musicale

Volf said the rediscovered reels give insight into Callas' range as a singer and actress, and the colour restoration allows a closer look at her gestures, facial expressions and her form of "teatro musicale".

For the Maggio Musicale in Florence in 1984, Luciano Berio convened a quintet of young composers — Betty Olivero and Luca Francesconi among them — to rewrite “Orfeo,” employing electronic tapes and even a rock band.

The Maggio Musicale, which is so devoted to Mehta that it named one of its theaters after him, is in crisis.

Mehta has also had been chief conductor of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence, Italy, and the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain.

As the songwriter walked to his seat, the audience at La Seine Musicale couldn’t contain their excitement — starting with Brigitte Macron, the wife of President Emmanuel Macron of France.