Album DescriptionItaly's great musical archaeologist and one of today's outstanding improvisers, Gianluigi Trovesi, indulges in his love for the drama and beauty of Italian opera Accompanied by a fantastic "banda", the large wind orchestra with percussion as we find it in the on-stage-music of many operas by Donizetti and Verdi, the reedman takes us on a humorous journey through the history of the genre, enriched with light and playful improvisation. Great, energetic arrangements of popular operatic tunes from L'Orfeo, La Serva Padrona, La Traviata, Tosca and Cavalleria Rusticana! This uniquely enjoyable blend of operatic highlights and jazz improvisation will likely appeal to music lovers from very diverse backgrounds.The music marked by temperament, passion, poetic beauty and humor, all composed according to a very Italian formula. A one-hour-long medley that renders homage to the characteristic Italian combining of elaborate art and popular entertainment played with stunning energy and bravura.