Verdi Reads Verdi

2016 / 2017                    Chamber Hall                the 4th season

23 June * Friday * 7.00 pm

Show

“Verdi Reads Verdi”

(“Verdi legge Verdi”)

Massimiliano Finazzer Flori (Italy)

On 23 June 2017, as part of the EXPO-2017, the Astana Opera House will present the magnificent show “Verdi legge Verdi”, featuring the Italian playwright, actor and director Massimiliano Finazzer Flori, who creates new formats in which philosophy and literature mingle with performing arts.

Massimiliano Finazzer Flori is one of the leading Italian actors with more than 50 shows that take place in the USA, Asia and Europe. Among the most popular are:The Mirror of Borges (2007), The Ear of Ludwig van Beethoven (2008), The Time of Gustav Mahler (2010), The Betrothed (2011), Pinocchio (2012), Great Evening Futurist (2013), Being Leonardo da Vinci (2014), Verdi legge Verdi (2016) and others.

In this project, Massimiliano Finazzer Flori offers the audience an original interpretation of the key moments of Giuseppe Verdi’s biography, which will be presented in the first person (the actor uses portrait make-up). Verdi will tell in detail about his life, from early childhood to the testamentary dispositions. The audience will learn about Verdi’s relationship with music, Wagner and librettist Arrigo Boito, listen to his advice to young composers and singers, as well as his reflections on art, theatre, music and culture ... This is a life story in nine episodes, between which the great composer’s most beautiful music will be performed.

The concert will feature soprano and orchestra musicians (String Quartet).Piano – Madeniet kayratkeri Yelena Sakhno.

On the programme:

La Traviata. Prelude. Act 1, Scene 2.

Othello. Prelude

Don Carlos.“Ella giammaim'amo”. Act 4

Rigoletto. “Caro nome”

Othello.“Dio mi poteviscagliar”. Act 3, Scene 3

Macbeth. Act 3, Scene 1

Nabucco. “Vapensiero”

La Traviata. “Semprelibera”

Aida. Prelude.

Rigoletto, “La donna è mobile”. Act 3

Traviata, “Parigi, o Cara”.

Requiem.Lacrymosa – “O Libera me Domine”

Falstaff, “Tuttonelmondo è burla”. Act 3, Scene 2

Triumphal march from the opera Aida

 

Performance will be accompanied by English and Russian subtitles

Running time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed