L’Opera Italiana

L’Opera Italiana is a series conceived as an encyclopedia collecting the most innovative Italian operas—those that have had a profound impact on the history of lyric music.
At the center of each episode stands an exceptional talent: Elio, an eclectic musician, multi-instrumentalist, passionate opera lover, and frontman of one of Italy’s most popular bands, Elio e le Storie Tese. He guides viewers by revealing the key to unlocking the mystery of each opera and its distinctive innovative quality.

Each episode is structured like a grand symphony, blending archival materials, footage from the places where the composers lived, and interviews with leading experts and music critics.
The aim of every installment is to reach the core of the opera, explore the impact it has had on the musical landscape, recount its genesis, and reconstruct the link between the composer’s inner life and his creation.

A journey to discover the greatest masterpieces of Italian opera. Stories of love and betrayal, passion and heroic deeds, intrigue, jealousy, and dramatic twists: 20 episodes conceived as a grand encyclopedia of lyric music, embedded in our Italian DNA. Operas that have become, over time, leitmotifs of our everyday lives—from L’elisir d’amore to Rigoletto, from Madama Butterfly to Il barbiere di Siviglia, from Guillaume Tell to La Bohème. Elio reveals to viewers the genesis, history, success, and varied fortunes of the most celebrated works, supported by testimonies from artists and performers of the opera world.

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