THE ACCADEMIA DELLA SCALA CELEBRATES THE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Paris – The soloists of the Singing Academy of the Teatro alla Scala have flown to Paris to celebrate the European Music Festival at the Italian Cultural Institute, accompanied by maestro Michele D’Elia. Fatma Said as soprano, the mezzo soprano Aya Wakizono, the tenor Azer Rza-zada and baritone Giovanni Romeo have performed some of the finest Italian and French 19^th century opera from Rossini to Berlioz, from Verdi to Puccini, from Mascagni in Giordano, with the arrival in the 20^th century of Francis Poulenc and Nino Rota. (9Colonne)