The Ritorno All’Opera Association was founded in Imperia in 2008, with the aim of promoting and promoting great music and opera by pairing internationally renowned artists with talented young artists and offering them the opportunity to perform at the highest level in prestigious theatres.
For years, we have organized events that have received great critical and public acclaim in some of Northern Italy ‘s most prestigious theaters .
The Association’s interests range from full-length operas to concerts, operettas, and classical music performances, both indoors and outdoors.
Having organized more than four hundred events, we can therefore boast consolidated experience and a high level of quality in staging events, festivals, and entire musical seasons.
In Imperia and its province, the Association presented opera seasons from 2011 to 2015 (the year the Theatre closed), with prestigious titles including the Opera Nabucco in 2011, the Concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, and the concert by Maestro Uto Ughi, who performed for the first time at the Teatro Cavour in Imperia.
In the famous tourist town of Alassio we organized the “Claudio Tempo Memorial” Summer Festival at the Simonetti Auditorium, with operas and concerts, sponsored by the National Order of Journalists.
In Chiavari , at the Teatro Cantero, we performed ten opera seasons, from 2008 to 2017, achieving great success and twice bringing Maestro Uto Ughi and Salvatore Accardo to the stage.
In Rapallo we organized the Operetta Festival at the Villa Tigullio Park from 2008 to 2013.
In Cervo , in 2013, we staged the opera “La Traviata” for the first time as part of the prestigious International Festival.
Since 2012, we have been organizing the “Dianese Summer Music Festival” in Diano Marina
, which will reach its tenth edition in 2021. In 2019, it was named the best festival in Liguria, earning the prestigious “Festival del Mare” award from a jury of critics and journalists. Over the years, the festival has attracted international stars such as soprano Mariella Devia, dancer Liliana Così, Susanna Rigacci, the internationally renowned voice of Morricone, and many others.
We have staged shows in various locations in Tuscany , at the Teatro Moderno in Grosseto with operas and a concert by Maestro Uto Ughi, in Viareggio at the Teatro Politeama, bringing Opera back after many years in 2013 with Rigoletto and concerts by Maestro Uto Ughi, and at the Teatro Verdi in Montecatini Terme .
The Verdi Theatre itself, together with our Association, will promote the show “Homage to Ennio Morricone” in cities such as Turin , Naples , Modena , Milan , Sanremo and many others.
From 2008 to 2011, he was responsible for the artistic direction of the Varese Ligure Summer Festival , with the operas “Traviata”, “Don Pasquale”, “Rigoletto” and “Nabucco”.
In 2011, after many years of absence, we brought Opera back to the Teatro Nuovo in Ferrara with Traviata, followed by the concert season with a concert by Maestro Uto Ughi.
In Loano , at the Giardino del Principe, we created the classical section of the Summer Festival from 2011 to 2015, with Opera, Operetta, and Concerts.
In 2012 we were Artistic Directors of the Opera Season at the Teatro della Luna in Milan with Tosca (featuring Simonetta Puccini) and Traviata.
In 2016/2017 we organized the Trentino Opera Festival in around 30 municipalities in the region.
In 2018, the Association was entrusted with the creation of the opera “The Barber of Seville” at the Municipal Theatre of Silandro (South Tyrol).
Since 2018, we have been collaborating continuously with various municipalities in the city of Milan , with several prestigious chamber music concerts.
Between 2017 and 2020, the Association organised opera seasons at the prestigious Teatro Civico in Vercelli , at the Teatro Openjobmetis in Varese and at the Teatro Sociale in Busto Arsizio .
Another important and prestigious goal achieved in 2013 was the collaboration between “Ritorno all’Opera” and the Ariston Theater in Sanremo, where on May 16, 2013, a major concert by the great violinist Uto Ughi was performed, marking the theater’s 50th anniversary, along with a grand performance of the opera Aida.
