Two weeks before the premiere she immersed herself in preparations for the ‘sitzprobe’ or seated rehearsal.

“It’s the first opportunity for the singers to hear how the orchestra plays to get into this wonderful mixture that is the magic of opera” explained conductor Marco Armilato.

“When an orchestra plays live, the singers sing live, you create this magic and already in Italian, you can understand more or less how the performance will work“ he added.