How Juan Diego Flórez launched his career at the ROF and became an honorary citizen of Pesaro 20 years later
The immediate acclaim for his breakthrough performance as Corradino in Matilde di Shabran at the ROF in 1996 helped start his rise to the top of the opera world.
Claudio Abbado
Il Viaggio a Reims had its glorious revival in Pesaro in 1984 under the direction of Claudio Abbado and with one of the most extraordinary bel canto casts ever assembled.
From the Accademia Rossiniana to the Metropolitan Opera
Olga Peretyatko delighted the American audience with her Met debut this past spring as Elvira in I Puritani. She’s been delighting those in Pesaro for years. (Pictured here in the 2006 ROF student production of Il Viaggio a Reims)
Americans at the Rossini Opera Festival
Renee Fleming had a memorable success in Armida at the Rossini Opera Festival in 1993. She is one of the many American singers who have appeared in Pesaro.