Gian Giacomo Stiffoni

Licenciado en letras en la Universidad de Ca’ Foscari de Venecia, ha sido profesor de Historia de la ópera y Crítica Musical en la Universidad de La Rioja. Especializado en dramaturgia musical e historia de la ópera en los siglos XVIII y XIX, así como sobre la música en el cine. Ha sido crítico de cine y crítico musical para Audio Clásica y Auditorium. Además de como musicólogo trabaja también como fotógrafo, en proyectos personales o bajo encargo relacionados con la fotografía de paisaje urbano. Desde 2009 hasta 2013 ha sido asistente del fotógrafo Gabriele Basilico.

Artículos de autor

The Last Day and the Return: «A Bit of Light» and «Ritorno a Buenos Aires»

Cine y Series Film & Series

From opposite ends of the world, these films ask the same question: what remains of a person after the State has entered their life?

“NAZA”: Gaza Out of Frame

Cine y Series Film & Series

NAZA deliberately disregards the guilt, pride or remorse of its sources; its objectivity makes the material all the more horrific.

“Possible Love”: Love and the Class Divide

Cine y Series Film & Series

In Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong lucidly demonstrates his ability to transform the observation of the individual into a portrait of an entire society.

Woman Unknown: Woman as a Battleground

Film & Series

Woman Unknown is historical cinema that rejects period reconstruction as mere backdrop and instead turns it into an instrument for examining the present.

“Succederà questa notte”: The Melodrama Moretti Never Quite Inhabits

Cine y Series

“Succederà questa notte”: The Melodrama Moretti Never Quite Inhabits

“15/18. A Place to Heal”: The Ensemble Becomes Confession

Cine y Series Film & Series

*15/18. A Place to Heal*, Cédric Kahn’s twelfth feature film, immerses us in an adolescent psychiatric ward through an ensemble cast.

“Bucking Fastard”, Herzog’s Tunnel, and “Nessun Dolore”, Amelio’s Stillness

Cine y Series Film & Series

In “Bucking Fastard”, Werner Herzog directs sisters Kate and Rooney Mara in a story based on real events that takes on larger dimensions through fable.

Verdi, Falla and Fado: Two Great Nights in Ravenna

Music

Muti returned to the Ravenna Festival conducting the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in a programme that placed Verdi alongside 20th century Spanish and French repertoire.

Too Many Gags for Donizetti’s Venetian Debut

Music

The warmth of the Venetian audience confirmed that this Donizetti has the potential to transcend the status of a mere historical curiosity.

Mutter and Vasily Petrenko Open the 37th Ravenna Festival Between Beethoven and Mahler

Music

Anne-Sophie Mutter, alongside Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, took centre stage at the inaugural concert of the Ravenna Festival.