Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Giacomo Puccini

Time&Date：19:30:00 21/11/2008
Venue：National Grand Theater-Concert Hall
Price：80;180;280;480;580;680

The world-renowned La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra and China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, together with over 120 outstanding artists will join hands for tour performances in China to celebrate the 2008 Sino-Italian Friendship Year, as well as to honor the memory of Puccini's 150th anniversary of the birth of Puccini.

Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra; China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra

Soprano: Sillbia Dalla Benetta

Tenor: Mario Malagnini

Pianist: Enrica Ciccarelli

Conductor: Pier Carlo Orizio

Chief: Wu Zhengming

Program

Part I
La tragenda ——from “Le Villi”

Recondita armonia (Tenor) ——from “Tosca”

Vissi d’arte (Soprano) ——from “Tosca”

Addio fiorito asil (Tenor) ——from “Madama Butterfly”

Un bel di vedremo (Soprano) ——from “Madama Butterfly”

Intermezzo ——from “Manon Lescaut”

Tu che di gel sei cinta (Soprano) ——from “Turandot”

Nessun dorma (Tenor) ——from “Turandot”

Mario!Mario! Mario! (Duet) —— from “Tosca”

Part II

Nino Rota（1911—1979） Concerto soiree for piano and orchestra

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Pini di Roma-Symphonic poem

Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909) Notturno op.70 (as encore, orchestra)

La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra
The symphony orchestra of Milan’s La Scala theatre was founded by the conductor Claudio Abbado in 1982. Since then it has collaborated with a number of the world’s leading conductors. The orchestra’s permanent conductors include the Korean-born Myung-Whun Chung, one of our time’s most successful masters of the baton, who achieved fame in the 1990s as the musical director of the Paris Opera. He is currently the chief conductor of the orchestra of Rome’s Academy of St. Cecilia and the French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Pier Carlo Orizio
Pier Carlo Orizio is considered one of the best renowned conductors in Europe.He has cooperated with numerous outstanding orchestras such as Denmark National Orchestra,Austra Salzburg Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Slovenska Filharmonjia di Liubljana, Orchestra Sinfonica della R.T.V. di Zagabria, Orchestra Filarmonica di Cracovia .
Moreover Pier Carlo Orizio has been the Art Director and Conductor in Italian Michelangelo Music Festival which is the most popular and influential art festival in the world.

Enrica Ciccarelli
Enrica Ciccarelli is a famous Italian pianist.She graduated from the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan, where she also studied organ. She attended  master classes held by Jean-Bernard Pommier.
She performed  for  well-known Italian and foreign Associations and a soloist with famous orchestras, such as: Prague Symphonic Orchestra, Moldova National Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, Mexican State Symphonic Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerorchester, Auvergne Chamber Orchestra, Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Moskow Symphonic, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, I Pomeriggi Musicali. 

Mario Malagnini
Mario Malagnini is currently one of the most eminent Italian tenors and regularly performs in the most important theatres around the world.He has sung in almost all of the principal international theatres: Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Arena di Verona, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Maggio Musicale in Florence, London, Paris, New York, Vienna, San Francisco, Tokyo, Berlin, Munich, Monte Carlo, Hamburg, Seoul, Budapest, Houston, Moscow etc,. always working with renowned orchestra conductors such as Giuseppe Patané, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Oren, Anton Guadagno, Nello Santi and Marcello Viotti.

Sillbia Dalla Benetta
Sillbia Dalla Benetta is an Italian notable soprano, the mainstay of Teatro alla Scala. After graduated from conservatory, Sillbia continued her further education under the conductions of many music masters.
Sillbia has won numerous rewards in many world-class vocality competitions as a coloratura soprano.Cooperated with numerous famed conductors, Sillbia has been invited to perform in theaters and musical concerts all around the world.