Gaulitana: A Festival of Music today presents a concert with the winners of the Concorso Lirico G. Rubini.
An established vocal competition held annually in Bergamo, Italy, under the artistic direction of Marzio Giossi, a well-known figure with local opera buffs, tonight’s performers are Celeste Bang (mezzo-soprano) and Bum Joo Lee (tenor), accompanied by Kim Bohye on piano.
They will be interpreting various operatic arias including O mio Fernando from La favorite by Gaetano Donizetti, Ideale, Non t’amo più, and Non ti scordar di me by Francesco P. Tosti, Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Well-known pieces in the programme for the evening are Puccini’s E lucevan le stelle and Nessun Dorma, Verdi’s Condotta ell’era in ceppi and Già i sacerdoti adunansi, Acerba volutta from Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea, Cielo e mar from La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli and also Charles Gounod’s O ma lyre immortelle from Sapho.
■ The concert is being held this evening at the Gozo Ministry Hall in Victoria at 7.30pm. Entrance is free. For more information on the festival, call 7703 8971, send an e-mail to gaulitanafestival@gmail.com or visit www.gaulitanus.com. This space will cover all the events taking place within the festival on the specific dates.