Mario Menicagli

From Livorno, he graduated in violin in 1985 at the Pietro Mascagni Music Institute in Livorno, playing violinist activities both in orchestral formations as a shoulder violin and as a soloist. In 2002 he began his career as a conductor, with a wide lyrical repertoire with particular reference to Pietro Mascagni and realism. His repertoire includes many works, including: Silvano, CD produced by KiccoMusic, Amica, Messa di Gloria, Cavalleria rusticana, Pinotta, L'Amico Fritz and the Piccolo Marat by Mascagni, Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, Carmen by Bizet, Rigoletto and La traviata by Verdi, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutti by Mozart, Britten's Little Chimney Sweep, Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore, Giordano's Andrea Chénier, Madama Butterfly, Tosca and Puccini's La Fanciulla del west. He has written two lyric parodies: Mimì and the Others and Bacchus, tobacco and opera represented in numerous Italian theaters and has composed libretto and part of the music of the pop opera Il Puss in Boots, published by Sillabe Editore and of Cenerentola - the opera pop. He is the author of the opera "Twelve years after" sequel to Cavalleria rusticana which debuted in Sicily in 2021 and this year at the Cluj theater. A film intended for cinemas is currently being made of the work. He also wrote "De relitti e delle quarantene", a comic opera entirely created with the participation of singers and musicians through the use of mobile phones, during the Lock-down. Since 2020 he is general manager of the Goldoni Theater in Livorno.