GRAN GALA' LIRICO

NINTH Event of the VARENNA FESTIVAL V EDITION

This is the highlight event of August and one of the most prestigious concerts of the summer across Lake Como. It will take place on August 11th, as per tradition, in the churchyard of the Church of San Giorgio (in case of bad weather, in the multipurpose hall on Via Roma).

Grand Opera Gala

The great artistic cast that achieved great success last year returns:

• MISKOLC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, HUNGARY
• LORENZO CASTRIOTA SKANDERBEG, Conductor
• NURDAN KUÇUKEKMEKÇI, Soprano
• WALTER FRACCARO, Tenor
• GIUSEPPE ALTOMARE, Baritone

9:15 PM - FREE ENTRY

Program

• Verdi: Symphony from “Giovanna d'Arco”
• Verdi: “Tu che le vanità” from “Don Carlo” – Soprano
• Verdi: “Per me giunto è il dì supremo” from “Don Carlo” – Baritone
• Giordano: “Un dì, all'azzurro spazio” from “Andrea Chénier” – Tenor
• Verdi: “È strano..” from “La Traviata” – Soprano
• Verdi: Otello-Iago duet from “Otello” – Tenor and Baritone
• Puccini: La Tregenda, Symphonic Intermezzo from “Le Villi”
• Lehár: “Lippen schweigen” from “The Merry Widow” – Soprano and Tenor
• Puccini: “Questo amor” from “Edgar” – Baritone
• Cilea: “Poveri Fiori” from “Adriana Lecouvreur” – Soprano
• Leoncavallo: “Vesti la giubba” from “Pagliacci” – Tenor
• Bellini: “Mira o Norma” from “Norma” – Soprano and Mezzo-soprano
• Bizet: “Toreador” from “Carmen” – Tenor
• **Duet from Act I of “Tosca” – Soprano and Tenor