Bruno Moretti Explained

Bruno Moretti (born 1957) is an Italian composer, pianist, and conductor. He has composed ballet music (as well as theatre, cinema and television music) working in collaboration with the choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti. He is also an accompanist of singers.

Biography

Moretti was born in Rome, and initially studied with Armando Renzi. Then he became Nino Rota’s assistant for creating the opera Napoli Milionaria at the Spoleto festival in 1977. Later he studied conducting at Siena's Accademia Musicale Chigiana. He made his conducting debut in 1979 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. He has conducted throughout Italy and in England, Israel, the Far East and North America.^{[1] [2]}

Works

Opera

• Lady E (1999), opera in two acts to a libretto by Pasquale Plastino and Silvia Ranfagni

Ballet

• Caravaggio (2008), a two-act ballet by Mauro Bigonzetti. Moretti wrote the score based on several works by Claudio Monteverdi. Moretti's interpretation was reviewed as "light ... then darker and always varied in texture ... romanticized Monteverdi, but it fits the stage action perfectly."^[3]
• Don Giovanni, emozioni di un mito (1996), for Il Balletto di Toscana
• Comoedia (1998), for Aterballetto
  • Vespro (2002), for New York City Ballet In Vento (2006)
• Oltremare (2008)

Orchestral music

• Prometeo per orchestra, symphonic poem

Reviews

• Vespro, New York Times, Anna Kisselgoff, May 10, 2002
• Vespro, Village Voice, Deborah Jowitt, May 14, 2002
• In Vento, New York Times, John Rockwell, May 6, 2006
• In Vento, Village Voice, Deborah Jowitt, May 9, 2006
• In Vento, New York Observer, Robert Gottlieb, June 4, 2006
• In Vento, New York Sun, Joel Lobenthal, May 8, 2006
• Oltremare, New York Times, Alastair Macaulay, January 25, 2008
• Oltremare, New York Sun, Joel Lobenthal, January 25, 2008

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20130218133817/http://www.orchestradellatoscana.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=488:bruno-moretti&catid=11:biografie&Itemid=71 "Bruno Moretti"
2. http://nyci.nycballet.com/company/rep.html?rep=443 "Home > The Company > Repertory Index – Vespro"
3. http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=221661 "Moretti: Caravaggio / Staatsballett Berlin (blu-ray), Arthaus Musik #101464, 2008"