OPERA RECITAL WITH ORCHESTRA

Second appointment of the summer series  “E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle” (Thus we went out to watch the stars) organized by the Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza and the Municipality of Piacenza, the Symphonic Opera Concert in the courtyard of Palazzo Farnese will see the presence of one of the greatest protagonists of the world opera scenes, the baritone Leo Nucci, particularly linked to the city of Piacenza and its theater. The direction will be entrusted to the baton of Alvise Casellati, considered one of the emerging talents of recent years, at the helm of a new team born for this occasion, the Farnesiana Orchestra, composed largely of Piacenza musicians, and of the Municipal Theater Choir of Piacenza counducted by Corrado Casati. With Nucci on stage, the voices of the soprano Silvia Dalla Benetta, the mezzosoprano Anna Maria Chiuri, the tenor Marco Ciaponi and the bass Graziano Dallavalle. The concert will see a first part of the program dedicated to Verdi and Rossini arias and symphonies, while in the second part we’ll listen to the Fourth movement of Symphony n. 9 op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven, with Schiller’s famous ode “Ode to Joy”.