Sergey Prokofiev's operatic tragedy The Fiery Angel was never performed in the composers lifetime the musics brittle energy, drama and eloquent lyrical tenderness would re-emerge in his Third Symphony. The narrative focuses relentlessly on Renata, who is haunted by an angel who turns out to be the devil. Director Emma Dante describes the opera as an explosive mix of fantastical realism and endless confusion of nightmares, madness, sexual impulses and cultural clashes, and this Teatro dellOpera di Roma production was acclaimed as a presentation of Prokofievs masterpiece which sparkles in all its grotesque glory (operawire.com)

With “Opera in the Embassy,” a bridge between France and Italy, a new opera season begins. French and Italian arias will be performed by young artists from the Fabbrica-Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Académie-Opéra national de Paris in an exceptional concert at Palazzo Farnese and the Hôtel de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville.

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has already given it to a passionate troubadour whose mother holds a terrible secret.