AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoItalian Music Abroad: BTS’s “Arirang” has become the first K-pop album certified platinum in Italy, according to its label; five earlier BTS albums earned gold certification there. Verdi on Stage: Balletto di Milano brings Viva Verdi, inspired by the composer’s operas, to Vilnius on Nov. 6–7, in a production with Italy’s embassy and cultural institute. Opera Collaboration: Italy helped develop Visionaries, a new opera about Eleanor of Aquitaine, Christine de Pizan and Marie Curie, which premiered in Sicily before its Irish debut in Dublin. Folk and A Cappella: Salento’s Night of the Taranta drew an audience in Athens, while Italian vocal group Mezzotono is bringing its a cappella show to Kuwait. Classical Recognition: Pianist Ludovico Einaudi will become a Fellow of the Ivors Academy; meanwhile, I Musici, famed for its recordings of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, is set to perform in Seoul.
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