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 shown. A UNIQUE CONCERT.

You will experience a unique, vivid evening full of emotion, listening live to the greatest hits of 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, no strangers 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", "LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL", "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA", "LA PIOVRA" 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 the two men are regarded as absolute icons of film music.

The show retraces the most important moments of the two composers' careers, from famous songs of the 1960s 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 a number of orchestras, including the San Carlo Orchestra in Naples, the Teatro Massimo Orchestra in Palermo, the Arena di Verona orchestra, the Italian National Orchestra, the Italian-Swiss Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian State Opera. Susanna Rigacci.

The Italian-born Swedish singer 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 "Duck, You Sucker", have made her world-famous. Ludovico Fulci. Grad