December 23rd, 2015 – The beginning of 2016 will be in the name of great Italian opera for Toronto, with three events organized by the Italian Cultural Institute at Theatre of the Alliance Française. On Tuesday, January 19 the soirée will be dedicated to Maria Callas, with the screening of the documentary “Maria Callas: Life and Art” directed by Alan Lewens and Alistair Mitchell, starring aria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, Franco Zeffirelli; and the screening of the second act of “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini, as directed by Franco Zeffirelli in 1964 in London’s Covent Garden Royal Opera House, with Renato Cioni and Tito Gobbi. On February 16 it will be the turn of “Othello” by Giuseppe Verdi as directed by Graham Vick in 2001, with Maestro Riccardo Muti and starring Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, and Barbara Frittoli and the orchestra and choir of the Teatro alla Scala. The winter series of Italian opera comes to an end on March 22 with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” as directed by Ruggiero Cappuccio starring Roberto Frontali, Juan Diego Flores, and Barbara Frittoli, with Maestro Riccardo Muti and the Orchestra & Choir of the Teatro Alla Scala in the original layout of 1913. (Red)
