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Thursday, July 11, at Loano, in the’Prince's Garden Summer Arena, the second evening of the opera review dedicated to the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi's birth, promoted by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano and organized by the I.So THeatre.
At 9:30 pm, will be staged La Traviata, three-act opera from the “popular trilogy,” inspired by Alexandre Dumas son Alexandre Dumas“ ”La dame aux camélias," with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.
One of the most performed operas in the world, its performance will provide an opportunity to rediscover the magical atmosphere of Verdi's Music and bring to life the drama of the tragic story of Violetta Valery, a romantic heroine. Verdi's opera faithfully follows Dumas' text and especially the spirit of the French writer's drama. La Traviata encountered censorship both before and after its debut. The melodrama debuted in 1853 at La Fenice in Venice, proving to be a resounding flop. The following year Verdi altered, albeit slightly, the score to suit the new singers, and in May 1854 the opera was performed at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice, finally achieving a well-deserved success. For the first time Verdi uses a narrative technique unusual for melodrama at the time. The listener is led by the hand on a journey back in time, during Parisian festivities, in a situation of euphoric gaiety that contrasts with the image of Violetta lying ill in her bed. The very theme of consumption, a fashionable romantic disease that afflicts Violetta, inspired Verdi's highest musical pages.
The opera will be performed by Maria Teresa Patta (Violetta), Lucia Eusebi (Flora), Marta Camilla Della Porta (Annina), Maurizio Tonini (Alfredo), Simone Baldazzi (Germont), Baron Douphol (Stefano Maneddu), Victor Andrini (Marquis D'Obligny), Stephen Arnaudo (Dr. Grenvil), accompanied by the’Italian Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ticket sales and presale
Lollipop records - Via Garibaldi 64, Loano - tel. 019.675488 or online : www.bookingshow.it On the day of the show, opening of the box office, In the Prince's Garden Summer Arena, from 8 p.m.
Ticket cost: Full 20.00 Euro, Reduced 18.00 Euro (Reduced ticket valid for under 18 and over 70. Children under 12, free admission). Presale fee € 1.50
The Italian Philharmonic Orchestra, formed in July 1988 in Trent, has its official and operational headquarters in Turin. It has given chamber and symphony concerts in many Italian cities (Milan, Turin, Genoa, Brescia, Trento) and has organized the Festival delle Dolomiti for many years. Alongside its concert activity, the orchestra is dedicated to staging operas, giving life, among other things, to the Trentino Opera summer season. It is a promoter of an important opera circuit that promotes opera seasons in Asti, Aosta, Biella, Sanremo, Pietra Ligure, Stresa, Ventimiglia, Vercelli and Salsomaggiore. In 1991, under the musical direction of Alessandro Arigoni, with the direction of Massimo Scaglione and the critical advice of Alberto Basso, it recorded in the evocative setting of the Royal Palace in Turin Mozart's entire symphonic opera. The prestigious production was broadcast by Telemontecarlo in Italy , Tf1 in France, TVE in Spain. Thirty CDs by composers ranging from the Baroque to the 20th century were recorded for Fabbri Editori. The discs are included in the collection ’The Great Musicians.“ The Orchestra has also made ”I grandi Romantici,“ a collection of 6 CDs distributed by various national newspapers and periodicals. For RCS it recently recorded 5 CDs of instrumental and vocal Mozart works for the 2006 celebrations. He is the owner of www.onlinesymphony.it, the channel that allows people to see all the videos produced by the Orchestra.
Alexander Arigoni, born in Cremona in 1948, completed his musical studies at the A. Boito Conservatory in Parma and studied conducting with Jgor Marchevich. After instrumental experience in the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI in Turin, he was Music Director of Orchestra Fodri, Orchestra Stradivari and Orchestra Boccherini. In his activity he has had the opportunity to collaborate with prestigious soloists (Severino Gazzelloni, Cristiano Rossi, Paolo Bordoni, among others). He has organized concert seasons and festivals at Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, in Trentino Alto Adige, at the RAI Auditorium and Teatro Carignano in Turin. He has conducted for Telemontecarlo, TF1 and other European televisions, all of Mozart's symphonies with the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he has been music director since 1988 and for which he has directed all recordings. He is director of the opera productions of Trentino Opera. He teaches orchestral exercises at the ’Ghedini« Conservatory of Music in Cuneo.{:}
