From Mozart to Puccini: opera gala at the theater Guardassoni
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The historic theater room Bologna, Guardassoni, opens its season on Dec. 6 with a special gala opera. S ul stage three exceptional players and a promising young emerging: the soprano Cinzia Forte, baritone Mario Cassi and tenor Christian Cremonini with mezzo Stephanie Lewis, English by birth and adoption of Bologna now with Hotel Bologna Centro
The program provides a veritable feast of bel canto arias and duets from the best-loved works by Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini, with a frothy operetta bet on the world – classic holiday par excellence – and other surprises. For the opportunity will be offered a toast to the public by the company with a buffet wine Gardi-Bertoni (www.tenutanasano.it)
The gala, in collaboration with Lions club Bologna and Bologna Lavino Samoggia valleys, will be aimed at raising funds to support the artistic and cultural activities of the theater Guardassoni (Association for social non-profit), in particular for the purchase of a piano that will enhance the concert and the development of young artists emerged in the competition City of Bologna – fitting with the Caniglia of Sulmona and Colzani Budrio the circuit of competitions sponsored by Benvenuto Franci of Pienza. It is from this important collaboration network, which has seen emerging talents Guardassoni also perform in other member cities, comes the young Lewis , former student of the School of the Theatre of Opera and fresh winner of the last contest of Pienza Franci last in October.
Cinzia Forte, internationally renowned soprano and artistic director of music initiatives by Guardassoni, is back after its debut as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro after being many times will soon be a popular Susanna and Anne Boleyn in Trieste, Naples Lucia di Lammermoor, Violetta Valery in La Traviata , and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro in Bologna.
Mario Cassi is a very busy period, which saw him star of Two Figaro Mercadante under the direction of Riccardo Muti in Ravenna and Salzburg, the Barber of Seville at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Gem of Vergy in Bergamo, The Marriage of Figaro in Liège and The Cinderella in Valencia. Next season will be at Real Madrid again with Maestro Muti, in Palermo and then for the ‘ Elixir of Love and Stairway to Rigoletto and La Boheme . It’s already been a guest of Guardassoni, where he debuted in the role of Giorgio Germont in La Traviata staged in 2009.
Cristiano Cremonini , President of Theatre Guardassoni, was recently applauded at La Scala in Milan (where he returns in 2012), the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, the Verdi Festival in Parma, the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, the Baths of Caracalla in Liège and Brussels.
At the piano Ayako Kotani . Will present the evening, Professor. Mioli Piero .
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