C.I.A.L.M. was founded in 1977 by the well known bass Franco Pugliese, and, since 1979, it is registered in the Register of Lyrical Companies of the Ministry for Cultural Activities. Since the beginning, C.I.A.L.M. has worked on the stages of many national and international theatres, collaborating, among others, with the traditional theatres of Lucca, Cosenza and Piacenza. In 1987 C.I.A.L.M. launched the international Festival of Fermo; in 1992 it participated in the Italian lyrical seasons in Dublin (Ireland) and inaugurated the Musikfestspiele of Dresda (Germany) with a new production of the Morlacchi’s “Barber of Seville “. During the two year period 1994/95 C.I.A.L.M. organized tours in Argentina, Brasil, France and Switzerland. In 2004 it collaborated with the Athens Festival and the Ventidio Basso theatre of Ascoli Piceno for the production of a new opera, the “I, Pinocchio” composed by Antonio Cericola. In the same year, C.I.A.L.M. also organized a tour in the cities of Seoul and Daegu, in South Korea, with an historical production of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro”. In Italy, C.I.A.L.M. has been the organizer and producer of many performances in various cities. Presently C.I.A.L.M. collaborates with the municipalities of Bassano del Grappa, Padova, Ascoli Piceno and with the EPT of Naples and is preparing tours in Thailand and China.

The lyric repertoire presented so far is extremely vast, it spaces from “Il ballo delle Ingrate” by Claudio Monteverdi to contemporary productions. Owing to the quality, accuracy and reliability of the engagements carried out, both under the artistic and managerial point of view, C.I.A.L.M. is one of the most accredited Italian companies in this field. From 1984 onwards, mainly thanks to its legal representative and artistic director, Claudio Pugliese, C.I.A.L.M. has the merit of helping debut and affirm some of today’s most famous opera artists, such as Anna Caterina Antonacci, who played the role of Rosina in a production of “Il barbiere di Siviglia” for the municipality of Arezzo in 1987, the baritone Angelo Veccia, who played the role of Figaro at Adria in 1989, Giusy Devinu, a wonderful Lucia in Lucca in 1985, Roberto Alagna, for his Italian debut in the role of Alfredo for a beautiful production of Traviata with Giusy Devinu, in Adria in September 1990, well before his triumphant debut at the Scala of Milan in the same role; M° Daniele Gatti for his debut in the field of opera music, conducting Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” and “Rabarbaro Rabarbara” by Ghedini in 1986; M° Giuliano Carella, in many productions between 1989 and 1993, but also Lucia Mazzaria, Roberto Servile, Bruno Praticò, Alfonso Antoniozzi and many others. This very important role in promoting young talents did not prevent collaboration with the already famous stars of the world of opera, such us: Katia Ricciarelli, Raina Kabaivanska, Carlo Bergonzi, Josè Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, Leo Nucci, etc. Always working at the highest levels has established C.I.A.L.M. one of the most accredited Italian companies in this field.


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