That’s a Wrap

The Music Academy wrapped up its 75th anniversary summer festival in fine form at the Granada when alumna Italian Speranza Scappucci conducted the Academy Festival Orchestra.

With the hugely entertaining program including Rossini’s “William Tell Overture,” “The Pines of Rome” by Respighi, and vocal works by Donizetti, Verdi, Gounod, Bizet, Serrano, Chapi, and Puccini, the concert couldn’t fail to impress.

An evening of sheer bliss and just one of 121 events the popular Miraflores institution staged during the anniversary celebrations.

Scappucci, who also studied at Juilliard in New York and was the first female Italian conductor to perform at La Scala in Milan in January, was at the top of her form.

Bravo!