Prom 72: Verdi & Tchaikovsky

5 Sep 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Thu 5 Sep 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 72: Verdi & Tchaikovsky

19:00 Thu 5 Sep 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Xian Zhang directs the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 symphonic drama Manfred and the overtures to La forza del destino and La traviata. Celebrated Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja sings arias from Rigoletto, Luisa Miller and I vespri siciliani.

Programme

- - Giuseppe Verdi
  - The Force of Destiny 鈥� overture(8 mins)
  - Attila 鈥� 'O dolore! Ed io vivea'(3 mins)
  - I vespri siciliani(4 mins)
  - La traviata - Prelude to Act 1(4 mins)
  - Simon Boccanegra(5 mins)- 'O inferno! ... Sento avvampar nell'anima'
  - Aida(6 mins)
  - Luisa Miller 鈥� 'O fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido'(6 mins)
  - Rigoletto(3 mins)- 'La donna 猫 mobile'
- - interval
- - Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  - Manfred(55 mins)

Performers

Joseph Calleja
tenor
tenor
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Xian Zhang
conductor
conductor

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Written between Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, Manfred is Russia鈥檚 Harold in Italy, a work inspired by the programmatic symphonies of Berlioz and depicting the death of a tormented Faustian hero with supernatural gifts and a guilty secret.

Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang directs the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in the Byronic epic that closes the season鈥檚 Tchaikovsky symphony cycle, and also in a selection of Verdi鈥檚 operatic overtures and arias featuring last year鈥檚 star of Last Night of the Proms, the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja.

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