Homage to Great Italian Opera
View(s):Colombo will pay homage to the Grand Italian Opera under the direction of Maestro Jacopo Sipari, infant prodigy of the Italian Opera.
‘Great Italian Opera’ conducted by Maestro Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli will come alive at at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo onJune 6, 2018.
‘Great Italian Opera’ will be accompanied by the first instruments of the ‘Festival Internazionale di Mezza Estate’, the heavenly Soprano Silvana Froli and local celebrities, the De Lanerolle Brothers and with the , both nationally and musically known ‘National Unity Orchestra of Sri Lanka’.
The Programme for the evening will be as follows.. Gioachino Rossini: Ouverture Il Barbiere di Siviglia (from ‘The Barber of Seville’), Giacomo Puccini: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (from ‘La Bohème’) – with Silvana Froli, Giacomo Puccini: Intermezzo from ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’, Giuseppe Verdi: Di provenza(from ‘Traviata’) – with Rohan De Lanerolle, Giuseppe Verdi: Ouverture Nabucco (from ‘Nabucco’) and Giacomo Puccini: Vissi d’Arte (from ‘Tosca’) – with Silvana Froli.
The second half of the concert will feature Pietro Mascagni: Preludio from ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’, Giacomo Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo(from ‘Madam Butterfly’) – with Silvana Froli, Gioachino Rossini: Ouverture from ‘La Gazza Ladra’, Giacomo Puccini: Sola, Perduta e Abbandonata(from ‘Manon Lescaut’) – with Silvana Froli, Giuseppe Verdi: Ouverture La forza del Destino (from ‘La Forza del Destino’) and Gioachino Rossini:Ouverture from ‘Guglielmo Tell’.
Accompanied by Francesco Solombrino – First Violin, Alessandro Zerella- First Viola, Silvano Fusco- First Cello, Giuseppe Branca- First Flute, Flavia Civico- First of the Second Violins and Vladimiro Cainero- First Horn.
National Unity Orchestra
The setting up of a United Orchestra was the brainchild of The De Lanerolle Brothers. The Orchestra will with time facilitate and offer a platform for players from all parts of the country to join and express themselves in a united front keeping in mind they play one language – MUSIC -irrespective of caste, creed or religion.
The Orchestra, from its early roots, has an Italian legacy, as it was conducted by Italian Battista Pradal in a soft opening with a Sacred Music Programme in 2017 at The Cathedral of Christ the Living Savior. This programme though marks the debut of the National Unity Orchestra (NUO) under the direction of Maestro Jacopo Sipari di Pescasseroli, in its inaugural season with a programme of all Italian Opera.
The event is a presentation of the Italian Embassy in Colombo and sponsored by Cargills
