🎼16 October 1982.
40 years ago Mario Del Monaco, one of the most representative and popular tenors of the 1950s and 1960s passed away in Venice #Mestre.
Del Monaco was born in #Florence in 1915 and spent most of his lifetime in Venice.
Like #Pavarotti had his signature "aria" in Nessun Dorma, #DelMonaco was unrivaled in E Lucevan Le Stelle👇
An anecdote few know: Donella Del Monaco, the tenor's nephew and opera singer herself, became the #vocalist and lyricist of Opus Avantra, an obscure Italian avant-garde progressive rock band of early 1970s (I post a song in the Chat Room).
#tenor #MarioDelMonaco #16October #Italy #OpusAvantra #VeniceMusic
https://youtu.be/0i2ZCa-0YEI
40 years ago Mario Del Monaco, one of the most representative and popular tenors of the 1950s and 1960s passed away in Venice #Mestre.
Del Monaco was born in #Florence in 1915 and spent most of his lifetime in Venice.
Like #Pavarotti had his signature "aria" in Nessun Dorma, #DelMonaco was unrivaled in E Lucevan Le Stelle👇
An anecdote few know: Donella Del Monaco, the tenor's nephew and opera singer herself, became the #vocalist and lyricist of Opus Avantra, an obscure Italian avant-garde progressive rock band of early 1970s (I post a song in the Chat Room).
#tenor #MarioDelMonaco #16October #Italy #OpusAvantra #VeniceMusic
https://youtu.be/0i2ZCa-0YEI
YouTube
Mario del Monaco Sings E Lucevan Le Stelle from Tosca
del Monaco 1972
Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌1974
Opus Avantra
📀 Opus Avantra Donella Del Monaco
#AvantProg #NeoClassical #ChamberMusic #FolkRock #MusiqueConcrete
50 years ago, in an undocumented date, Opus Avantra from #Veneto region, released their debut studio album.
Often referred as Introspezione (the title of the first song), this album aimed to perfectly fuse Classical and Opera (Opus) with Progressive Avant Garde Rock (Avan) and Traditional music (Tra).
#OpusAvantra opera singer Donella Del Monaco is the nephew of 👉 Mario Del Monaco, one of the best and most famous Italian tenors.
The band became also one of the few in #Italy to be associated with Rock In Opposition movement (#RIO) started in the UK by 👉 Henry Cow.
In this album:
#DonellaDelMonaco − vocals
#AlfredoTisocco − keyboards
#LucianoTavella − flute
#PierdinoTisato − drums
#EnricoProfessione, #PieregidioSpiller − violin
Addtional musician
#TonyEsposito (yes, the one of "Kalimba De Luna", 1984) − percussions
🎧Listen to Opus Avantra
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌1974
Opus Avantra
📀 Opus Avantra Donella Del Monaco
#AvantProg #NeoClassical #ChamberMusic #FolkRock #MusiqueConcrete
50 years ago, in an undocumented date, Opus Avantra from #Veneto region, released their debut studio album.
Often referred as Introspezione (the title of the first song), this album aimed to perfectly fuse Classical and Opera (Opus) with Progressive Avant Garde Rock (Avan) and Traditional music (Tra).
#OpusAvantra opera singer Donella Del Monaco is the nephew of 👉 Mario Del Monaco, one of the best and most famous Italian tenors.
The band became also one of the few in #Italy to be associated with Rock In Opposition movement (#RIO) started in the UK by 👉 Henry Cow.
In this album:
#DonellaDelMonaco − vocals
#AlfredoTisocco − keyboards
#LucianoTavella − flute
#PierdinoTisato − drums
#EnricoProfessione, #PieregidioSpiller − violin
Addtional musician
#TonyEsposito (yes, the one of "Kalimba De Luna", 1984) − percussions
🎧Listen to Opus Avantra
👉 here
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Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Christmas Album 🎄
@Venice_Rocks
📌2004
Opus Avantra
📀 Venetia Et Anima
#NeoClassical #ChamberMusic #AvantProg
20 years ago, in an undocumented date, and 30 years after their 👉 debut album, Opus Avantra from
#Veneto region, #Italy released a studio album dedicated to #Venice.
Venetia Et Anima was published as Donella Del Monaco e Paolo Troncon, main artists and writers, and they kept the monicker Opus Avantra Ensemble.
Opera singer Del Monaco sings in various ancient languages: Latin, Paleoveneto, Venetian, Medieval German and Luxembourguish.
#OpusAvantra in this album:
#DonellaDelMonaco - vocals
#PaoloTroncon - piano
#GabrieleBruzzolo - percussions
#PaoloCarraro - cello
#MarcoGalliazzo - alto
#GiacomoLivolsi - celtic harp
#MauroMartello - flute
#AndreaOddoneMartin - saxophone
#MicheleMestriner - keyboards
#DavideSartori - guitar
#DamianoVisentin - accordion
#StefanoBruzzolo - sounds
🎧Listen to Venetia Et Anima
👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌2004
Opus Avantra
📀 Venetia Et Anima
#NeoClassical #ChamberMusic #AvantProg
20 years ago, in an undocumented date, and 30 years after their 👉 debut album, Opus Avantra from
#Veneto region, #Italy released a studio album dedicated to #Venice.
Venetia Et Anima was published as Donella Del Monaco e Paolo Troncon, main artists and writers, and they kept the monicker Opus Avantra Ensemble.
Opera singer Del Monaco sings in various ancient languages: Latin, Paleoveneto, Venetian, Medieval German and Luxembourguish.
#OpusAvantra in this album:
#DonellaDelMonaco - vocals
#PaoloTroncon - piano
#GabrieleBruzzolo - percussions
#PaoloCarraro - cello
#MarcoGalliazzo - alto
#GiacomoLivolsi - celtic harp
#MauroMartello - flute
#AndreaOddoneMartin - saxophone
#MicheleMestriner - keyboards
#DavideSartori - guitar
#DamianoVisentin - accordion
#StefanoBruzzolo - sounds
🎧Listen to Venetia Et Anima
👉 here
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