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Carmen Giannattasio Saimir Pirgu V EDIZIONE Sabato 12 settembre ore 21.00 • Saturday september 12 9.00 pm Aperia CONCERTO ARIE D’OPERA Carmen Giannattasio soprano Saimir Pirgu tenore — Maurizio Agostini dirige l’Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo conducts the Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo Programma Programme G. Rossini, da / from La gazza ladra Ouverture G. Puccini da / from Gianni Schicchi O’ mio babbino caro C. Gounod, da / from Roméo et Juliette Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! G. Verdi, da / from Rigoletto P. Mascagni, La donna è mobile da / from L’amico Fritz Duetto delle ciliegie P. Mascagni, da / from Cavalleria Rusticana P. Mascagni, Intermezzo da / from L’amico Fritz Intermezzo U. Giordano, da / from Andrea Chénier F. Cilea, La mamma morta da / from Adriana Lecouvreur Io son l’umile ancella F. Cilea, da / from L’Arlesiana Il lamento di Federico G. Puccini, da / from La Bohème O soave fanciulla G. Verdi, da / from La Traviata Duetto Libiamo ne’ lieti calici presenza assidua e formativa per l’Orchestra. In seguito sono numerosi i nomi di grandi direttori alla guida del complesso: Toscanini, Victor de Sabata e ancora i compositori Pizzetti e Mascagni. L’8 gennaio 1934, Richard Strauss regalò all’ensemble del Teatro un Orchestra concerto di musiche proprie. Tra il secondo conflitto mondiale e il del Teatro decennio seguente, Napoli e il San Carlo accolgono molte altre bacchette: di San Carlo Gui, Serafin, Santini, Gavazzeni, Böhm, Fricsay, Scherchen, Cluytens, Knappertsbusch, Mitropoulos e Stravinskij. Gli anni Sessanta vedono avvicendarsi sul podio due La storia dell’Orchestra del Teatro giovanissimi emergenti: Claudio di San Carlo è strettamente legata Abbado, che fa il suo esordio nel a quella del teatro lirico più antico 1963, e Riccardo Muti, nel 1967. d’Europa, inaugurato il 4 novembre Intanto i complessi del Teatro si del 1737 con l’Achille in Sciro di fanno apprezzare anche fuori dai Domenico Sarro. La prestigiosa confini nazionali, grazie a una serie tradizione dell’Orchestra del San di prestigiose tournée. Negli anni Carlo è proseguita nell’Ottocento, Ottanta, l’Orchestra trova in Daniel periodo durante il quale il complesso Oren un punto di riferimento assiduo. fu destinatario di opere composte da Nella decade successiva, inaugurata Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti e Verdi. La dalla collaborazione intensa con familiarità con il repertorio sinfonico Salvatore Accardo, si assiste a un sarà acquisita nel Novecento; fino a deciso rilancio dell’attività sinfonica, quel momento, si annoverano al San testimoniato dalle collaborazioni Carlo grandi solisti e complessi ospiti, con direttori illustri, tra cui Giuseppe spesso stranieri. Tuttavia, il 18 aprile Sinopoli. Da ottobre 2016, il Direttore del 1884 il giovane Giuseppe Martucci Musicale del Teatro di San Carlo è Juraj saliva sul podio per dirigere l’ensemble Valčuha. sancarliano in un programma corposo, con musiche di Weber, Saint-Saëns e Wagner. Da allora, il compositore napoletano ha rappresentato una the names of the great Orchestra directors at the helm of the Orchestra: Toscanini, of Teatro Victor de Sabata, and even the composers Pizzetti and Mascagni. di San Carlo On the 8th of January 1934, Richard Strauss gave to the ensemble of the Theatre a concert entirely composed from his own music. Between the Second World War and the following decade, The history of the Orchestra Naples and the San Carlo of the Teatro di San Carlo welcomed many other is closely linked to that famous conductors: Gui, of the oldest European Serafin, Santini, Gavazzeni, opera house, which opened Böhm, Fricsay, Scherchen, on the 4th of November Cluytens, Knappertsbusch, 1737 with the Achilles on Mitropoulos and Stravinskij. Skyros by Domenico Sarro. The Sixties saw two Since then, the prestigious emerging young directors tradition of the Orchestra on the podium: Claudio of San Carlo continued Abbado, who made his throughout the Nineteenth debut in 1963, and Riccardo century, the period Muti in 1967. Meanwhile, the during which the complex complex of the Theatre was was recipient of works appreciated even outside composed by Rossini, the country, thanks to a Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. series of prestigious tours. Familiarity with the In the Eighties, the symphonic repertoire was Orchestra found in Daniel acquired mainly in the Oren a regular point of Twentieth century. Up until reference. In the next that time, the San Carlo decade, inaugurated by had entertained great the intense collaboration soloists and guests, often with Salvatore Accardo, foreigners. However, on there was a strong the 18th of April 1884, the revival of symphonic young Giuseppe Martucci activity, evidenced by stood on the podium to collaborations with conduct the San Carlo renowned conductors, ensemble in a rich program, including Giuseppe with music by Weber, Sinopoli. From October Saint-Saëns and Wagner. 