Nicola Luisotti will be on the podium for a free streamed opera concert from La Scala in Milan, on Wednesday 24 March at 8 pm CET, which will be broadcast live via Teatro alla Scala's website, and its Facebook and YouTube pages.
A programme of arias, duets, and intermezzos features two of the top Italian voices of today: Francesco Meli and Maria Agresta.
Meli has been a constant presence in the programming at the opera house over the last decade and returns after participating in the opening of the season concert on 7 December. Agresta hasn't sung in the theatre since the Verdi Requiem conducted by Zubin Mehta in 2015. Luisotti was last at the theatre in February 2020 with Il trovatore, which was the first show not to be staged due to the pandemic.
The concert has music by Giuseppe Verdi, Alfredo Catalani, Giacomo Puccini, Marco Tutino and Umberto Giordano.
Wednesday 24 March 2021 at 8 pm CET
Live-streamed event
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Conductor
Nicola Luisotti
Soprano
Maria Agresta
Tenor
Francesco Meli
Giuseppe Verdi
from La battaglia di Legnano
O magnanima… La pia materna mano…
Francesco Meli
from Otello
Canzone del salice… Ave Maria
Maria Agresta
from Stiffelio
Sinfonia
from Otello
Dio mi potevi scagliar
Francesco Meli
Alfredo Catalani
from La Wally
Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Maria Agresta
Giuseppe Verdi
from Otello
Già nella notte densa
Maria Agresta, Francesco Meli
Alfredo Catalani
from Loreley
Prelude
Giacomo Puccini
from Manon Lescaut
Tu, tu, amore? Tu?!
Maria Agresta, Francesco Meli
Marco Tutino
from La Ciociara
Intermezzo
Umberto Giordano
from Andrea Chénier
Ecco l'altare
Maria Agresta, Francesco Meli
Graham Spicer is a writer, director and photographer in Milan, blogging (under the name ‘Gramilano') about dance, opera, music and photography for people “who are a bit like me and like some of the things I like”. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy.
His scribblings have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the ‘Danza in Italia' column for Dancing Times magazine.
