Homage to Puccini: Chailly / Netrebko / Kaufmann - Teatro alla Scala (2024) - Homage to Puccini - Teatro alla Scala (2024)

Description

Recital. On 29 November 2024, Milan's Teatro alla Scala pays tribute to Puccini, a century to the day after the composer's death on 29 November 1924. To mark the occasion, the Milanese opera house is offering a recital featuring an exceptional cast: conductor Riccardo Chailly at the helm of the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, accompanying tenor Jonas Kaufmann and sopranos Anna Netrebko and Mariangela Sicilia.

Further information is available on the Opera's official website

Programme

Preludio Sinfonico

Requiem
for three-part mixed chorus, viola and organ
Simonide Braconi, viola
Lorenzo Bonoldi, organo

from Madama Butterfly
Act III, Intermezzo
for male choir and orchestra

from Edgar
Act III, Prelude
Requiem aeternam
for soprano, chorus, orchestra, and treble voices chorus
Mariangela Sicilia, soprano

from Le villi
“La tregenda” Intermezzo, second part

Crisantemi
version for string orchestra

from Manon Lescaut
Intermezzo
Act IV
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor