“Mariella Devia for Gaetano Donizetti”: the homage of the soprano to the composer
Dedicated to the three Tudor queens, the concert programme is directed by Giuseppe Sabbatini.
At the end of the show, the public will be offered candied chestnuts by Italcanditi, a local company that has joined the project ‘Ambasciatori di Donizetti’ (Ambassadors of Donizetti).
Bergamo, Teatro Sociale, Wednesday 28th November, 8.30pm
The Donizetti Opera Festival enters the heart of the programme with high expectations for the now traditional vocal concert at the Teatro Sociale, on Wednesday 28th November at 8.30pm, which, this year, will have as its protagonist, a renowned interpreter of the belcanto repertoire, the soprano Mariella Devia.
After a stage farewell, at the end of an intense international career spanning four decades, the Genoese soprano has embarked on a concert tour of the most prestigious theatre stages in Europe. Among these is the Teatro Sociale of Bergamo, in the hometown of one of the soprano’s most beloved and performed composers. Indeed, Devia made her debut in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, a role she played for over thirty years and on over 350 occasions.
The concert programme consists of the final scenes of the so-called ‘Trilogia Tudor’ (Tudor Trilogy), with Mariella Devia interpreting the three Tudor queens Anne Boleyn, Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I, flanked by the voices of Federica Vitali, Francisco Brito, Lorenzo Barbieri and Alessandro Ravasio. Taking the podium for the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo will be one of her historical collaborators, Giuseppe Sabbatini, who, after a remarkable tenor career on the major stages of the world, takes up the baton for just such special occasions as this. The event will also see the participation of the Donizetti Opera Chorus, under the direction of Fabio Tartari.
At the end of the concert, the Donizetti Opera Festival audience will receive a sweet tasting of candied chestnuts, a delight that Gaetano Donizetti himself was fond of, offered by Italcanditi, a symbol of Bergamo’s pastry and taste excellence conceived in 1963 by Angelo Goffi, and a company that has recently joined the ranks of ‘Ambasciatori di Donizetti’ (Ambassadors of Donizetti), supporters of the festival with Art Bonus.
Here is the programme of the concert:
Mariella Devia Anna Bolena / Maria Stuarda / Elisabetta
Federica Vitali Anna Kennedy / Sara
Francisco Brito Leicester / Cecil
Lorenzo Barbieri Cecil / Nottingham
Alessandro Ravasio Talbot
Giuseppe Sabbatini conductor
Orchestra Filarmonica del Festival Pianistico di Brescia e Bergamo
Coro Donizetti Opera
Fabio Tartari Choirmaster
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848)
Anna Bolena, Sinfonia
“Chi può vederla” (Anna Bolena, Atto III)
“Piangete voi? … Al dolce guidami” (Anna Bolena, Atto III)
Maria Stuarda, Sinfonia
“Vedeste?… Deh! Tu di un’umile…
Di un cor che more… Ah! Se un giorno” (Maria Stuarda, Atto III)
Roberto Devereux, Sinfonia
“E Sara in questi orribili momenti… Vivi ingrato…
Qual sangue versato” (Roberto Devereux, Atto III)
