Puccini 150 - Anniversary Concert

The Classique Foundation will be presenting Puccini 150 - Anniversary Concert, to mark the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's birth. The concert will feature the 85-strong Malta Philharmonic Orchestra together with two internationally-renowned...

The Classique Foundation will be presenting Puccini 150 - Anniversary Concert, to mark the 150th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's birth.

The concert will feature the 85-strong Malta Philharmonic Orchestra together with two internationally-renowned singers Maria Pia Ionata (soprano) and Ignacio Encinas (tenor).

Giacomo Puccini's operas are full of popular arias and duets and it was not easy for the organisers to draft an interesting programme. Puccini 150 will include arias and duets from masterpieces like Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. The concert will also feature a number of orchestral works, some of which will be performed in Malta for the first time.

Puccini 150 will be held at the Aurora Theatre, Victoria, on November 8 at 7.30 p.m.

In 2001 the foundation presented Verdi in concerto to mark the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death.

The concert will also form part of the Festival Tipico Gozo which is organised by the Gozo Cultural Council within the Gozo Ministry.

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