The tickets available for “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, a famous work of “playful” musical theatre, which will be staged tonight (Wednesday) at 9.30pm on Stage 19 (via dell’Ospedale) – and no longer in the Michelerio courtyard, due to forecast bad weather – as part of the Asti Lirica festival.
On stage, among others, Diego Savini (Figaro), Barbara Massaro (Rosina), Claudia Ceraulo (Berta), together with the tenor from Asti Enrico Iviglia (Conte d’Almaviva) and the baritone from Alba Stefano Marchisio (Bartolo). The Terre Verdiane Orchestra and the Parma Opera Chorus will be conducted by Sirio Scacchetti, while the direction is entrusted to one of the most prestigious names on the Italian scene, namely Davide Garattini Raimondi.
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The festival will continue on June 27, at 9.30 pm at the Palazzo del Michelerio, with a tribute to the illustrious composer Giacomo Puccini, whose 100th anniversary is celebrated, entitled “Gran Concerto Pucciniano”. During the “Galà” the tenor Diego Cavazzin and the sopranos Martina Gresia and Ksenia Bomarsi will perform the best-known pages of the Tuscan composer’s repertoire.
Next, the July 3 in the suggestive complex of the Baptistery of San Pietro, a dive into Baroque and music with a double concert. The soprano Chiara Pontoriero and the countertenor Gustavo Argandoña will be the protagonists of a concert entitled “Between sighs and furies of love” (9pm). Following, at 10.15pm, “Heavenly Harmonies”, which will see the polyphonic choir Ensemble Vocale Novharmony involved in the sacred repertoire.
The 4th July, at 9pm, the Alfieri Theater will host Carmina burana. The show, produced by the Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa of Savona, will feature the soprano Irene Celle, the baritone Michele Patti, the tenor Raffaele Feo and the Philarmonia Choir, led by the baton of Giovanni Di Stefano. The performance will be preceded by the Requiem SC76 for choir, solo viola and organ by Giacomo Puccini, which will be performed in homage to the Asti artist Giorgio Faletti on the tenth anniversary of his death (which occurred on 4 July 2014).
The July 7, at 9pm at the Alfieri Theatre, it will be the turn of a great operetta classic: “The Merry Widow” by Franz Lehár. It will be performed by soprano Renata Campanella who will take on the role of Anna Glavari.
The festival will close on Tuesday September 17th with a meeting between words and music at the Alfieri Theatre. Fabio Armiliato, one of the greatest tenors in the world, will present his autobiographical book “Una vita in canto (The alchemy of the voice)” to celebrate 40 years of career, a volume full of reflections on his life and music, including anecdotes and backstory. During the meeting he will also perform some opera arias, accompanied by his students.
Tickets
Tickets: 12 euros (reduced to 10 euros for season ticket holders of the Teatro Alfieri in Asti, Kor Card and Astense Library plus card holders, Verdi institute students, young people under 25 and over 65s); the two concerts on 3 July and the evening of 17 September with free admission. Tickets available at the Alfieri Theater ticket office: 0141/399057.
