Name: I virtuosi del teatro alla scala
Start: 2021-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Duomo

Organization

Admin

Orvieto Festival della Piana del Cavaliere

Instrumentalist

Andrea Pecolo

Violin

Stefano Lo Re

Duccio Beluffi

Viola

Gianluca Muzzolon

Cello

Omar Lonati

Contrabass

Marco Zoni

Flute

Fabien Thouand

Oboe

Fabrizio Meloni

Clarinet

Marion Reinhard

Bassoon

Stefano Curci

Horn

Singer

I virtuosi del teatro alla scala

Orvieto

Italy

Duomo

Public

The Silken Ladder

Il Gattopardo - "Ballabili", Suite for Small Orchestra  (1963) OST

Gran Duo su motivi di Traviata e Rigoletto

Decimino

Delfina Gago

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Tenor

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Soprano

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Violins
Andrea Pecolo
Stefano Lo Re

Viola
Duccio Beluffi

Cello
Gianluca Muzzolon

Contrabass
Omar Lonati

Flute
Marco Zoni

Oboe
Fabien Thouand

Clarinet
Fabrizio Meloni

Bassoon
Marion Reinhard

Horn
Stefano Curci

Program notes
I Virtuosi del Teatro alla Scala presents an all-Italian program that is based on the unusual formation of the ten-part ensemble: a double quintet of strings and winds. The symphony from Rossini’s La Scala di Seta is an arrangement for the ensemble of the famous symphony from Rossini’s farsa comica, known over the years only for this opening scene.
A great way of disseminating opera in times when there was no recorded music were the fantasies and potpourri on famous arias from one or more operas. Smaller ensembles made it possible to bring opera to places that did not have a theatre and orchestra to perform complete and traditional operas, thus reaching small towns and villages in the most remote areas. Squarzina rearranges for and combines the two 19th-century fantasies by Lovreglio originally for clarinet on themes from Rigoletto and Traviata.
The only original piece for double quintet of strings and winds is Mercadante’s first Decimino. Although this is purely instrumental music, the listener cannot miss the close connection with opera. Mercadante composed over sixty operatic titles and his chamber music production is visibly influenced by them.
Next we come to the 20th century with the famous dances written by Nino Rota for the soundtrack of Luchino Visconti’s film Il Gattopardo in 1961. The famous director had come into possession of an unpublished waltz written by Giuseppe Verdi, which was orchestrated by Rota and provided the starting point for the other six original dances. The result is a highly enjoyable suite with a 19th-century salon atmosphere.
Luca Di Giulio

English

I virtuosi del teatro alla scala by Rossini, Rota, Stefano Squarzina, Mercadante, From (2021/2021), Duomo, Orvieto, Italy

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