1731

1731

1731 – Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena, head of the Order of the Knights of St John, purchases two houses with the intent of building a new public theatre in Strada del Carmine (today Old Theatre Street) in Valletta ‘for the honest recreation of the people’.

1 March 2024

A marriage of dynamic technique and dramatic storytelling

Article by Margherita Borg Buhagiar – Student, School of Performing Arts ‘The early years of opera encompassed a dizzying range...

1 March 2024

The enchanted garden of ‘Armida’ through the eyes of Tasso and Rossini: Seduce, bewilder and trick

Article by Ylenia Callus – Student, School of Performing Arts When they arrive in Armida’s enchanted gardens, they are overwhelmed...

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The two faces of ‘Armida’

Article by Alex Jatosti – Student, School of Performing Arts With its long tradition of heroines and divas, opera has...

29 February 2024

Paul Carr’s directorial vision for the production of Rossini’s ‘Armida’

Article by Martha Maria Mangani - Student, School of Performing Arts During a personal interview about the production of Rossini’s...

29 February 2024

Music that speaks an era: Rossini’s ‘Armida’

Article by Simon Farrugia - Student, School of Performing Arts Known to some as the ‘Swan of Pesaro’ and to...

29 February 2024

Analysing ‘Armida’

By Vicki Ann Cremona - Chair of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Malta Gioacchino Rossini’s Armida,...

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