Selected excerpts from the most beloved works in opera history
As part of the 'Música Mercè' program of Barcelona’s La Mercè Festival
The Orchestra and Choir of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, conducted by Maestro Pablo Assante, will perform, at La Mercè, essential musical excerpts from the operatic repertoire. The combination of the Liceu Choir’s vocal excellence and the Orchestra’s virtuosity promises a performance that will captivate both classical music enthusiasts and newcomers. The program will include overtures and excerpts from operas by Mozart, Bellini, Puccini, Ponchielli, Dvořák, and other composers.
Date
Free concert at the Nou Barris District Headquarters (Nou Barris Main Square, 1)
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Overture (Le nozze di Figaro)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848)
Preludi i cor de la introducció (L’elisir d’amore)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
“Pane, pan per carità” (La forza del destino)
Tarantella – “Nella guerra è la folia” (La forza del destino)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835)
Cor d’introducció (La sonnambula)
“Qui la selva”, acte II (La sonnambula)
Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 – 1886)
“Feste e pane” (La Gioconda)
Dansa de les hores (La Gioconda)
Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Polonesa + cor (Rusalka)
Albert Guinovart (1962)
“Himne dels pirates” (Mar i cel)