Veronica Dzhioeva & NSO

Veronica Dzhioeva & NSO


2021-04-23 Fri 19:30National Concert Hall500 700 1000 1600 2000 2500 3000Buy
Mikhail Agrest, conductor
Veronica Dzhioeva, soprano

Vincenzo Bellini: Overture,’Casta Diva’ from Norma
Alfredo Catalani : Contemplazione
Giuseppe Verdi : ‘Tacea la notte placida’ from Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture ,‘Merce dilette amici’ from I vespri Siciliani
Giuseppe Verdi : Overture, 'Pace,pace mio dio’ from La Forza del Destino
Antonín Dvořák: In the Nature’s Realm , Op.91
Antonín Dvořák: ‘Song to the moon’ from Rusalka
Giacomo Puccini: Preludio Sinfonico, Op.19
Giacomo Puccini: ‘O mio babbino caro’ from Gianni Schicchi

Russian conductor Mikhail Agrest and Russian soprano Veronika Dzhioeva come to Taipei bringing a veritable cornucopia of treasures from nineteenth-century Italian opera (and two from Dvořák). Veronika Dzhioeva sings six well-known arias including the sumptuously beautiful “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s Norma, the lustrous “Tacea la notte” from Verdi’s Trovatore, and the touchingly sincere “O mio babbino caro” from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. As a sort of prelude to each of the six vocal gems ̶ all centerpieces of a soprano’s repertory – the NSO offers a short orchestral excerpt either drawn from the opera whose aria will follow, or another appropriate number. Connoisseurs will delight in rarely-heard orchestral music by Catalani (a warmly sentimental piece by a composer remembered only for his opera La Wally), Puccini (his first published composition), and Dvořák (a short symphonic poem).