MAURO MONTALBETTI Piano concerto When the sunrise brightens the river’s memory (WP)
Bremerhaven Philharmonisches Orchester
Davide Cabassi, piano
Marc Niemann, conductor
Bremerhaven 05/15/23 8.00 pm,
Bremerhaven 05/16/23 7.30 pm,
Stade 05/17/23 8.00 pm
Bremerhaven Philarmonisches Orchestra, Marc Nieman cond.
Mauro Montalbetti composer in residence season 22-23
Monday 15th January 2023
Stadttheatre Bremerhaven, german première
Marc Niemann, conductor
Blumenlicht for orchestra (2016)
Monday 29th August 2022
Stadttheatre Bremerhaven, german première
Foresta di fiori adagio for cello and orchestra (2015)
Marc Niemann conductor
Gabriel Schwabe cello
“During 2021, I had the good fortune to attend nine new contemporary operas. Although many people are still very suspicious, and hold deep prejudices against new works, they rarely turn out to be anything other than interesting, engaging and imaginative pieces of theatre. I thought it appropriate, therefore, to select my favorite from 2021, and this had to be Ravenna Festival’s presentation of Mauro Montalbetti’s “Teodora,” starring Roberta Mameli in the title role. Not only was it a musically beautiful and accessible work, but its presentation in the 6th century Basilica of San Vitale with its with its huge cavernous spaces and thick columns created stunning acoustic effects, while the colorful mosaics on its walls created the perfect visual backdrop”.
Teodora
scalata al cielo in cinque movimenti
Première: 2th June 21.00 p.m. Basilica di San Vitale
Chamber opera for soprano, voice, dancer, choir and ensemble (Edizioni Curci, Milan)
music Mauro Montalbetti
text and stage direction Barbara Roganti
Roberta Mameli soprano
Matilde Vigna voice
Barbara Martinini dancer
Altrevoci Ensemble
Andrea Berardi organo
Coro dell’Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “ Verdi” conductor Antonio Greco
commissioned by Ravenna Festival 2020-21
December 2020
Mauro Montalbetti
Symphony for improvisers (2016)
Double voices (2020)
Works commissioned by Fondazione Teatro Grande
Take off Fulvio Sigurtà (trumpet), Gabriele Rubino (clarinets), Massimiliano Milesi (tenor sax), Emanuele Maniscalco (drums, piano, synthesizer), Maurizio Rinaldi (electric guitar, live electronics) Daniele Richiedei (violin), Giulio Corini (bass), Giacomo Papetti (bass, electric bass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0FANFgYV84
Opera Il sogna di una cosa on demand by Raiplay
Andrea Rebaudengo’s CD Stanze / Miroirs for the Stradivarius label with my composition Stanze five pieces for piano and Ravel’s masterpiece Miroirs
extract Stanze/Miroirs, Montalbetti – Ravel
Teodora – scalata al cielo in cinque movimenti
for Soprano, actor, dancer, choir and five instruments
commissioned by Ravenna Festival 2020-21