Grande Opera Italia

Grande Opera Italia (GOI) Srl is an Italian music and opera production company founded in 2019 with the stated aim of relaunching classical melodrama and classical music toward a broad popular audience. The company describes itself as operating "a 360°" across opera production, orchestral performance and cultural campaigns. Its majority shareholder is Critaly srls, and its creative direction is closely tied to the composer Lino Zimbone. GOI's first pre-production was the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera, a classical melodrama in two acts based on the story of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun. The work was first announced in Venice on 12 August 2019, but the pandemic years of 2020–2022 halted activity. According to the company, the exclusive international staging production of the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera was delegated to an Arab partner company (referred to in GOI's own materials as Empire Global Media / Empire Rising / Empire Global Rising), with Lino Zimbone retained in perpetuity as artistic director of the melodrama. Beyond that flagship work, GOI states it intends to produce further operas, concerts paired with pop singers, and debuts of young artists. It also aspires to act as executive producer of all tour stops and to present the Grande Opera Italia Orchestra, an orchestra of selected Italian musicians. In collaboration with the technical-scientific committee of Assisi Strategic Forum, GOI has planned a cultural campaign called "Città all'Opera" — an "Opera-Forum" intended to engage a wide public. The company frames its activity around ESG sustainability through the "Programma Mondo Migliore" and a United Nations project, alongside ethical principles it says create economic, social and financial balance. Its positioning is therefore both artistic and socially oriented: a private Italian production house seeking to modernize opera's public image and reach mainstream audiences at home and internationally.

Grande Opera Italia (GOI) Srl was founded in 2019 as an Italian company dedicated to relaunching classical melodrama and classical music for a broad popular audience. Its majority shareholder is Critaly srls, and the composer Lino Zimbone is central to its artistic identity. The company's first pre-production was the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera, a classical melodrama in two acts based on the story of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun. The work was first announced in Venice on 12 August 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic then caused a standstill across 2020–2022, delaying the project. After that pause, GOI, through composer Lino Zimbone, agreed that the exclusive international staging production of the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera would be delegated to an Arab partner company, referred to in GOI's own materials as Empire Global Media and also as Empire Rising / Empire Global Rising. Under the arrangement described by GOI, the Arab company produces the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera with total worldwide exclusivity, while Lino Zimbone remains artistic director of Empire Global Rising and is responsible for selecting the orchestra and singers. GOI states that the Grande Opera Italia Orchestra awaits the party planned by Empire Global Rising to learn whether it will be designated for one or more stagings. GOI has also outlined broader production intentions: further lyric operas, concerts paired with pop singers, and debuts of young artists. Its guidelines reserve space not only for opera but for other artistic possibilities in music. The company aspires to become executive producer of all tour stops and, under the artistic direction of Maestro Lino Zimbone, to present the Grande Opera Italia Orchestra, formed of selected Italian musicians. In parallel, GOI has pursued a cultural outreach agenda. In collaboration with the technical-scientific committee of Assisi Strategic Forum, it planned the cultural campaign "Città all'Opera," described as an "Opera-Forum" designed to interact with a broad segment of public opinion. The company also frames its work around ESG sustainability through the "Programma Mondo Migliore" and a United Nations project, and around ethical principles it says create economic, social and financial balance. Its mission statement emphasizes the union of professionalism and artistic preparation, human value, and creativity.

• Grande Opera Italia Srl founded in Italy.

• First announcement of the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera in Venice.

• Pandemic standstill delays the company's first production.

• Exclusive international staging production of the Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera delegated to an Arab partner company (Empire Global Media / Empire Rising).

• Planned cultural campaign "Città all'Opera" developed with the Assisi Strategic Forum technical-scientific committee.

A private Italian opera production house aiming to modernize and popularize classical melodrama for mainstream audiences, combining artistic production with ESG and ethical-social messaging.

• Tutankhamon Zimbone Opera

  A classical melodrama in two acts based on the story of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun; GOI's first pre-production.

• Grande Opera Italia Orchestra

  An orchestra of selected Italian musicians that GOI aspires to present under the artistic direction of Lino Zimbone.

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