Music of Rome
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The Musica of Rome is intensely active. The venues for live music include:
As well, the city of Rome has the National Museum of Musical Instruments, one of the finest such institutions in the world.
- the Theater of the Opera: the theater was built in the 1880s in the building boom to expand the capital of the new nation state of Italy. The theater has seen the premieres of many famous works, including ToscaToscaTosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...
and Cavalleria rusticanaCavalleria rusticanaCavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro...
. It has hosted memorable events such as ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
's staging of The Marriage of FigaroThe Marriage of FigaroLe nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
. The theater has a permant orchestra, choir and ballet company, and now boasts a multi-media historical archive.
- the National Academy of Santa CeciliaAccademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaThe Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy.It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western...
: the academy was authorized by Pope Gregory XIIIPope Gregory XIIIPope Gregory XIII , born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally-accepted civil calendar to this date.-Youth:He was born the son of Cristoforo Boncompagni and wife Angela...
in 1566 and has remained one of the most prestigious musical organizations in the world—this, through all the political vicissitudes of centuries: capital of the Papal StatesPapal StatesThe Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...
, then invasion by Napoleon, then capital of the new Italy in 1871. The Santa Cecilia Orchestra is a permanent organization and over the years has found a home in various auditoriums in the city, the most recent move (2003) being to the premises of the Parco della MusicaParco della MusicaAuditorium Parco della Musica is a large multi-functional public music complex in Rome, Italy. The complex is situated in the north of the city, in the area where the 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held....
, a vast new auditorium complex (see below). The full orchestra and the Santa Cecilia chamber ensembles perform 200 hundred concerts a year in Rome.
- the Santa Cecilia music conservatory;
- the Roman Philharmonic AcademyAccademia Filarmonica RomanaThe Accademia Filarmonica Romana is an orchestra based in Rome, Italy. It was established in 1821....
(Accademia Filarmonica Romana): performs at the Teatro Olimpico and has—besides an active concert season—a long history of promoting music education and community and amateur music; - the Lazio Symphony orchestra, which performs in Rome as well as elsewhere in the province of Latium;
- the Youth Symphony of Rome;
- the new Parco della MusicaParco della MusicaAuditorium Parco della Musica is a large multi-functional public music complex in Rome, Italy. The complex is situated in the north of the city, in the area where the 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held....
(opened in 2002) is a gigantic musical complex featuring three large, separate auditoriums, located between the Olympic Village and Parioli Quarter of Rome. It hosts a constant stream of classical, popular, and jazz music, featuring national as well as international musicians and groups; - the Aula Magna of the Sapienza University sponsors an active musical season;
As well, the city of Rome has the National Museum of Musical Instruments, one of the finest such institutions in the world.