A stunning Hollywood-style trailer for Cacioppo’s monumental TRILOGIA DANTESCA may now be viewed on Youtube at https://youtu.be/FbGCnK_3q2E. Produced in conjunction with audio engineer/narrator Jeanne Velonis and videographer/digital artist John Thornton, the 6-minute film encapsulates the beauty and expressive range of Cacioppo’s concert-length concerto-oratorio for piano, orchestra and chorus. Reactions from listeners:
“Wow, this is fantastic. The music sounds wonderful, varied, inspired.”
— multiple-time Grammy winner
“The music sounds gorgeous — evocative, tender, dramatic.”
— famed instrumentalist & writer
“The music is deeply emotional, visceral.”
— former orchestra President
“From Inferno to Paradise, from the diabolical to the rich Romantic palette — and the voices! It’s so luminous to hear the voices!”
— Michelin-star restaurant professional
“Profound and magical…damned intoxicating music.”
— ret. journalist & TV producer
“An amazing work, monumental in its construction and yet always speaking to the listener in its ability to communicate to the senses. [Cacioppo is] the true successor to Samuel Barber. Not since Barber’s works has a composer spoken to the heart of the listener like this.”
— distinguished piano professor, editor & author