This month sees the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra travel to Italy’s Spoleto to open the Festival dei Due Mondi (“Festival of Two Worlds”) with a performance of Rufus Wainwright’s opera Hadrian.
The festival, now in its 68th year and known for its eclectic programming spanning music of different genres, dance, theatre and visual arts, will welcome some 700 creative professionals from around the world for a series of 60 performances.
Opening the festival billed as Italy’s oldest performing arts festival, Malta’s national orchestra will take to the stage for an operatic interpretation of the last day of the Roman emperor’s life who ruled from 117-138 AD.