Oscar-winning composer Nicola
Piovani will conduct La Vita Nuova tonight at the Church of
Saints Simon and Jude in Prague. The opera, which features
soprano Maria Rita Combattelli, narrator Oreste Valente, and the
Prague Philharmonia orchestra, is sold out.
La Vita Nuova is a cantata for narrator, soprano, and chamber
orchestra, composed by Piovani and inspired by Dante Alighieri's
famous work. This musical journey explores Dante's love for
Beatrice. The concert will be held in the presence of the
Italian Ambassador Mauro Marsili and is a project of the
Fondazione Musica per Roma, organized by the Italian Cultural
Institute in Prague (IIC) and the Italian Embassy in Prague.
Nicola Piovani is one of the world's most renowned soundtrack
composers and has collaborated with many prominent film
directors. In 1999, he won an Oscar for his score for the film
Life is Beautiful, and in 2008, the French Republic honored him
with the title of Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at
Cannes. In 2023, the World Soundtrack Academy awarded him a
lifetime achievement award.
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