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From Orvieto Cathedral, Easter Concert. The Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Maestro Elder. Haydn: The Creation, Prelude. Mozart: ‘Ah!, lo previdi!’; Aria: ‘Ah t'invola agl'occhi miei’. Haydn: Missa in tempore belli in C major.

The traditional Easter Concert from Orvieto Cathedral. The concert will feature the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta. The programme includes: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto in A major for clarinet and orchestra, K. 622; Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67.

From Orvieto Cathedral, the traditional Easter Concert conducted by Maestro Daniele Gatti with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The programme features Haydn’s famous Symphony No. 4, Hindemith’s *Nobilissima Visione* Suite, and Wagner’s *Parsifal*: *The Enchantment of Good Friday*.

From Orvieto Cathedral, the Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Zubin Mehta, featuring Eva Mei (soprano), Francesca Cucuzza (mezzo-soprano), Valentino Buzza (tenor) and Emiliano Cordaro (bass). Choirmaster: Lorenzo Fratini. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, K. 550, Coronation Mass, K. 137, and Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618.

To open the 2023–24 opera season, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma presents a new production of *Mefistofele*. This opera, in a prologue, four acts, and an epilogue by Arrigo Boito, is inspired by Goethe’s *Faust*. The production is directed by Simon Stone, with Michele Mariotti conducting.

From Venice's Teatro La Fenice, the traditional New Year's Concert conducted by Maestro Michele Mariotti, featuring arias, duets, and choral pieces performed by soloists Rosa Feola and Jonathan Tetelman. The event will be enhanced by dance performances by étoiles Eleonora Abbagnato and Friedemann Vogel.

From the Salone dei Corazzieri in the Quirinale Palace, the traditional concert to mark the 80th anniversary of Italian Republic Day. The Rome Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Michele Mariotti.

‘Eduardo e Cristina’ is a two-act musical drama by Gioachino Rossini, conducted by Jader Bignamini. Direction, set design, costumes, lighting and choreography by Stefano Poda. The Ventidio Basso Theatre Choir, choirmaster Giovanni Farina, and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra.

From Orvieto Cathedral, the traditional Easter Concert conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta with the Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The programme features the famous Symphony No. 4, known as the ‘Romantic’, and Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum for soloists, choir and orchestra.

From the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa, the double bill featuring Francesco Filidei’s “Sull’essere angeli,” choreographed by Virgilio Sieni, and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” directed by Cristian Taraborrelli. Orchestra, Chorus, Children’s Chorus, and technical staff of the Carlo Felice Theater; conducted by Andriy Yurkevych.