Verdi Music Festival
October 10th – November 4th, 2014
SHOWS
La Forza del Destino
Melodrama in four acts written by Francesco Maria Piave and Antonio Ghislanzoni
based on the drama Don Álvaro o La fuerza del sino by Ángel Perez de Saavedra. With Italian and English
over titles.
“It is certain that in the La Forza del Destino one’s soul must understand the word and give it expression.”
Giuseppe Verdi had very clear ideas about this and 152 years later finds the director Stefano Poda to
share his views: “La Forza del Destino is a work to listen to and feel in your gut”. This melodrama is the
paradigm of romanticism which Poda tinges with noir and wraps in the fog. The lights cut through
emptiness and strike the scene: there is no decoration, simply a vibration of love, anger and vendetta.
Concert Master and Conductor: JADER BIGNAMINI
Production, costumes and lights : STEFANO PODA
Chorus Master : SALVO SGRÒ
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
Mariella Devia
The Soprano Mariella Devia accompanied by pianist Giulio Zappa. Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI.
A rare yet authentic gift that led her voice in the world’s most prestigious theatres. Hard work and
passion have made Mariella Devia a master of interpretation. Thus, works by Verdi come alive alongside
the piano of Giulio Zappa.
She will perfom:
Sei romanze (1838) - “Perduta ho la pace”
Il Brigidino
È la vita un mar d’affanni
Il Corsaro - “Egli non riede ancora… Non so le tetre immagini”
Stornello
Chi i bei dì m’adduce ancora
I vespri siciliani - “Arrigo! Ah! Parli a un core”, act IV and “Mercé, dilette amiche”, act V
Giovanna d’Arco - “Oh ben s'addice… Sempre all’alba ed alla sera”, prologo and “Qui! qui!... O fatidica
foresta”, act I
Sei romanze (1838) - “Deh, pietosa, oh addolorata”
Album di sei romanze (1845) - “La zingara” and “Lo spazzacamino”
I Lombardi alla prima Crociata - “Qual prodigio!...Non fu sogno”, act III
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Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic
Parma’s Regio Theater Chorus
Children Chorus from the Corale Giuseppe Verdi di Parma
Verdi fortissimo Verdi and an extraordinary touch of Arrigo Boito. In the heart of the Festival, a musical
tribute conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta from the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic together with the
Parma’s Royal Theater Chorus and the Children Chorus from the Corale Giuseppe Verdi. An ever upward
movement which culminates in the Mephistopheles’ Prologue in Heaven performed by Michele Pertusi.
Conductor : FRANCESCO LANZILLOTTA
Bass : MICHELE PERTUSI
Chorus Master : SALVO SGRÒ
Children chorus Master : BENIAMINA CARRETTA
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
I Vespri siciliani – Symphony and Divertissement “Le quattro stagioni”
(I. Inverno, II. Primavera, III. Estate, IV. Autunno)
Attila - Prelude
Macbeth - Prelude
Music by ARRIGO BOITO
Mefistofele – Prologue
Fuoco di Gioia
performed by Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic
A spark which cannot be extinguished, a long musical party. 113 years from his death, the Maestro from
Busseto is a man and a genius still celebrated by his admirers. The passionate Verdi supporters from the
Club of 27 dedicate a concert to him performed by voices which honor him all over the world.
Conductor : ANTONELLO ALLEMANDI
With the friendly participation, among others, of ANNA PIROZZI, MARIA JOSÈ SIRI, MONICA TARONE,
ROSSANA RINALDI, GREGORY KUNDE, JOHN OSBORN, VITTORIO VITELLI, ROBERTO TAGLIAVINI
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Orchestra del Conservatorio di Musica “A. Boito” di Parma
A passion which is handed down through the young Voci Verdiane and the Orchestra of the
Conservatorio di musica “A. Boito”.
Conductor : FRANCESCO CILLUFFO
With the participation of ARTISTS OF THE 52th CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE VOCI VERDIANE “CITTÀ
DI BUSSETO”
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
Tribute to Raina Kabaivanska
“I tell young people that singing is a matter of apprenticeship: sing well and faithfully perform what has
been written. But, of course, you must feel the magnetic flow of current with others, this sense of
energy". Raina Kabivanska has inspired emotion and taught others to feel emotion. The audience adores
the soprano, the artist with a degree in philosophy, the singer who also has the gift of acting. This show
will be celebrating her 80th birthday.
Conductor : NAYDEN TODOROV
Artists from Raina Kabaivanska's Singing school
Soprano : MARIA AGRESTA
Soprano : VIRGINIA TOLA
Mezzosoprano : CINZIA CHIARINI
Tenor : MATTEO DESOLE
Bass : SIMON LIM
With the special participation of RAINA KABAIVANSKA
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Quartet from Cremona
“Their style of playing is so simple, clean and sparkling, that you just know you are in safe hands.” A
concert dedicated to Webern, Verdi and Beethoven: three composers for four clear, expressive and,
occasionally, explosive bows. Music for their chords.
