Once upon a time... Morricone and Rota: a musical tribute to two cinema legends

On January 9 and 10, 2026, Salle Pleyel will host a tribute concert, Il était une fois... Morricone et Rota, dedicated to two major figures in film music: Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota. The show would be presented as an immersive symphonic experience, combining orchestra, soloists, video projections and lighting effects, to retrace the great works of these two emblematic 20th-century composers.

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Known for his legendary scores for films by Sergio Leone(Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and Giuseppe Tornatore, Ennio Morricone left a profound mark on the history of world cinema. Nino Rota composed for Federico Fellini(La Strada, Huit et demi) and Francis Ford Coppola(The Godfather). This concert pays tribute to the musical legacy of these two creators, evoking key moments in their careers.

The show would offer a complete scenographic approach: the works performed by the orchestra would be accompanied by visual projections and a lighting system designed to create a sensory immersion. The famous melodies would be placed in their cinematographic context, offering audiences a plunge into the visual and aural universe of these cult films.

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Once upon a time... Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota, would seem to appeal to a wide audience, from film music fans to cinephiles and fans of off-format classical concerts. Audiences curious to relive the emotions associated with the great film classics would find this proposal an accessible and evocative form of musical storytelling. On the other hand, fans of pure symphonic music, unrelated to the image or the cinema, might find the format more illustrative than strictly musical.

The project is directed by Marcello Rota, renowned conductor and nephew of Nino Rota, surrounded by soloists who have collaborated with Ennio Morricone for over thirty years, both in the studio and on stage. Among them: Nello Salza (trumpet), Ludovico Filci (piano) and Susanna Rigacci (soprano), who are said to have taken part in over 500 concerts around the world with the Maestro!

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With Il était une fois... Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota, the Salle Pleyel offers an immersion into two distinct but equally emblematic musical universes. The concert would be like a journey through the history of cinema, where the evocative power of music would bring to life images that have marked generations of cinema-goers.

This article is based on publicly available sources. It is not based on direct experience of the show.

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