Soprano and Tenor, string quartet and grand piano

A potpourri of the works that made the Great Italian Opera a point of reference for music all around the world, combined with the most famous pas de deux in the history of dance. The timeless masterpieces of the century of Romanticism create an intense show that everybody can appreciate. Emotions will flow not only through those who are already fond of opera and ballet, but also those who wish to discover it and approach it for the first time.

The soprano Vanessa Fioretti and the tenor Giancarlo Polizzi will lead you to another epoch, when the passionate and tormented human soul abandons itself to lyrical singing. The dancers Silvia Accardo and Valerio Polverari will enchant you, with the gracefulness of en pointe dancing, on the rythm of a crescendo of notes and dramatic pauses of the most famous music from Verdi to Čajkovskji, skilfully played by the Opera e Lirica string and piano ensemble.

The musicians’ eclectic ability to move from a style to the other, performing such a varied programme, will fill you with amazement, emotion and vast inspiration that you will carry with you among the most beautiful memories of your journey to Rome.

CONCERT PROGRAMME

First Part

PIETRO MASCAGNI Interlude Cavalleria Rusticana

GIUSEPPE VERDI Sempre Libera La Traviata; Dei Miei bollenti spiriti La Traviata

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI La danza delle ore La Gioconda

GIACOMO PUCCINI Mi chiamano Mimì La Bohème; Che gelida manina La Bohème; O soave fanciulla La Bohème

GIUSEPPE VERDI Preludio La Traviata; Parigi o cara La Traviata

Second Part

JULES MASSENET II Tempo Thais

GIACOMO PUCCINI Vissi d’arte Tosca; Recondita Armonia Tosca

PËTR LLIČ ČAJKOVSKIJ Walts of the Flowers The Nutcracker

GIACOMO PUCCINI Un bel dì vedremo Madama Butterfly

GIUSEPPE VERDI La donna è mobile Rigoletto

GIOACHINO ROSSINI La Danza – Neapolitan Tarantella Musical Soirèes

GIUSEPPE VERDI Brindisi La Traviata

ARTISTS

Soprano: Vanessa Fioretti

Tenor: Giancarlo Polizzi

First violin: Elvin Dhimitri

Second violin: Alina Scoticailo

Viola: Ilia Kanani

Cello: Eszter Nagyspal

Grand piano: Fabio Montani

Ballet Dancers: Valerio Polverari and Silvia Accardo