Soprano Christabelle Formosa is performing a lunchtime concert today, entitled The Voice of Spring, at the St Augustine Monastery, Valletta.
The programme features a selection of operatic arias and songs, including Bellini’s Per Pietà bel idol Mio, Handel’s Farewell ye limpid springs and floods, Vivaldi’s Un Certo non so che, two works by Massenet from his opera Manon, namely Adieu Notre Petite Table and Duparc’s L’Invitation au Voyage, an excerpt from Puccini’s La Boheme – Quando me’n vo and Strauss’s Zueignung.
The soprano will be accompanied by pianist Maria-Elena Farrugia, who will also play two solo pieces. After the concert, visitors may visit the monastery for free.
Soprano Christabelle Formosa’s concert The Voice of Spring will be held at the St Augustine Monastery, Old Bakery Street, Valletta, today at noon. Tickets will be on sale at the venue 30 minutes before the concert. Proceeds will go to the Augustinian monastery restoration project. For details, call 7968 0952 or e-mail baroccomalta@gmail.com.