Associazione Culturale InCanto

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Who we are

The “INCANTO ENTE DEL TERZO SETTORE” ASSOCIATION, formerly the InCANTO Cultural Association, is a non-partisan, non-profit association with the statutory purposes of producing and staging musical performances, concerts, and operas; promoting and organizing educational and cultural activities; and producing and promoting major events, festivals, reviews, films, and audiovisual products.
INCANTO ETS has been operating continuously for over 25 years, having begun its activities in 2000, formalized in 2008 as a non-profit organization with legal status, and recognized as a Third Sector Entity (ETS) since 2025. Over the course of this long journey, INCANTO has performed more than 500 concerts in Italy, mostly in Rome, and abroad, with an average of over 100 musicians—including artists and artistic staff—performing per event. The company has developed a concert program that includes full opera productions, symphonic and operatic – symphonic concerts, and special projects. The company manages both logistical and artistic aspects independently, thus gaining considerable professional experience in planning and executing the activities required to stage a musical event.
This professional experience has been gained by INCANTO over 25 years of activity, during which it has organized:

Major national and international musical events:

  • 2008, Concert for the Closing of the Pauline Year
    Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
    W.A. Mozart Requiem KV 626
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2010, Concert as part of the International Festival
    Orvieto – Ushuaia Classica
    With the support of: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Tierra del Fuego, Municipality of Orvieto
    Orvieto Cathedral
    W.A. Mozart Requiem KV 626
    Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2012, Concert for the Inauguration of the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen in Peacekeeping Missions, broadcast live on Rai5
    Chamber of Deputies – Montecitorio Hall
    W. A. Mozart Requiem KV 626
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2014, Event in aid of the Visual Rehabilitation Center of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
    Auditorium Parco della Musica – Sinopoli Hall
    C. Orff Carmina Burana
    Roma Sinfonica Percussion Ensemble, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2022, First Mariachi Gala in Italy with a large symphony
    orchestra (90 members) as part of the Mariachi GHC world tour
    Auditorium Conciliazione
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica.

Tours abroad:

  • 2003, Coro Roma Tre Tour in Russia
    St. Petersburg Philharmonic – Great Hall
    Verdi Requiem
    St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra;
  • 2018, Tour in Slovakia of the singers selected for the Nuove Voci della Lirica Review – 4th Edition
    Slovak National Opera, Bratislava
    Opera Gala
    Orchestra of the Slovak National Opera;
  • 2022, Tour in Egypt of the singers selected for the Nuove Voci della Lirica Review – 5th Edition
    Cairo Opera House
    P. Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana
    Cairo Symphony Orchestra.

Musical events in some of Rome’s most evocative cultural venues and institutions

  • 2010, Ara Pacis Museum – Sala dell’Ara
    with the support of Zetema – Progetto Cultura
    A. Vivaldi, Magnificat RV 610, Gloria RV 589
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2011, Concerts for the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
    as part of the “Choraliter” Project
    with the contribution of:
    Ministry of Youth, Laziodisu
    and the support of: Presidency of the Council of the Capitoline Assembly, Zetema – Progetto Cultura
  1. National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art – Sala dell’Ercole
    VIVA V.E.R.D.I. – Chorality in Verdi’s Opera
    Coro Roma Tre;
  3. Capitoline Museums – Pietro da Cortona Hall
    “Va’, Pensiero…” – G. Verdi and G. Puccini: the melodrama of Italian Unification
    Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2013, Museum of the Imperial Fora in Trajan’s Markets – Great Hall
    G.B. Pergolesi Stabat Mater
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica String Ensemble;
  • 2019, French Academy – Villa Medici
    Concert as part of the Artistic Season
    “Va’, Pensiero” – the melodrama between the 19th and 20th centuries
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica Wind Ensemble, Coro Roma Tre;

Musical events in the most prestigious halls and theaters in Rome and Lazio:

Auditorium Parco della Musica
Teatro Argentina
Auditorium Conciliazione
Teatro Palladium
Teatro Flavio Vespasiano in Rieti
Teatro dell’Unione in Viterbo

Complete opera productions with sets and direction, such as “W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, G. Rossini’s The Barber of Seville”, G. Verdi’s Traviata – Rigoletto, G. Puccini’s La Bohème, and especially the most recent ones:

– 2016, Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni – Teatro Palladium 2016, directed by Enrico Stinchelli, with which the Association created an opera with sets, direction, and costumes for the first time in the history of the Teatro Palladium;

– 2021: Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini – Auditorium Parco della Musica
– 2022: Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini – Teatro Flavio Vespasiano – Rieti, “Lazio all’Opera” event in collaboration with the Lazio Region;
– 2022: Tosca by G. Puccini, Teatro dell’Unione – Viterbo, with the contribution of the Lazio Region.

