The Three Tenors in Concert
2023-08-02 20:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Rome)
Every Wednesday, inspired by the “Three Tenors” concerts of Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras, Opera e Lirica presents famous Italian opera arias from Tosca, La Traviata and L’Elisir d’Amore and the most beautiful Neapolitan songs, such as “O’sole mio” and “Torna a Surriento”.

Opera Concerto
2023-06-01 20:30 - 22:00
The show “Opera Concerto – the most famous lyrical arias” introduces the fascinating world of lyrical Opera.

Throughout unforgettable overtures, enchanting arias, amazing duets, the famous Orchestra ‘I Virtuosi dell’Opera di Roma’ and its internationally renowned singers perform an incredible journey in between great music and belcanto.

La Traviata
2023-01-13 20:30 - 22:00
The opera “La Traviata,” created by Giuseppe Verdi, was first staged on March 6, 1853 at the Teatro La Fenice opera house in Venice… and it was a total disaster! Nowadays, La Traviata is one of the most popular and most performed operas around the world.
You can experience La Traviata opera in Rome with the I Virtuosi dell’Opera di Roma orchestra. Giuseppe Verdi’s opera in Rome lets the audience take part in the tragic love story between Violetta Valery and Alfredo Germont.
The story is a taboo love in 1853 that comes alive once again, unleashing all its power through the performances of sopranos Carmela Maffongelli and Sabrina Testa (as Violetta) and tenors Domenico Tegliafilo and Adriano Gentili (as Alfredo).

I Tre Tenori: Nessun Dorma
2023-01-14 20:30 - 22:00
Every Saturday, Opera in Roma present The Three Tenors, performing Neapolitan songs and arias from the great Italian operas, accompanied by mandolins and piano.

Holy Eucharist
2023-01-01 10:30 - 11:30
Join us for Holy Eucharist at 10:30 am (CET) on Sundays at St. Paul’s. We follow Rite II from The Book of Common Prayer, in the Episcopal Church tradition, with hymns, readings, prayers and sermon.
After the Eucharist you are invited to stay for coffee. On most Sundays we offer the opportunity to join us for lunch at a local hotel. See you there!

Holy Eucharist in Spanish
2023-01-01 12:00 - 13:00
The Latinamerican community meets each Sunday at 12pm to celebrate Holy Eucharist in Spanish. We follow Rite II of the Libro de Oración Común, in the tradition of the Episcopal Church. Coffee and cornetti are available in the garden before and after the service. All are welcome!

Vivaldi-Bach
2023-01-09 20:30 - 22:00
Every Monday, Opera in Roma presents Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concerto, together with masterpieces by Bach, either solo cantatas or from The Art of Fugue.

La Traviata
2023-08-01 20:30 - 22:30
Every Tuesday, experience “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi in the extraordinary atmosphere of St. Paul’s Within the Walls Church in Rome. Live the most romantic opera ever, performed by Opera e Lirica’s internationally renowned singers with choir, orchestra and ballet. Book now!

