Speranza Scappucci is conducting La Rondine, Giacomo Puccini’s “Viennese” Opera, at the Metropolitan Opera until April 20. Scappucci will talk about this little jewel of the Tuscan composer with musicologist Harvey Sachs at the Italian Institute of Culture (686 Park Avenue) on April 8, 6pm.

It will also be the occasion to get to know better one of the most celebrated Italian women conductors. Scappucci is best known to the Italian public for a TV show on RAI, the Italian State television, about music and opera where she served as resident expert at the piano. But she is celebrated among music lovers also because in 2022 she was the first Italian woman to conduct at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.