Collaborations and partnerships with Rome’s leading musical and cultural institutions, such as:

National Academy of Santa Cecilia Music for Rome Santa Cecilia Conservatory

receiving the support and patronage of prominent public bodies, such as:

Ministry of Youth
Lazio Region
Chamber of Deputies
Presidency of the Council of the Capitoline Assembly
Zetema – Culture Project.

International collaborations and partnerships with leading Italian and foreign musical and cultural institutions

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Bratislava National Opera
Opera Houses of the Baltic Republics
Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo
Italian Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg
Cultural Office of the Mexican Embassy in Rome

INCANTO also:

  • Since 2000, has organized and promoted the teaching and concert activities of the Orchestra Roma Sinfonica – ORS and the Coro Roma Tre, composed of young professionals selected from among graduates of Italian conservatories, with a percentage of over 50% under the age of 35. Many of these professionals have impressive resumes and have participated in productions with high-profile institutions such as the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Both ensembles have been active since 1999 and, over the course of more than 25 years, have performed hundreds of concerts in Italy and abroad. They boast a substantial repertoire, not only in opera—see the productions listed above in the “complete opera productions” section—but also in symphonic, operatic, and baroque music, including important titles such as: G. F. Handel’s Messiah, M. A. Charpentier’s Te Deum, A. Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat, G. Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle, L. Van Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, and 9, G. Verdi’s Requiem Mass, C. Orff’s Carmina Burana, M. Ravel’s Piano Concertos in G and D, M. de Falla’s El amor brujo.
  • In 2000, began an ongoing collaboration with Roma Tre University to organize educational and concert activities with the Coro Roma Tre and the Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, organizing the following annual initiatives at the University

– Lecture-concerts in collaboration with the Roma Tre Dams (Department of Art, Music and Entertainement) and the Departments of Music History and Musical Aesthetics;

– The Progetto InCANTO, a training workshop for singers and artists of the Coro Roma Tre. The project debuted in October 2007 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica with a vocal workshop held in the Spazio Risonanze and an opera recital in the Sala Sinopoli.

  • Since 2014, has developed the Nuove Voci della Lirica project, aimed at promoting young opera talents worldwide. The Project is divided into:
    – workshops for the training of choir artists and solo singers;
    – auditions and singing masterclasses aimed at producing performances and operas;

    – the Nuove Voci della Lirica Review, now in its 8th edition, which promotes promising young singers in collaboration with opera houses around the world, such as the Slovak National Opera in Bratislava, partner in the 2018 edition with two Opera Galas, one at the Sinopoli Hall of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and one at the Bratislava Opera House, held with Slovak singers and young Italian sopranos making their debut. The Cairo Opera House was a partner for the 5th and 6th editions of the Festival, with the production of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana in Cairo in February 2022 and U. Giordano’s Andrea Chenier in 2023, respectively. The 7th edition of the Festival debuted on December 1, 2024, with the performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opera’s world premiere.