Violin : CRISTIANO GUALCO
Violin : PAOLO ANDREOLI
Viola : SIMONE GRAMAGLIA
Cello : GIOVANNI SCAGLIONE
They will perform :
ANTON WEBERN - Langsamer Satz
GIUSEPPE VERDI - String Quartet in E minor
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - String Quartet No. 14 in C diesis minor, Op. 131
SEMPREVERDI
Ballet School of Academy “Teatro Alla Scala”
Verdi is movement: of men, of passion, of scenes. Rigorous movement, never random, is at the heart of
his music and of SempreVerdi, a tribute to Verdi from the ballet school of the Academy Teatro alla Scala.
The choreography of Frédéric Olivieri for the Divertissement from I Vespri Siciliani accompanies the
melancholy serenade of George Balanchine and the feminine elusiveness designed by Roland Petit.
Serenade
Choreography : GEORGE BALANCHINE
Music by PËTR IL'IČ ČAJKOVSKIJ
Gymnopédies
Choreography : ROLAND PETIT
Music by ERIK SATIE
Le quattro stagioni
Divertissement from I Vespri siciliani
Choreography : FRÉDÉRIC OLIVIERI
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Grigory Sokolov
In a career spanning forty years, he has played with all the major orchestras and more than two hundred
conductors, and yet, before every concert he practices for hours to familiarize himself with the piano he
will be playing. A deep musical thought and technical expertise: Grigory Sokolov is considered to be
amongst the greatest living pianists. At the Teatro Regio di Parma his “feeling” is dedicated to the
nuances of Fryderyk Chopin.
Piano : GRIGORY SOKOLOV
Music by FRYDERYK CHOPIN
Orchestra and Chorus from the Royal Theater of Turin
Milan, Rotterdam, St Petersburg, London, New York and then again to Italy, Turin: for the last night of the
festival it is an ambassador of music who will celebrate the sacrality of Verdi. Gianandrea Noseda
involves “people to support art” and art to support people. Pathos and power, clarity and expression as
he conducts the Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Regio di Torino.
Conductor : GIANANDREA NOSEDA
Chorus Master : CLAUDIO FENOGLIO
Music by GIUSEPPE VERDI
They will perform:
Quattro pezzi sacri - “Ave Maria”, “Stabat Mater”, “Laudi alla Vergine Maria” and “Te Deum”
Macbeth - Prelude act I, “Che faceste? Dite su!”, act I, Ballabili and “Patria oppressa”, act IV
Nabucco – Symphony and “Gli arredi festivi”, act I
Otello - “Fuoco di gioia”, act I and Ballabili
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Show
La Forza del Destino
Mariella Devia
Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic
La Forza del Destino
Fuoco di Gioia
Orchestra del Conservatorio di Musica “A. Boito”
La Forza del Destino
La Forza del Destino
Tribute to Raina Kabaivanska
Quartet from Cremona
La Forza del Destino
SempreVerdi
SempreVerdi
Grigory Sokolov
Orchestra and Chorus from the Royal Theater of
Turin
Date
Friday, October 10th
Saturday, October 11th
Sunday, October 12th
Thursday, October 16th
Friday, October 17th
Time
7:30PM
5:00PM
8:00PM
7:30PM
8:00PM
Saturday, October 18th
Sunday, October 19th
Thursday, October 23rd
Saturday, October 25th
Sunday, October 26th
Tuesday, October 28th
Thursday, October 30th
Friday, October 31st
Monday, November 3rd
Tuesday, November 4th
8:00PM
3:30PM
7:30PM
8:00PM
5:00PM
7:30PM
8:00PM
8:00PM
8:00PM
8:00PM
PRICING
Rates are per person
$436
$253
$121
$187
$171
Central
Balcony
Level 1
$419
$237
$104
$171
$137
Central
Balcony
Level 2
$320
$187
$71
$137
$137
Middle
Balcony
Level 1
$353
$204
$88
$154
N/A
$96
$88
$71
$79
$154
$104
$121
$104
$146
$96
$113
$96
$121
$79
$104
$79
$129
$88
$104
$88
$237
$220
$171
$187
Show
Orchestra
La Forza del Destino – October 10th
La Forza del Destino – other dates
Mariella Devia
Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic
Fuoco di Gioia
Orchestra del Conservatorio di
Musica “A. Boito”
Tribute to Raina Kabaivanska
Quartet from Cremona
SempreVerdi
Grigory Sokolov
Orchestra and Chorus from the
Royal Theater of Turin
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Show
La Forza del Destino – October 10th
La Forza del Destino – other dates
Mariella Devia
Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic
Fuoco di Gioia
Orchestra del Conservatorio di
Musica “A. Boito”
Tribute to Raina Kabaivanska
Quartet from Cremona
SempreVerdi
Grigory Sokolov
Orchestra and Chorus from the Royal
Theater of Turin
Middle
Balcony
Level 2
$286
$171
$63
$121
N/A
Side
Balcony
Level 1
$320
$187
$71
$137
$121
Side
Balcony
Level 2
$253
$154
$55
$104
$121
$63
$71
$55
$46
$113
$71
$96
$71
$121
$79
$96
$79
$96
$63
$79
$63
$63
$46
$63
$46
$137
$171
$121
$79
Gallery
$104
$88
$46
$71
$63
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TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA
Seating map
Orchestra
Central Balcony
Middle Balcony
Side Balcony
Level 1
Level 1
Level 1
Level 2
Level 2
Level 2
Gallery
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