A supporter of dialogue between cultures, “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association has identified in art, especially music, a strong trait - d'union that has always linked Italy and Russia, countries geographically distant but with many points of contact. Both are territories rich in extraordinary works and exceptional talents. Both can boast great music schools and great performers as well as offering beautiful historical evidence and artistic masterpieces.
Russia is home to some of the oldest and most prestigious theatres, often the result of the design of Italian architects, who for centuries came there to share their work and creativity.

A supporter of dialogue between cultures, “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association has identified in art, especially music, a strong trait - d'union that has always linked Italy and Russia, countries geographically distant but with many points of contact. Both are territories rich in extraordinary works and exceptional talents. Both can boast great music schools and great performers as well as offering beautiful historical evidence and artistic masterpieces.
Russia is home to some of the oldest and most prestigious theatres, often the result of the design of Italian architects, who for centuries came there to share their work and creativity.

A supporter of dialogue between cultures, “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association has identified in art, especially music, a strong trait - d'union that has always linked Italy and Russia, countries geographically distant but with many points of contact. Both are territories rich in extraordinary works and exceptional talents. Both can boast great music schools and great performers as well as offering beautiful historical evidence and artistic masterpieces.
Russia is home to some of the oldest and most prestigious theatres, often the result of the design of Italian architects, who for centuries came there to share their work and creativity.

A supporter of dialogue between cultures, “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association has identified in art, especially music, a strong trait - d'union that has always linked Italy and Russia, countries geographically distant but with many points of contact. Both are territories rich in extraordinary works and exceptional talents. Both can boast great music schools and great performers as well as offering beautiful historical evidence and artistic masterpieces.
Russia is home to some of the oldest and most prestigious theatres, often the result of the design of Italian architects, who for centuries came there to share their work and creativity.

A special project in cooperation with Slow Food Association, based on the belief of strict relation between Music and Food, to share extraordinary meeting occasions.
“What is love for our souls is appetite for our bodies. Eating, loving, singing, digesting: are the four acts of that comic opera which is LIFE”. Gioacchino Rossini

La Bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on “Scènes de la vie de bohème” (1851) by Henri Murger. It’s an easy opera to love, a tragic love story set in the bohemian neighborhoods of Paris around 1830. The opera follows the lives of a group of struggling artists and their pursuit of love and happiness. The world premiere of La Bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Three of the ten most performed operas in the world today are by Puccini, equaled only by Mozart.

In the 2017 edition, the Saint Petersburg-Montecatini Opera Festival project launched in 2014, the year of Italy-Russia Tourism, continues with great success and becomes part of a larger project called "Montecatini-Russia Opera Festival" in the name of greater involvement of Russian territory and further strengthening of cooperation.

In the 2018 edition the “St. Petersburg-Montecatini Opera Festival” project started in 2014, has grown and become part of a larger project called "Montecatini-Russia Opera Festival" with a greater involvement of the Russian territory and a further strengthening of the collaboration between the 2 countries. This year Italy will host "RUSSIAN SEASONS" and “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association is proud to give its contribution to the continuation of an ancient journey that sees Italy and Russia together for art, especially music.

In the 2018 edition the “St. Petersburg-Montecatini Opera Festival” project started in 2014, has grown and become part of a larger project called "Montecatini-Russia Opera Festival" with a greater involvement of the Russian territory and a further strengthening of the collaboration between the 2 countries. This year Italy will host "RUSSIAN SEASONS" and “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association is proud to give its contribution to the continuation of an ancient journey that sees Italy and Russia together for art, especially music.

In the 2018 edition the “St. Petersburg-Montecatini Opera Festival” project started in 2014, has grown and become part of a larger project called "Montecatini-Russia Opera Festival" with a greater involvement of the Russian territory and a further strengthening of the collaboration between the 2 countries. This year Italy will host "RUSSIAN SEASONS" and “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association is proud to give its contribution to the continuation of an ancient journey that sees Italy and Russia together for art, especially music.

In the 2018 edition the “St. Petersburg-Montecatini Opera Festival” project started in 2014, has grown and become part of a larger project called "Montecatini-Russia Opera Festival" with a greater involvement of the Russian territory and a further strengthening of the collaboration between the 2 countries. This year Italy will host "RUSSIAN SEASONS" and “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association is proud to give its contribution to the continuation of an ancient journey that sees Italy and Russia together for art, especially music.

La Bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on “Scènes de la vie de bohème” (1851) by Henri Murger. It’s an easy opera to love, a tragic love story set in the bohemian neighborhoods of Paris around 1830. The opera follows the lives of a group of struggling artists and their pursuit of love and happiness. The world premiere of La Bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Three of the ten most performed operas in the world today are by Puccini, equaled only by Mozart.

The concert is devoted to the most famous Italian composer of all time: Giuseppe Verdi. Restless and charismatic character, the author of music made of fiery passion, high melancholy, heartbreaking reality and inextinguishable hope, he was definitely the most innovative composer of his time, both from the point of view of musical and dramatic construction and both from orchestration, style and choice of characters, always current and immediately getting to the public. From La Traviata to the Aida the evening's program includes a selection of arias and duets from the works of the most beloved and representative of Busseto’s master and of the whole opera history.

In the 2018 edition the “St. Petersburg-Montecatini Opera Festival” project started in 2014, has grown and become part of a larger project called "Montecatini-Russia Opera Festival" with a greater involvement of the Russian territory and a further strengthening of the collaboration between the 2 countries. This year Italy will host "RUSSIAN SEASONS" and “Il Parnaso” Cultural Association is proud to give its contribution to the continuation of an ancient journey that sees Italy and Russia together for art, especially music.

The awarding of the prize “IL PARNASO”, created for artists who have been particularly successful on international level, this year will be given to the famous mezzosoprano Anna Maria Chiuri. Her authoritative and flexible vocalism, supported by a solid and refined singing technique, nuanced phrasing and remarkable acting abilities, her vocal gifts and dazzling appearance have made one of the most acclaimed sopranos of her generation.