Chamber concert for voices and piano

In the monastery of Castagnevizza, chosen by King Charles X of Bourbon (1757-1836) as his final resting place, a concert evokes the atmosphere of early 19th-century Paris, when many Italian composers populated the capital with great music, not without provoking lively querelles between supporters of Italian opera and those of the French tradition. The centerpiece of this successful season was the Théâtre-Italien, which opened in 1801. directed by Gaspare Spontini and then by Ferdinando Paër, it welcomed new scores by Bellini, Donizetti (who wrote I puritani for this theater), Mercadante, but above all Rossini, who performed his last opera, Guglielmo Tell, here before devoting himself solely to chamber music and his gourmet passions.

 

Music Program

Ferdinand Paër (1771-1839)

From “Leonora, ossia L’amore coniugale”

Oh qual soave incanto

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

from “Medea”

Taci Giason… Dei tuoi figli la madre

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

from “Guillaume Tell”

Sombre forêt

Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851)

from “La Vestale”

O Nume tutelar

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

from “Norma”

Deh con te… Mira o Norma… Sì, fino all’ore estreme

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

from “I Puritani”

Qui la voce sua soave

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

from “Norma”

Casta Diva… Ah bello a me ritorna!

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

La regata veneziana