Repertoire

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to the opera La Gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) (1817) 9’
Giacomo Puccini: Ària “Tu che di gel sei cinta” from the opera Turandot (1924) 3’
Gaetano Donizetti: Ària “Bella siccome un angelo” from the opera Don Pasquale (1843) 3’
Amilcare Ponchielli: “Danza delle Ore” from the opera La Gioconda (1876) 5’
Giussepe Verdi: Duet “Pura siccome un angelo” from the opera La Traviata (1853) 10’
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Ària “Si può? Signore! Signori!” from the opera Il Pagliacci (1892) 6’
Giacomo Puccini: fantasia from the opera Madama Butterfly (1904) 9’
Vincenzo Bellini: Ària “Eccomi in lieta vesta” from the opera I capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) (1830) 7’
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria Rusticana (1980) 3’
Giussepe Verdi: Duet “Sì, vendetta, tremenda vendetta…” from the opera Rigoletto (1851) 3’

ARTISTS

Barcelona Symphonic Band (BMB)
Rafa Agulló, conductor
Júlia Farrés-Llongueras, soprano
Elías Arranz, baritone

Programme

In this performance, the BMB, under the direction of Rafa Agulló, will play some of the most transcendent and cherished themes from the Italian operatic repertoire. The show will begin with the overture from La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), an instrumental piece in which Rossini’s masterful use of irresistible and exhilarating tension —with his characteristic crescendos— makes itself felt.

Soprano Júlia Farrés-Llongueras and baritone Elías Arranz, both invited to sing at this “Morning at the Opera”, will feature prominently in many of the pieces. The pair will start with the aria from Puccini’s Turandot “Tu che di gel sei cinta”, and continue with “Bella siccome un angelo”, from Donizetti’s opera Don Pascuale. The instrumental pieces will include the short ballet piece “Danza delle ore” from Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda,and arias and duets from La Traviata, Il pagliacci and Rigoletto, among other operas, will also be performed.