2016 the Music Director is Since then, the Neapolitan Juraj Valčuha. composer has represented a constant and formative presence for the Orchestra, entrusted to him on more than one occasion. Subsequently, many are Carmen Giannattasio Biografia Il talento unico di Carmen Giannattasio è Biography ormai acclamato in tutto il mondo, da quando la sua carriera è stata lanciata con la vittoria del Primo Premio e il Premio del Pubblico al Concorso operistico Operalia di Placido Domingo, a Parigi nel 2002. La sua brillante voce da soprano e la sua abilità drammatica Carmen Giannattasio le hanno permesso di ottenere immediata attenzione della critica, nonché una reputazione The unique talent of Carmen Giannattasio has been acclaimed di artista duttile in grado di adattare voce e worldwide since her career was recitazione alle diverse eroine che incarna. È launched by winning First Prize and spesso ospite sui palcoscenici più importanti the Public Prize at Operalia, the del mondo, tra cui il Metropolitan Opera, il Royal World Opera competition organised Opera House, il Teatro alla Scala, il Bayerische by Placido Domingo at Paris in 2002. Her brilliant soprano voice and her Staatsoper, l'Opera di Stato di Berlino, la Wiener dramatic prowess gained her the Staatsoper, il Bolshoi di Mosca. Il suo ampio immediate attention of music critics, repertorio include compositori come Monteverdi, as well as a reputation for being a Mozart, Gluck, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, versatile artist, capable of adapting Ciajkovskij, Puccini, Mascagni. Da quando è stata her voice and acting to the various identities of the heroines she plays. scelta da “Opera Rara” per la realizzazione di She has frequently graced the stages importanti nuove registrazioni del bel canto con of the world’s leading opera houses opere del XIX secolo, si è distinta in La donna including the Metropolitan Opera, del lago di Rossini, nella Parsina di Donizetti the Royal Opera House, the Teatro e in particolare in Ermione di Rossini - una alla Scala, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in performance che le è valsa il plauso dai principali Berlin, the Wiener Staatsoper, the critici di tutto il mondo, con la registrazione che Bolshoi in Moscow. Her wide-ranging ha vinto il Gramophone Opera Award nel 2011. repertoire includes composers Carmen Giannattasio è ambasciatrice Bulgari. such as Monteverdi, Mozart, Gluck, Nel febbraio 2017 ha ricevuto il titolo di Cavaliere Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Ciajkovskij, Puccini and Mascagni. dell'Ordine della Stella della Repubblica Italiana. Since she was chosen by “Opera Gli impegni futuri includono Tosca al Royal Rara” for new operatic recordings of Opera House di Londra e a Vienna, Evgenij nineteenth century operas, she has Onegin al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Norma e distinguished herself in La donna del La Bohème ad Amburgo, Tosca a Sidney, Falstaff lago by Rossini, Parsina by Donizetti and, in particular, in Ermione by al Festival Aix en Provence e a Lione. Rossini - a performance which won her worldwide acclaim from music critics, with the recording which won the Gramophone Opera Award in 2011. Carmen Giannattasio is an ambassador for the Italian jewellers Bulgari. In February 2017 she was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy. Her forthcoming commitments include Tosca at the Royal Opera House in London and at Vienna, Evgenij Onegin at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Norma and La Bohème at Hamburg, Tosca in Sydney, and Falstaff at the Festival Aix en Provence and at Lyons. Saimur Pirgu One of the most widely admired tenors on the international opera scene, Saimir Pirgu has performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the Musikverein and Staatsoper in Vienna, the Royal Opera House in London, the Opéra in Paris, the Bolshoi in Moscow, the Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Opernhaus in Zurich, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the San Francisco Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the Arena in Verona, the Salzburg Festival and the Concertgebouw in Saimur Pirgu Amsterdam. His recent successes include the following: Carmen with Zubin Mehta; La damnation de Faust Tra i tenori più apprezzati del panorama lirico at Moscow (Bolshoi) and Vienna; internazionale, si esibisce alla Metropolitan Simon Boccanegra in Naples; Un Opera di New York, alla Scala di Milano, al ballo in maschera at Parma; Rigoletto Musikverein e Staatsoper di Vienna, alla Royal and King Roger by Szymanowski (nomination for the 2017Grammy Opera House di Londra, all’Opéra di Parigi, al Awards) in London; La traviata in Bol’šoj di Mosca, alla Staatsoper e Deutsche New York, Buenos Aires and Berlin Oper di Berlino, all’Opernhaus di Zurigo, al with Barenboim; The Magic Flute Liceu di Barcellona, all’Opera di San Francisco, at La Scala; La bohème and Lucia alla Sydney Opera House, all’Arena di Verona, di Lammermoor in Washington; La clemenza di Tito and La traviata in al Salzburger Festspiele e al Concertgebouw Paris; Rigoletto at Verona (Arena), di Amsterdam. Tra i successi degli ultimi anni: Vienna, Munich, Paris; L’elisir d’amore Carmen con Zubin Mehta; La damnation de Faust and Werther in Tokyo; La Bohème a Mosca (Bol’šoj) e Vienna; Simon Boccanegra a and Roméo et Juliette in Barcelona; Napoli; Un ballo in maschera a Parma; Rigoletto Madame Butterfly in Zurich.
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