Mr.Griglio will conduct the world premiere of Buffalo Soldier. The opera will open on July 23, 2012 in Italya as part of the Trasimeno Blues Festival and subsequently of the Festival del Teatro Romano of Volterra.
Inspired by the documentary film "Inside Buffalo" by Fred Kuwornu, the opera is after a true story: the experience of the 92nd infantry division of the United States army in Italy during the WWII.
Presented in collaboration with the National Constitution Center and the Italian Consulate in Philadelphia, the music is by famous italian composer Carlo Pedini. The partisan parts will be sung in italian while the parts of the amrican soldiers will be sung in english.
The production is by International Opera Theater.
Il M°Griglio will conduct a new production of Jago, opera in two acts by Carlo Pedini and Lucio Lironi.
The opera, premiered in 2008, will see as leading protagonists the winners of the second international lyric competition Città di Saluzzo, taking place in november 2012. "Jago" will be performed in June 2013 in United States and Italy. The production is by the International Opera Theater, in collaboration with the School forAdvanced Musical Studies of Saluzzo, the Quartet Society of Vercelli and the Italian Consulate in Philadelphia.
M° Griglio will conduct the world premiere of "Camille",inspired by the French sculptor Camille Claudel, lived between 1800 and 1900.
The opera will be presented at Teatro degli Avvaloranti of Città della Pieve, Italy, in July 2013. M°Griglio is also the composer of the music, and, with Eleonora Gai, of the libretto.
A dramatic combination of gospel, opera, movement, poetry and spirituals, The Heart of a Hero tells the little known stories of minority posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor recipients: First Lieutenant John R. Fox of the 92nd Infantry Division, Private First Class David M. Gonzales of the 32nd Infantry Division and Combat Medic James K. Okubo of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The performance will feature historically documented text by Karen Saillant, artistic director of International Opera Theater. Music for The Heart of a Hero is written by three distinguished international composers: Carlo Pedini of Italy, Pierre Thilloy of France and Von De Guzman of the Philippines.
Click here to go to National Constitution Center announcement and here for the National Constitution Center website.
M°Griglio and Karen Saillant interviewed by Katie Baltrush for Opera America.
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