Since then, the Association has continuously organized operas and concerts at both the Ariston Theater and the Teatro Centrale in Sanremo.
He has taken part in numerous opera productions in important musical institutions: at the SNG in Maribor, at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo, at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, at the Teatro Comunale in Bolzano, at the Teatro della Luna in Milan, at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, at the Teatro Alfieri in Asti, at the Teatro Sociale in Biella, at the Theaters of Stresa, at the Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, at the Teatro Sociale in Como, at the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, at the Teatro Grande in Brescia, at the Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa in Savona, at the Teatro Sociale in Mantua, at the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, at the Theater of Pilsen, at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, at the State Theater in Belgrade, at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, in Seoul, at the Temporada Lirica in Alicante and Murcia, and on tour in the United States, California, Iowa, Florida, Oklahoma, and New York.
He has sung, among others, under the direction of maestros: R. Girolami, P. Gelmini, S. Giaroli, C. Palleschi, D. Renzetti, A. Salvagno, M. Stefanelli, R. Tolomelli, M. Zambelli, C. M. Michele, M. Rota, V. Galli, A. Veronesi, C. Morbo, J. Valčuha, G. Bisanti, A. Battistoni, C. M. Volpini, J. Strunc, I. Lipanovic, M. Taddia, M. Boemi, G. Martinenghi, D. Savic, G. Carannante, S. Romani, R. Gianola, G. Fratta, P. Thomas, S. Frontalini, S. Krečič.
He has also worked with directors such as Hugo de Ana, Tomas Pilar, Alberto Paloscia, Michele Mirabella, Marco Catena, Paolo Panizza, C. Panti Liberovici, P. Cassano, A. Cabassi, S. Monti, J. L. Grinda, L. Todarello, F. Ceresa, F. Zeffirelli, R. Bonajuto; L. M. M. ucci, A. Bertolotti, A. DeFilippis, D. Proschev, F. Bertolami, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Stefano Trespidi, Massimo Gasparon, and Renzo Giacchieri.
In 2014 he recorded with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Luis Bacalov. He then sang Traviata at the Maribor Theatre directed by Hugo de Ana and Madama Butterfly at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In June 2015 he was Amonasro in Aida at the Pilsen Theatre; he returned to the Florence Opera with Madama Butterfly (July 2015) and played Paolo in Simon Boccanegra at the theatres of Pisa, Lucca and Livorno (October/November 2015). In October 2015 he sang the role of Giorgio Germont in “La Traviata” at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno and in November he made his debut as Lord Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor. In January 2016, he took part in a tour of France, in the role of Iago in Otello (Verdi), which took him to the theaters of Sète, Cannes, and Fréjus, conducted by M. Taddia and staged by Paolo Panizza. In March 2016, he sang Aida at the Teatro di Livorno, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and Stefano Trespidi, under the baton of Maestro Marco Boemi. In May, he sang Scarpia in Tosca at the Belgrade State Theater, conducted by Dejan Savic. He also performed Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro di Rovigo, conducted by Ivo Lipanovic and staged by Lorenzo Mucci. In February 2017, he made his debut in the role of Macbeth, conducted by Maestro Carannante. In December 2017, he performed in the opera “La Fanciulla del West” at the opening of the Opera Season at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. On the same occasion, the DVD Dynamic was recorded – Conducted by Maestro J. Valčuha and directed by Ugo De Hana. In February 2018, he performed Tosca at the Teatro di Trento and the Teatro Sociale in Mantua. In January and February 2019, he performed Turandot at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo and the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, conducted by Maestro Simon Krečič and directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi and Massimo Gasparon. He sang the role of Ashby at the inauguration of the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago in the opera “La Fanciulla del West,” directed by Renzo Giacchieri. He will soon sing the roles of Zaccaria in Nabucco and Roucher in Andrea Chenier in Rovigo. In February 2020, he will sing the role of Sparafucile at the Teatro di Mantua.
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