Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Announces 2021/2022 Season

HARTFORD, CT - October 10, 2021 - The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, under the leadership of Artistic Director Adrian Sylveen, today announced its 2021/2022 season.

All titles, artists, dates, times and locations are subject to change. The most current COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed for all performances.

Tickets are available for purchase at thevirtuosi.ticketleap.com. For additional information about all upcoming performances, visit www.thevirtuosi.org.

Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra 2021-2022 Season

November 2021
“Requiem” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performance with the Cathedral of Saint Joseph Choir and Soloists
Monday, November 1, 2021 at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Hartford, Connecticut

One of the greatest requiem masses ever written, this concert will be presented in memory of the millions of people who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

“La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina” by Francesca Caccini
Artistic Director - Adrian Sylveen, Stage Director - Alan Mann
Full Opera Production with Connecticut Lyric Opera
November 5, 2021 at 7:30 p.m./Trinity-On-Main Arts Center in New Britain, Connecticut
November 7, 2021 at 2:00 p.m./Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut

The opera will be presented in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art’s exhibition By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800. Italian composer Francesca Caccini’s “La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina” was the first opera to be written by a woman.

“La Bohème” by Giacomo Puccini
Artistic Director - Adrian Sylveen, Stage Director - Jan Mason
Full Opera Production with Connecticut Lyric Opera
Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School, Middletown, Connecticut

This powerful and timeless story of love and selflessness has inspired countless stage and screen classics, including the Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning rock musical Rent and the Academy Award-winning film Moulin Rouge.

December 2021
Annual Polish Christmas Concert
Exact date and location will be announced at a later date.

This annual holiday tradition will be performed with the Moniuszko Choir of New Britain. Christmas carols and Composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s Fantaisie-Polonaise will be featured.

“Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss II
Artistic Director - Adrian Sylveen, Stage Director - Jan Mason
Full Opera Production with the Connecticut Lyric Opera
Sunday, December 26, 2021 at the Trinity-On-Main Arts Center, New Britain, Connecticut
Thursday, December 30, 2021 at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center, Hartford, Connecticut

Additional performances of the Strauss operetta will be held in Middletown and New London in January 2022.

“Die Fledermaus” (“The Flittermouse” or “The Bat”, sometimes called “The Revenge of the Bat”) premiered in Vienna in 1874.

February 2022
Mini Bach Festival
Thursday, February 24, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church in Hartford, Connecticut
Program will include “Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066”, “Kunst Der Fuge” (Selections), and “Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067”.

April 2022
"WE, THE PEOPLE" - Immigrants' Stories, Part 1:
Music by Italian-American composer Ernesto Ferreri
Premieres: String Symphony
Octet for Chamber Orchestra
Thursday, April 1, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church, Hartford, Connecticut
Sunday, April 10, 2022 at The New Britain Museum of American Art

This special collaboration with The New Britain Museum of American Art will also feature spoken word and art. The program will include the music of Italian-American composer Ernesto Ferreri, the premiere of String Symphony, Octet for Chamber Orchestra, and Italian composer Niccolo Paganini’s “Campanella, Respighi: Il Tramonto, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite III”.

“Otello” by Giuseppe Verdi
Full Opera Production with the Connecticut Lyric Opera
Friday, April 22, 2022 at the Trinity-On-Main Arts Center, New Britain, Connecticut
Saturday, April 30, 2022 at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center, Hartford, Connecticut

Additional performances of the Verdi opera will be held in Middletown and New London in May.

“Otello” is based on William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Othello. The opera, which became one of Verdi's most successful works, debuted in Milan in 1887.

June 2022
“WE, THE PEOPLE” - Immigrants' Stories, Part 2:
The program will feature world premiere music from Jewish/Russian/American composer and jazz pianist Alex Nakhimovsky, commissioned by the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Also included will be Russian Soviet composer Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev’s “Symphony No.1 op. 25 "Classical", Austrian composer Gustav Mahler’s “Adagio” from Symphony No. 2, Russian composer Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff’s "Vocalise", and Russian Soviet composer Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich’s “Chamber Symphony op. 83a”.
Thursday, June 9, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church, Hartford, Connecticut
Sunday, June 12, 2022 at The New Britain Museum of American Art

Inspired by the stories of immigrants in America, this special collaboration with The New Britain Museum of American Art will also include spoken word and art.