Opera duels

A small chronology of opera giants without words

During the Nineteenth century, Italy was the hub of opera, and saw a succession of giants leading the way of the genre. This programme presents instrumental works of the greatest opera composers, from Donizetti do Puccini, in a whirlwind of immortal melodies.

Sandro Ivo Bartoli, piano, and Debra Fast, violin.

Programme:

Gaetano DONIZETTI - Sonata in f minor for violin and piano

Giuseppe VERDI - Il cielo d'Italia (Song without words) and Waltz in F major

Richard WAGNER - Sonata for the album of Mrs M. W.

Ferruccio BUSONI - Sigfried's Funeral March (from “The Twilight of the Gods” by R. Wagner)

Giacomo PUCCINI - Intermezzo Sinfonico from Manon Lescaut

Franz LISZT - Fantasy and Fugue on “Ad Nos, ad Salutarem Undam” from Meyerbeer's “The Prophet”

Tickets: Eur 20 (concessions Eur 15)

Advance Bookings: Pro Loco of San Giuliano Terme, Via Roma 29, San Giuliano Terme (PI)

Edicola Tabacchi Baglini, Piazza Garibaldi, Vecchiano (PI)