Opera&Concerti is the section of La Stagione dei Teatri dedicated to music, with projects and repertoires that cross different genres, uniting them with each other, and fostering collaboration with important institutional and associative realities of the Lombardy region. It begins with theItalian Philharmonic Orchestra, which proposes a new project entitled The Five Elements, with Alessandro Quarta ‘s violin and Giuseppe Magagnino ‘s piano acting as a guide among the five elements, transforming them and making them his own, bringing the quintessence of nature in concert. The unprecedented partnership with the Polli Stoppani Foundation will be in the sign of a prestigious pair of pianists, Michele Campanella and Monica Leone, who will perform Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op. 125 in Franz Liszt‘s ingenious transcription for two pianos. And in keeping with established tradition, the festivities at the end and beginning of the year will be marked by the Christmas Concert first and by the New Year’s Concert afterwards.

The first will feature the choir I Piccoli Musici directed by Mario Mora, with a program, different from previous years, entitled The Sound of Voice: a selection of folk songs from different nations, excerpts from the musicals of Leonard Bernstein and Richard Rodgers, opera songs remembering the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, as well as some of the most beautiful Christmas melodies. The New Year’s greeting, with the fullItalian Philharmonic Orchestra, will then take place on the notes of famous composers such as Johann Strauss, Antonín Dvořák, Ottorino Respighi and Johannes Brahms. For Opera, Teatro Donizetti will host one of Verdi’s masterpieces, Rigoletto, in the new production co-produced by OperaLombardia Theaters, conducted by Alessandro D’Agostini and directed by Matteo Marziano Graziano.