Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRIwas an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental workand also for his pioneering work in electronic music...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth24 October 1925
CountryItaly
catharsis hands holding instrument listening moral opera people perhaps social together watching
Opera once was an important social instrument -- especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi people were listening to opera together and having the same catharsis with the same story, the same moral dilemmas. They were holding hands in the darkness. That has gone. Now perhaps they are holding hands watching television.