  • Regarding school projects, since 2014 the Association has organized public rehearsals and school matinees for the shows it produces. In 2020, it launched the Ragazzi all’opera con Gianni Schicchi project, sponsored by the Department of Culture of the VIII Municipality, as a partner of the I.C. Piazza Sauli Institute, winner of the SIAE Per Chi Crea competition in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
  • In 2015 it produced the CD “Carmina Burana” a live recording of the concert performed by the Roma Sinfonica Percussion Ensemble and the Coro Roma Tre on May 23, 2014, in the Sala Sinopoli at the Parco della Musica. The album is available online on iTunes and Apple Music.
The “INCANTO ENTE DEL TERZO SETTORE” ASSOCIATION, formerly the InCANTO Cultural Association, is a non-partisan, non-profit association with the statutory purposes of producing and staging musical performances, concerts, and operas; promoting and organizing educational and cultural activities; and producing and promoting major events, festivals, reviews, films, and audiovisual products.
INCANTO ETS has been operating continuously for over 25 years, having begun its activities in 2000, formalized in 2008 as a non-profit organization with legal status, and recognized as a Third Sector Entity (ETS) since 2025. Over the course of this long journey, INCANTO has performed more than 500 concerts in Italy, mostly in Rome, and abroad, with an average of over 100 musicians—including artists and artistic staff—performing per event. The company has developed a concert program that includes full opera productions, symphonic and operatic – symphonic concerts, and special projects. The company manages both logistical and artistic aspects independently, thus gaining considerable professional experience in planning and executing the activities required to stage a musical event.
This professional experience has been gained by INCANTO over 25 years of activity, during which it has organized:

Major national and international musical events:

  • 2008, Concert for the Closing of the Pauline Year
    Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
    W.A. Mozart Requiem KV 626
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2010, Concert as part of the International Festival
    Orvieto – Ushuaia Classica
    With the support of: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Tierra del Fuego, Municipality of Orvieto
    Orvieto Cathedral
    W.A. Mozart Requiem KV 626
    Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2012, Concert for the Inauguration of the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen in Peacekeeping Missions, broadcast live on Rai5
    Chamber of Deputies – Montecitorio Hall
    W. A. Mozart Requiem KV 626
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2014, Event in aid of the Visual Rehabilitation Center of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
    Auditorium Parco della Musica – Sinopoli Hall
    C. Orff Carmina Burana
    Roma Sinfonica Percussion Ensemble, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2022, First Mariachi Gala in Italy with a large symphony
    orchestra (90 members) as part of the Mariachi GHC world tour
    Auditorium Conciliazione
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica.

Tours abroad:

  • 2003, Coro Roma Tre Tour in Russia
    St. Petersburg Philharmonic – Great Hall
    Verdi Requiem
    St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra;
  • 2018, Tour in Slovakia of the singers selected for the Nuove Voci della Lirica Review – 4th Edition
    Slovak National Opera, Bratislava
    Opera Gala
    Orchestra of the Slovak National Opera;
  • 2022, Tour in Egypt of the singers selected for the Nuove Voci della Lirica Review – 5th Edition
    Cairo Opera House
    P. Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana
    Cairo Symphony Orchestra.

Musical events in some of Rome’s most evocative cultural venues and institutions

  • 2010, Ara Pacis Museum – Sala dell’Ara
    with the support of Zetema – Progetto Cultura
    A. Vivaldi, Magnificat RV 610, Gloria RV 589
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2011, Concerts for the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
    as part of the “Choraliter” Project
    with the contribution of:
    Ministry of Youth, Laziodisu
    and the support of: Presidency of the Council of the Capitoline Assembly, Zetema – Progetto Cultura
  1. National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art – Sala dell’Ercole
    VIVA V.E.R.D.I. – Chorality in Verdi’s Opera
    Coro Roma Tre;
  3. Capitoline Museums – Pietro da Cortona Hall
    “Va’, Pensiero…” – G. Verdi and G. Puccini: the melodrama of Italian Unification
    Coro Roma Tre;
  • 2013, Museum of the Imperial Fora in Trajan’s Markets – Great Hall
    G.B. Pergolesi Stabat Mater
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica String Ensemble;
  • 2019, French Academy – Villa Medici
    Concert as part of the Artistic Season
    “Va’, Pensiero” – the melodrama between the 19th and 20th centuries
    Orchestra Roma Sinfonica Wind Ensemble, Coro Roma Tre;

Musical events in the most prestigious halls and theaters in Rome and Lazio:

Auditorium Parco della Musica
Teatro Argentina
Auditorium Conciliazione
Teatro Palladium
Teatro Flavio Vespasiano in Rieti
Teatro dell’Unione in Viterbo

Complete opera productions with sets and direction, such as “W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, G. Rossini’s The Barber of Seville”, G. Verdi’s Traviata – Rigoletto, G. Puccini’s La Bohème, and especially the most recent ones:

– 2016, Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni – Teatro Palladium 2016, directed by Enrico Stinchelli, with which the Association created an opera with sets, direction, and costumes for the first time in the history of the Teatro Palladium;

– 2021: Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini – Auditorium Parco della Musica
– 2022: Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini – Teatro Flavio Vespasiano – Rieti, “Lazio all’Opera” event in collaboration with the Lazio Region;
– 2022: Tosca by G. Puccini, Teatro dell’Unione – Viterbo, with the contribution of the Lazio Region.

