Il Était Une Fois... Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota

Presented by Indigo Productions in agreement with Verdi Opera. This show is not a film-concert. Film footage will not be shown. A ONE-OF-A-KIND CONCERT.

You will experience a unique, vivid, emotion-filled evening, listening live to the greatest titles by Morricone and Rota and rediscovering their timeless themes. Marcello Rota, a world-renowned conductor, is behind the creation of this project.

The music will be performed by internationally recognised soloists, for whom the history of Italian and world cinema holds no secrets, and who, under the masterful direction of Maestro Morricone, have given more than 500 concerts on every continent.

Film music: "THE GODFATHER", "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY", "THE PROFESSIONAL", "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA", "THE OCTOPUS" and others... Performed by the Symphony Orchestra: Conducted by MARCELLO ROTA (ITALY). Soloists: LUDOVICO FULCI, NELLO SALZA, SUSANNA RIGACCI (ITALY).

Meeting Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota. Today, both men are considered absolute icons of film music.

The show retraces the most important moments of the two composers' careers, from famous songs of the 1960s to melodies written for Sergio Leone's films and those created for Hollywood. Performers: Marcello Rota (Conductor).

The artist has performed in Europe's most prestigious concert halls since 1995.

He has conducted numerous orchestras, including those of the San Carlo in Naples, the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Arena in Verona, the Italian National Orchestra, the Italian-Swiss Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Susanna Rigacci.

The Swedish singer of Italian origin trained at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. Her performances of Morricone's film scores such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "A Fistful of Dynamite" made her world-famous. Ludovico Fulci. Dip