Luminaria: Stefano Vasselli, Organ
2023-11-05 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Stefano Vasselli, Organ
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major BWV 564
Chorale – Partita “Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig” BWV 768
Pièce d’orgue BWV 575
Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum BWV 582
A program entirely dedicated to a single composer always poses particular difficulties, however, the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the very variety of his compositions easily supports a monographic concert. The choice fell on four pieces written in different eras, the result of the evolution of Bach’s thought which, with its unmistakable personality, was able to make the stylistic influences of other musical schools its own. The program opens with the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, a tripartite piece in the manner of the instrumental concert. The toccata opens with large virtuosic cadences for both the manual and the pedal, and then gives way to an elegant and light-filled contrapuntal writing. The Toccata is followed by an Adagio in A minor, the cantability of which immediately brings to mind the Italian style of Vivaldi and Corelli. After a polyphonic passage with rich and sonorous harmonies, the fugue begins, based on a theme in 6/8 with a dancing and joyful character and developed lightly, without resorting to overly erudite contrapuntal devices. The 11 Partitas (= variations) on the chorale “Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig”, were probably written in 1706 in Lüneburg, by a Johann Sebastian in his early twenties. Although simple in structure, they show a depth of expression that is already mature and full of nuances, further underlined by the refined timbral research that differentiates each variation. The “pièce d’orgue” as the title says, is a particular piece, of French taste, that the young Bach (about twenty-five years old) wrote during his years of training and exploration of the musical taste of his contemporaries. A short toccata page (très vitement) and an equally short chromatic coda (lentement) frame a grandiose “tutti” (gravement) of the organ, solemn and majestic, in the French manner of the “grand plein jeux” of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Finally, the Passacaglia is one of those pieces that Bach seems to have written more for himself than for some contingent occasion: the composition is generally dated between 1706 and 1713, and its first instrumental destination is the harpsichord with pedal. It is a series of 21 variations on a solemn dance theme in 3/4 time. The variations seem to arise from each other more as a continuous development rather than a play of writing or timbres. At the end of the variations, a grandiose double fugue further elaborates the material until the piece concludes with understated grandeur. Over the centuries, the passacaglia has found its performance space on the organ, sometimes enduring excessive timbral or interpretative elaborations, due, in any case, to the extreme richness of musical and, we could say, spiritual contents, contents to which no subsequent composer is could have remained insensitive. To entice you, here is a (not short) recording of “Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig” taken from a concert a few years ago…

Wednesday Within the Walls
2023-11-08 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for a quiet evening of prayer and reflection. We begin at 7pm with evening prayers on the Second Floor of Via Napoli 58, followed by a simple supper, which we eat while listening to spiritual readings. Afterwards there is time to share reflections or just chat. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce your friends to a Christian environment outside the formal setting of the Eucharist.
Wednesday Within the Walls takes place every Wednesday except the first week of the month. The event is multilingual, and everyone is welcome.

Luminaria: Fiori Muiscali
2023-11-12 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Paul’s Within the Walls, Via Nazionale 16a, Rome
Fiori Musicali: In Memory of Mario D’Agosto
Marco Lo Muscio, Organ
Tullio Forlenza, Piano
Damiano Rosa e Flavio Nati, Guitar
Ensemble “Antiquaviva” (Andrea Manchée, Voice; Rosario Cicero, Baroque Guitar; Alessandro de Pau, Renaissance Lute; Cristina Ternovec, Viola da Gamba; Sandro Pippa, Percussioni)
Music by Marco Lo Muscio, Bela Bartòk, Mauro Giuliani, Ferdinando Carulli, Baroque airs and dances.

The Refugee Ocean
2023-11-16 19:00 - 20:30
Come and join friends around the world as we meet online for the monthly St. Paul’s Book Club! November’s book is The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi.
Two refugees find that their lives are inextricably linked—over time and distance—by the perils of history and a single haunting piece of music.
Born in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutoungi lives a life of loss and sacrifice. She dreams of traveling to Europe and studying music at the Conservatoire de Paris but her family—and her society—hold her back. When she meets the son of a Cuban tobacco farmer at a formal dance, love transforms her life. Together with him, she flees across the Pacific Ocean. She’s hoping for a new beginning. Instead, she finds revolution and chaos.
Over fifty years later, Naïm Rahil is a teenage refugee from Aleppo, Syria. A former piano prodigy who struggles to thrive in America—and who has lost part of his hand in the war—he dreams of a simple, normal life.
Moving from Aleppo on the brink of civil war, to Lebanon in the late 1940s, to Havana during the Cuban Revolution, to the suburbs of Washington, DC, The Refugee Ocean grapples with what it means to be an immigrant, shows how wounds can heal, and highlights the role of music and art in the resilience of the human spirit. (Goodreads)
Click here to join the meeting.
