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Gruppo Amarcord

General Management



GRUPPO AMARCORD
Claudio Mattioli - Director/Baritone
Novella Bassano - Soprano
Simona Ferrari - Soprano
Massimiliano Barbolini - Tenor
Gentjan Llukaci - Violin
Denis Biancucci - Piano
Barbara Zanasi - Narrator

Gruppo Amarcord was created in 2000. It was formed by artists who wish to keep alive and spread the Italian musical and operatic tradition, to renew this legacy of typically Italian music and to spread it through an artistic journey that will enable the operatic tradition to reach an ever-greater audience in Italy and abroad.

The professionalism and versatility that characterise each individual element of Gruppo Amarcord have contributed to the convergence of its many artistic aspects. The Gruppo Amarcord production has made use of its many facets to create a more modern language through which to communicate operatically, “Comunicare Lirica”. This language that operates at the level of musical production, organization and stage interpretation with the libretto interpreted in a more modern key, has been defined “Operatic Cabaret” or “Opera Comedy” in the United States, or “Comic Opera” in Japan.

The Gruppo Amarcord artists have selected some of the best-known operatic arias and folk songs to offer them in a new, more captivating context, especially for an audience that is less accustomed to opera.

 "Cabaret Lirico", or “Operatic Cabaret” is nevertheless synonymous with high-quality musical and vocal values, with an innovative staging. Gruppo Amarcord has worked for years, with enormous public and critical success in Italy and especially on tours abroad that have gone to Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, England, Czech Republic, Hungary, Brazil, the United States, and Japan. In the near future: Uruguay, Argentina, Australia, China and Korea.