在这部意大利人的音乐性格纪录片片中,本片以享有百年盛誉的圣切契利亚音乐学院管弦乐团（Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia）及其指挥安东尼奥·帕帕诺（Antonio Pappano）为核心，结合珍贵的档案资料，围绕该学院的变革、前任著名指挥以及其他著名演奏家与圣切契利亚音乐学院管弦乐团合作的故事，带领观众领略意大利人独具特色的音乐性格特征。
The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most famous rostrum in Rome. Today, this post belongs to Sir Antonio Pappano, an Anglo-American with Beneventian roots, who rediscovered an essential part of his Italian origins conducting the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. In the documentary, a production of Alpenway Media Production GmbH directed by Angelo Bozzolini, the story vividly unfolds itself: It portrays the planning and performance of a great project; it shows how the sound ripens from the first rehearsal to the final applause of a sold-out music hall, what happens to the musicians before they enter the stage, and how they release the tension at the end of a concert. With the personal histories of the members and the conductor of the orchestra, The Italian ...