Collaborations and partnerships with Rome’s leading musical and cultural institutions, such as:

National Academy of Santa Cecilia Music for Rome Santa Cecilia Conservatory

receiving the support and patronage of prominent public bodies, such as:

Ministry of Youth
Lazio Region
Chamber of Deputies
Presidency of the Council of the Capitoline Assembly
Zetema – Culture Project.

International collaborations and partnerships with leading Italian and foreign musical and cultural institutions

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Bratislava National Opera
Opera Houses of the Baltic Republics
Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo
Italian Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg
Cultural Office of the Mexican Embassy in Rome

INCANTO also:

  • Since 2000, has organized and promoted the teaching and concert activities of the Orchestra Roma Sinfonica – ORS and the Coro Roma Tre, composed of young professionals selected from among graduates of Italian conservatories, with a percentage of over 50% under the age of 35. Many of these professionals have impressive resumes and have participated in productions with high-profile institutions such as the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Both ensembles have been active since 1999 and, over the course of more than 25 years, have performed hundreds of concerts in Italy and abroad. They boast a substantial repertoire, not only in opera—see the productions listed above in the “complete opera productions” section—but also in symphonic, operatic, and baroque music, including important titles such as: G. F. Handel’s Messiah, M. A. Charpentier’s Te Deum, A. Vivaldi’s Gloria and Magnificat, G. Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle, L. Van Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, and 9, G. Verdi’s Requiem Mass, C. Orff’s Carmina Burana, M. Ravel’s Piano Concertos in G and D, M. de Falla’s El amor brujo.
  • In 2000, began an ongoing collaboration with Roma Tre University to organize educational and concert activities with the Coro Roma Tre and the Orchestra Roma Sinfonica, organizing the following annual initiatives at the University

– Lecture-concerts in collaboration with the Roma Tre Dams (Department of Art, Music and Entertainement) and the Departments of Music History and Musical Aesthetics;

– The Progetto InCANTO, a training workshop for singers and artists of the Coro Roma Tre. The project debuted in October 2007 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica with a vocal workshop held in the Spazio Risonanze and an opera recital in the Sala Sinopoli.

  • Since 2014, has developed the Nuove Voci della Lirica project, aimed at promoting young opera talents worldwide. The Project is divided into:
    – workshops for the training of choir artists and solo singers;
    – auditions and singing masterclasses aimed at producing performances and operas;

    – the Nuove Voci della Lirica Review, now in its 8th edition, which promotes promising young singers in collaboration with opera houses around the world, such as the Slovak National Opera in Bratislava, partner in the 2018 edition with two Opera Galas, one at the Sinopoli Hall of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and one at the Bratislava Opera House, held with Slovak singers and young Italian sopranos making their debut. The Cairo Opera House was a partner for the 5th and 6th editions of the Festival, with the production of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana in Cairo in February 2022 and U. Giordano’s Andrea Chenier in 2023, respectively. The 7th edition of the Festival debuted on December 1, 2024, with the performance of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opera’s world premiere.

  • Regarding school projects, since 2014 the Association has organized public rehearsals and school matinees for the shows it produces. In 2020, it launched the Ragazzi all’opera con Gianni Schicchi project, sponsored by the Department of Culture of the VIII Municipality, as a partner of the I.C. Piazza Sauli Institute, winner of the SIAE Per Chi Crea competition in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.
  • In 2015 it produced the CD “Carmina Burana” a live recording of the concert performed by the Roma Sinfonica Percussion Ensemble and the Coro Roma Tre on May 23, 2014, in the Sala Sinopoli at the Parco della Musica. The album is available online on iTunes and Apple Music.