A full scale production of one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most-popular operas, Rigoletto, will be the highlight of this year’s Gaulitana: A Festival of Music.
This annual springtime festival is organised by the Gaulitanus Choir and consists of a series of eclectic concerts by international and local artists.
The opera features an international cast supported by an enlarged Gaulitanus Choir and accompanied by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Gaulitanus musical director and artistic director Colin Attard.
The production will again be entrusted to acclaimed Italian Enrico Castiglione, who is also responsible for the design of the sets. The costumes are designed by Sonia Cammarata.
Castiglione will be bringing to our shores the same production broadcast by Rai Mondovisione throughout cinemas worldwide in 2013.
The opera will be held at Aurora Theatre on May 22.
The festival kicks off with a semi-staged version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s best-loved musical The Sound of Music.
A number of local soloists and the Gaulitanus Choir will be joined by the visiting London-based Keats String Quartet and Gaulitanus resident pianist Stephen Attard.
Colin Attard will conduct, while production will be in the hands of British artist Terry Shaw.
A grand sacred concert by the UK’s Wycliffe Choral Society, who will be performing Beethoven’s Mass in C and Poulenc’s Gloria, brings the festival to an end.
This year Gaulitanus Choir is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
A full programme will be released shortly.
Gaulitana: A Festival of Music is being held between April 11 and May 24. For more information send an e-mail to gaulitanafestival@gmail.com or call 7904 5779.
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