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Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Town: Rome Address: Auditorium Parco della Musica l.go Luciano Berio 3 Phone: +39 6 37 00 106

The Accademia di Santa Cecilia was initiated in 1585 and had remained a leading world musical institution. It has been the venue for many royalties and the cream of European nobility to gather. Currently the Accademia is a site with strictly distributed seasonal performances. The opera house receives some of the most celebrated artists and orchestras from all around the globe. The Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia is conducted by Myung-Whun Chung. Its new site the state-of-the-art Parco della Musica gives a contemporary flavour to its performances and the designs of Renzo Piano enhance the experience of high culture coupled with ultimate modernity. Parco della Musica is composed of three venues including an outdoor amphitheatre for summer performances the ruins of an ancient Roman villa and the new concert hall itself.

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Auditorium di Milano
Town: Milan Address: Largo Gustav Mahler Phone: +39 2 8338 9300
Website: http://www.laverdi.org/
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Auditorium di Milano was the structure which in 1999 emerged on the site of the old Cinema Teatro. The old building dating back to 1939 had been idle for several decades before it became the venue of Italy’s major symphonic power the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Under conductor Riccardo Chailly the Orchestra presents a repertoire ranging from Bach to a list of 19th-century composers. The auditorium also stages more ambitious productions such as performances combining classical music with opera or dance. The hall itself represents a multipurpose space which occasionally apart from concerts choral operatic performances and chamber music offers jazz and contemporary music events. The grand hall can seat up to 1400 spectators and is marked by a surprisingly contemporary interior with spoon-shaped multilayer stalls and a modern ceiling.

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Auditorium Parco della Musica
Town: Rome Address: Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30 Phone: +39 6 80 24 12 81
Website: http://auditorium.com
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 23:00 -20:00
The construction of this vast Auditorium started in late 1995 in a location which was set between the southern Parioli district and the western Flaminio district between the Olympic Village and the ancient Villa Glori. The ultramodern structure offers a peculiar contrast with the remaining buildings and is the focal point of high culture outside the very central areas of Rome. Comprising three supplementary buildings the Auditorium allows for an array of cultural events, opera being only one of them. The three Music Halls have similar designs and are set amongst a park while the area on the side of Viale de Coubertin is geared towards regular activities such as meetings and conferences. Each of the three halls has been suited for the staging of particular musical genres. The Santa Cecilia Hall is a venue for large orchestral and symphonic concerts while the Sinopoli Hall allows for a greater variety of genres.

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Bibli in Musica
Town: Rome Address: Lungotevere Flaminio 50 Phone: 00335 83 99 459
Website: http://www.bibli.it/
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Italy has recently started a large-scale cultural campaign a part of which is the Bibli in Musica concert series bringing back the solemnity and splendour of ancient Rome.The Bibli is a small venue striving to provide an authentic Roman experience and promoting a long line of young performers. The Saturday concerts are not confined solely to opera but also include jazz as well as acts in various genres. Apart from a concert venue the site is as its name suggests a large music library. Visitors are encouraged to freely browse through the books search the Internet or lounge over a drink at the cosy on-site cafe.

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Dalverme Theatre
Town: Milan Address: Via San Giovanni sul Muro 2 Phone: +39 2 87 905
Website: http://www.dalverme.org/
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The Dal Verme Theatre derives its name from the 19th-century Dal Verme family who occupied the premises overlooking the Via San Giovanni sul Muro and Puccini. Located on the edge of the 19th-century Milan this street witnessed the first performance on a wooden stage set up by the Ciniselli Circus. Later, the Dal Verme family acquired the building and transformed it into a theatre which started to bear its name. Following the design of architect Giuseppe Pestagalli the structure could seat thousands of people in a horse-shoe formation. Inaugurated in 1872 the theatre became a regular venue for concerts and operatic performances. The site also saw some premières by Puccini as well as the emergence of famous works by Ruggero Leoncavallo and Franz Lehar. The structure suffered a serious demolition during the 1943 bomb raids including the tear-down of the building's original dome. Following its renovation the building operated as a cinema and it was not until two decades later that it began

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I Musici Veneziani Roma
Town: Rome Phone: +39 04 15 21 02 94

This company sporting 18th Century Venetian costumes offers some of the most vivid operatic performances in Rome. Their productions are growing increasingly popular with international travelers and are already included in various guides and other travel literature as an ultimate Roman attraction. Their acts often include the well-known Orchestra I Musici Veneziani comprising an array of accomplished musicians who have been educated at the famous Venetian Conservatory. The company of singers includes many international names whose repertoire includes a number of arias from some of the world's best known operas such as 'Aida' 'Madame Butterfly' 'La Traviata' and 'Carmen'. The group's concert venues vary but performances are most often played in the Chiesa di S. Paolo Entro Le Mura.

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Opera Pia Arciconfraternita S. Giovanni De' Fioren
Town: Rome Address: Via Acciaioli 2 Phone: +39 6 686 89 57

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This church occasionally makes room for the operatic performances of various companies from Rome as well as from around the globe. The building was erected in the 16th Century when Jacopo Sansovino won an architecture contest for its design organised by Leo X. Among the artists and architects who lost to him were Michelangelo and his pupil Raffael. The construction works began soon after the contest's results and were continued by Sangallo d.J. and Giacomo della Porta. In 1614, architect Carlo Maderno took over the project and completed the construction. The interiors were covered in various frescoes by a number of artists and its floors following the Medieval tradition are covered with many tombstones representing a piece of history in their own right.

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Sala Baldini
Town: Rome Address: Piazza Campitelli 9 Phone: +39 6 87 13 15 90
Website: http://www.tempietto.it
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The Sala Baldini is a magnificent concert venue set in the very heart of the Eternal City. With a capacity of 200 people, it is often used for classical music performances due to its fine acoustics. Sala Baldini is also famous for the annual 'Festival musicale delle nazioni' (Music Festival of the Nations), commonly known as 'Concerti del Tempietto'. Moreover, in the summer there are regular open-air concerts organised in the adjacent Teatro Marcello. Tickets can be bought 30 minutes before the performance.

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