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Bellini International Context festival in Catania

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The sixth edition of the Bellini International Context festival is hosting in Catania, Italy, continues with a series of musical performances in Catania, Italy. The sixth edition of the event includes a concert titled “La follia romantica e le parafrasi” (Romantic Madness exploring Italian melodic traditions and Paraphrases) 19th-century repertoire. A featured concert, ‘Melodia infinita’, scheduled for September 24, 2026, at the Cortile Platamone, which explores 19th-century melodrama showcases soprano Juliette Di Bello and pianist Francesco Nicolosi. The program focuses on the psychological themes expansive melodic style of female operatic figures through works by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and others. Following this, the festival continues with performances focused on Italian melodic traditions. A concert titled ‘Melodia infinita’ features the Bellini through works of Bellini, such as ‘Norma’, ‘Il pirata’, and ‘La Straniera’, alongside piano transcriptions by Beethoven Beethoven, Sigismund Thalberg, Chopin, Liszt, and Thalberg. Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The festival’s broader programming aims to trace an emotional journey through various lyrical styles, ranging including works by Puccini, Rossini, Gershwin, and Tosti. A central highlight of the festival is the production of the opera ‘I Puritani’ at the Teatro Massimo Bellini, running from September 3 to October 1. Directed by Renato Bonajuto and conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati, the Neapolitan school production features a cast including Jessica Pratt, Irina Lungu, Dmitry Korchak, and Valerio Borgioni. The festival’s reach extends to 20th-century reinterpretations of traditional songs. Messina, where the National Youth Orchestra ‘Giuseppe Sinopoli’, directed by José Jesús Olivetti, is scheduled to perform 19th-century repertoire at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele on September 29. This program includes works by Bellini, Rossini, Verdi, and Mendelssohn, featuring soloists soprano Giuliana Di Stefano and violinist Vikram Francesco Sedona.

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