Ensemble Serenata - Italian Romance

About Italian Romance

The Tuscan Ensemble Serenata, consisting of three internationally known and renowned musicians: baritone Bruno Caproni (including Deutsche Oper Berlin, Metropolitan New York, La Scala Milan, Vienna Staats Oper, Royal Opera Covent Garden), concert pianist Julian Evans (performances at Festivals in Nice, Cannes, Berlin Philharmonie & Konzerthaus, Luzern Kongresshalle, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Dresden, Hannover, Paris, London Queen Elizabeth Hall & Wigmore Hall) and soprano Mariká van der Meer (including Sängerin in Coburg, Leipzig, Lübeck, Bautzen, Halberstadt, Gera, Freiburg theatres) will treat you this evening to highlights from the opera repertoire, as well as virtuoso masterpieces from the classical piano repertoire.

Musicians

Julian Evans, piano

Bruno Caproni, baritone

Marika van der Meer, soprano

Program

G. Rossini - from Il Barbiere di Siviglia : “Largo al factotum” and “Una voce poco fa”

F. Chopin - Ballade no.3 Opus 47 in A flat maj.

R. Leoncavallo - from Pagliacci : “Si puo, si puo” and “Stridono lassu"

F. Liszt - "Un Sospiro", Études de Concert No.3 in Des maj.

R. Leoncavallo - “Silvio, a quest'ora”, from Pagliacci

M. Ravel - "Une barque sur l'Oc��an", from Miroirs no.3

G. Verdi - “Merci jeunes amies”, from Les Vêpres Siciliennes

G. Verdi - “Pietà, rispetto, amore”, from Macbeth

F. Liszt - Transcendental Etude no.10 in F min.

G. Rossini - ��Dunque io son”, from Il Barbiere di Siviglia