Vasco Rossi is one of the most famous Italian rockers. The singer-songwriter has hit sixty, but continues to sell out stadiums. His most famous song, Vita spericolata (Daredevil Life) sums up his own approach to life, and in true rock style he’s regularly finished up in clinics to detox.
A strange choice for ballet music? Well, of course, Roland Petit has already used Pink Floyd’s songs, and Maurice Béjart those of Queen, but the commission for Milan’s Teatro alla Scala was slightly different. Here the composer chose some of his most famous songs about women and re-orchestrated them for the occasion, and under that rocker’s torn t-shirt is revealed a tender heart, with melodic songs which are by turns touching and exciting.… [continue reading]
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