The untimely passing of Brazilian Maestro Antonio Meneses left a deep wound in many of us, whether we knew him personally or not. After the immense honour that had been creating the edition of the Capriccio sulla Niobe di Pacini for cello solo by Alfredo Piatti with him still alive, something more had to be done. When Brazilian cellist Raïff Dantas Barreto shared with me that M° Meneses had proposed him to create a project around the most famous arias by Puccini arranged for cello ensemble, we...