. In the last few years, he has collaborated with internationally renowned singers such as Raina Kabaivanska, Piero Cappuccilli, Fabio Armiliato, Andrea Bocelli, Katia Ricciarelli, Laura Niculescu, Fiorenza Cedolins and Giovanna Casolla, the violinists Cristiano Rossi and Alessandro Cappone, among others.

 

As a lecturer, in addition to holding the Chair of Orchestral Exercise and Conducting at the Boccherini Higher Institute of Music in Lucca, he leads a master's program in opera performance for students at the Nagoya University (Japan), in Sydney (Australia) for the Barilla Opera Foundation, and at the Hongyu International School in Beijing (China). He is a singing teacher under the Master’s programme at the Direction of Arts and Music Management (MaDAMM) program in Lucca.

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