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Italian Night
Two American opera stars join a coalition of outstanding Boston-area choruses to bring back the Golden Age of Italian opera! Free to attend.
AUGUST 5 - ITALIAN NIGHT
7:00pm at DCR Hatch Shell
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, conductor
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Barbara Shirvis, soprano
Stephen Powell, baritone
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North End Music and Performing Arts Center
Honk! Festival Musicians
The Golden Age of Italian opera is about passion writ large. Its music now occupies a central place on the concert stages of the world. The thrilling voices of two stars of American opera join a coalition of outstanding Boston-area choruses. Also on the program, the festive and lyrical music from one of Fellini’s greatest films “La Strada,” by Nino Rota—who later composed music for “The Godfather,” as well as musicians from the famous Honk! Festival of activist street bands. Rain date: August 6 at Hatch Shell
Pagliacci: Prologue by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo & “Regina coeli” by Pietro Mascagni
Otello: “Dove guardi” & Iago’s Credo by Giuseppe Verdi
Tosca: Te Deum by Giacomo Puccini
La strada: Ballet Suite (excerpts) by Nino Rota
Nabucco: Overture and “Va, pensiero” by Verdi
Aida: Ballet and Triumphal March by Verdi
Inspired by the musical connection of people, place, and culture, Boston Landmarks Orchestra will present free concerts at the DCR’s Hatch Shell every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. through August 26, 2015. For more information, please visit landmarksorchestra.org.
Photo courtesy Michael Dwyer
