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

Presented by Indigo Productions in agreement with Verdi Opera. This show is not a cine-concert. Film footage will not be screened.

A UNIQUE CONCERT You'll experience a unique, vivid, emotion-filled evening, listening live to the greatest hits of Morricone and Rota and rediscovering their timeless themes. Marcello Rota, a world-renowned conductor, is the creator of this project.

The music will be performed by internationally recognised soloists, with no secrets left when it comes to the history of Italian and world cinema, 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 MORE...

Performed by the Symphony Orchestra: Conducted by MARCELLO ROTA (ITALY) Soloists: LUDOVICO FULCI, NELLO SALZA, SUSANNA RIGACCI (ITALY) A meeting with Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota Today, both men are regarded as absolute icons of film music.

The show retraces the key moments in both composers' careers, from famous 1960s songs to the 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 A Swedish singer of Italian descent, 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 Grad