Awards Ceremony of the 44th “Franco Abbiati” Italian Music Critics Prize in Pesaro. At the Teatro Rossini on Sunday, August 10, the parchments of the Abbiati Prize were presented to the winners, together with the official motivations. The “Franco Abbiati” Italian Music Critics Prize is awarded by the National…

Michele Mariotti conducts Ermione at the Rossini Opera Festival leading the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and the Chorus of the Teatro Ventidio Basso. The new production is staged by Johannes Erath. In the cast: Anastasia Bartoli (Ermione), Victoria Yarovaya (Andromaca), Enea Scala (Pirro), Juan Diego Flórez (Oreste), Antonio Mandrillo (Pilade), Michael Mofidian (Fenicio) Martiniana Antonie (Cleone), Paola Leguizamón (Cefisa) and Tianxuefei Sun (Attalo). Live…