The Orquesta Sinfónica Provincial and the Coro Estable de Bahía Blanca will present the Italian Lyric Gala on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. at the Gran Plaza Teatro, located at Alsina 170, lanueva.com reported. The performance is directed by Maestro Luis Belforte and sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy.
Italian Lyric Gala at Gran Plaza Teatro
Organismos Artísticos del Sur will perform a classical Italian music program under the direction of Maestro Luis Belforte. The concert takes place at Gran Plaza Teatro on Alsina 170. According to lanueva.com, the event forms part of the cultural agenda of the Instituto Cultural de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
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The performance marks a local event for the XXVI Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo. extranoticias.com.ar noted that the festival operates under the theme Lingua geniale: ideare, progettare, creare con l’italiano.
The Consulate General of Italy in Bahía Blanca sponsors the production.
Verdi, Puccini, and Respighi on the Program
The orchestra and chorus will perform major orchestral and choral works from the Italian repertoire. The setlist includes the overture to Giuseppe Verdi’s I vespri siciliani and the Gypsies’ Chorus from Il trovatore. lanueva.com reported that the program also features the intermezzo from Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana.
Additional orchestral pieces include Verdi’s drinking song from La Traviata and Ottorino Respighi’s tone poem Fountains of Rome. extranoticias.com.ar specified that the selections combine dramatic Verdi pieces with Puccini’s lyrical intensity and Respighi’s symphonic expressiveness.
Featured Guest Soloists and Arias
Four guest soloists join the orchestra and chorus for individual vocal performances. Baritone Alfredo Miranda will sing Largo al factotum
from Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Soprano Ana Filipich will perform O mio babbino caro
from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, according to lanueva.com.
Tenor Pablo Muñoz Barra is scheduled to sing Una furtiva lagrima
from Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. Contralto Jihan Jerez Ávalos will perform Stride la vampa
from Verdi’s Il trovatore, as detailed by extranoticias.com.ar.
Ticket Sales and Concessions at Gran Plaza Teatro
Tickets are available for purchase at the Gran Plaza Teatro box office and online through the theater’s official website, according to extranoticias.com.ar. The box office operates Monday through Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., lanueva.com reported.
Discounts for students and retirees are available exclusively through the physical box office at Alsina 170.