The programme for the recital provisionally includes opera arias and other melodies by beloved composers such as Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini. Flórez will be collaborating with pianist Vincenzo Scalera, who has performed in Turku previously.
“I am really looking forward to my first appearance at the Turku Music Festival. This fine event brings together so many international artists every year, and I can’t wait to perform and meet the audience,” says Flórez.
Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
Vincenzo Scalera, piano
Programme:
Christoph Willibald Gluck
“O del mio dolce ardor”
Giulio Caccini
“Amarilli, mia bella”
Giacomo Carissimi
“Vittoria, mio core!”
Vincenzo Bellini
“Malinconia”
“Per pietà, bell’idol mio”
“La ricordanza”
Gioachino Rossini
“Come il fosco… Quell’alme pupille”, from La pietra del paragone
Péchés de viellesse, No.12, Dans sibérienne (piano solo)
“La speranza più soave”, from Semiramide
Intermission
Paolo Tosti
“Sogno”
“Seconda mattinata”
“Aprile”
Gaetano Donizetti
“Seul sur la terre”, from Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal
Giuseppe Verdi
Romanza senza parole in fa maggiore (piano solo)
“Brezza del suol natio… Dal più remoto esilio”, from I due Foscari
Giacomo Puccini
“Torna ai felici dì”, from Le Villi
2h, 1 intermisson
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Tickets already purchased for 2020 and 2021 will be honoured for the rescheduled concert as is.