Riccardo Muti conducted Diario dello Sdegno (Teatro alla Scala, 2003), written by Vacchi in the emotional aftermath of 11 September 2001 and the international conflicts that followed.Angelo Foletto, Fabio Vacchi, uno “sdegno” che conquista, La Repubblica (Milano), 5 June 2002 After its première in Milan (2002), this piece was performed in Paris (2003) and Bruxellels, during Italy's turn of holding the presidency of the European Union. Ethical themes have great significance for Vacchi and they are evident in other compositions of his, such as Irini, Esselam, Shalom (2004) for voice, violin and orchestra, which deals with the theme of religious tolerance. Another similar piece was Dai calanchi di Sabbiuno for chamber ensemble, which was composed for the Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Italian Resistance (Teatro alla Scala, 1995) and which has been performed more than 100 times around the world, also in the version for full orchestra requested by Claudio Abbado.Enrico Girardi, I Calanchi di Vacchi o del dolore universale, Il Corriere della sera, 17 ottobre 2000; Statement of Claudio Abbado on the CD cover published by EA-Generali Classic Edition, with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester conducted by Iván Fischer; https://www.kennedy-center.org/artist/composition/2837; http://www.gmjo.at/Home/AbouttheGMJO/Tourneearchiv/tabid/108/curYear/1997/Default.aspx; https://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/News/2014/06/Vacchi.aspx Ethical themes are still central in other recent works. In 2017 the melologue Veronica Franco was performed at Teatro la Fenice in Venice, about the great Venetian poet, courtesan, and proto-feminist who defeated the Inquisition of the 16th century with her free spirit.https://www.connessiallopera.it/news/2017/veronica-franco-il-melologo-di-fabio-vacchi-al-malibran-di-venezia/; https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/14_marzo_05/cortigiana-veronica-franco-vita-musica-una-poetessa-1070ca1a-a457-11e3-8a4e-10b18d687a95.shtml The Teatro alla Scala will be staging in May 2020 the premiere of Madina, Theater-Dance (whose text of Emmanuelle de Villepin focuses on the theme of terrorism), for actor, soprano, tenor, choir, orchestra and dance troupe with Roberto Bolle étoile,http://www.teatroallascala.org/it/stagione/2019-2020/balletto/madina.html; Simona Spaventa, Il terrorismo in scena e il tris di Bolle, la Repubblica, 21 May 2019; https://ricerca.repubblica.it/.../05/.../il-terrorismo-in-scena-e-il-tris-di-bolleMilano09.html; Valeria Crippa, Testo in corsivo, Il Corriere della Sera, 21 May 2019; Alla Scala prima mondiale di Madina, l’Avvenire, 21 May 2019; In his interview with Fabio vacchi, Dominique Meyer anticipates the La Scala performance of his opera Madina and recalls the success of the StationThermale (https://twitter.com/teatroallascala/status/1267527639188869122) Was Beethoven African?, inspired by Nadine Gardimer's anti-racism novel and commissioned by the Philharmonie de Paris and the Paris Mozart Orchestra had been performed at the Philharmonie, Paris, on 18, 19, 20 September 2020, obligatory piece in the international competition La Maestra.https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/095222-005-A/maestra/ ; https://twitter.com/LaMaestraParis/status/1306987367476195328; https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/sites/default/files/NPSC-16-au-19-09-19h30-Finale-Maestra.pdf The mock-heroic opera Jeanne Dark, from Voltaire's Pucelle d’Orléans, that will be staged at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 22–26 May 2021,https://www.maggiofiorentino.com/events/jeanne-dark-3/; https://www.maggiofiorentino.com/events/jeanne-dark-2/; https://www.apemusicale.it/joomla/news/47-news2019/8546-firenze-il-programma-del-lxxxiii-maggio-musicale; https://www.feelflorence.it; reflects his rebellion against dogmatic thinking. Again in May 2021, the melologue Beethoven l’Africain. Lettres de Prison de Nelson Mandela, commissioned by PMO, will be performed at Philharmonie de Paris and then at Festival Internacional Cervantino, in Mexicohttps://parismozartorchestra.com/fiche_programme/beethoven-lafricain/?lang=en; https://festivalcervantino.gob.mx/articulo/3/%C2%BFpor-que-beethoven-se-esta-convirtiendo-en-una-razon-de-peso-para-visibilizar-a-los-compositores-negros?%C2%A0
