Name: Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala | Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Chailly
Start: 2025-09-13T16:00:00+02:00
Location: KKL Luzern, Concert Hall

Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala | Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala
Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Alberto Malazzi, chorusmaster
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi:
Ouverture to "La battaglia di Legnano"
"Viva Italia! Sacro un patto" from "La battaglia di Legnano"
"Plaude all'arrivo Milan dei forti" from "La battaglia di Legnano"
Ouverture to "I due foscari"
"Silenzio, mistero" from "I due foscari"
Ouverture to "La traviata"
"Si ridesta in ciel l'auroral" from "La traviata"
"Noi siamo zingarelle" from "La traviata"
"Di Madride noi siamo mattadori" from "La traviata"
"Ballabili" from "Otello"
"Fuoco di gioia!" from "Otello"
"Dove guardi splendono raggi" from "Otello"
Gioachino Rossini:
Ouverture to "La gazza ladra"
"Tremate, o popoli" from "La gazza ladra"
"Ergi omai la fronte altera" from "Semiramide"
Ouverture to "Guglielmo Tell"
"Passo a tre e Coro tirolese" from "Guglielmo Tell "
As the summer of endless possibilities draws to a close, let our thoughts fly free – with the most beautiful opera choruses by Giuseppe Verdi and Gioachino Rossini. Riccardo Chailly and the ensembles of La Scala, Milan, are unsurpassed in their ability to ignite the spark of Italianità and let brio flare up. Alongside well-known overtures and choruses from "La traviata" and "Otello", for example, we can also look forward to excerpts from such rarely performed works as "I due Foscari" and "La battaglia di Legnano", an eminently political piece. It was written in 1848-49, in the context of the Risorgimento, the Italian unification movement: "Viva Italia!" sings a chorus in this opera. And a few years later, Verdi's dream of a unified country was to become a reality with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. Switzerland's glorious history is not overlooked either. Two numbers from Rossini's "Guglielmo Tell" – including, of course, the rousing Overture – will conclude this afternoon of grand emotions. That is, at least, the official program. Because if we clap hard enough, perhaps there will be more catchy tunes from the motherland of music that will stick in our heads as earworms.
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