Virtuosi di Venezia: Vivaldi and Opera

The orchestra and the singers of Virtuosi di Venezia pay tribute to Antonio Vivaldi with a program consisting in concerts of the great composer and the most famous and beautiful opera arias by masters such as Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti, in a journey of music from Baroque to Grand Opera.

Virtuosi di Venezia repropose the compositions of Vivaldi on the Ateneo of San Basso, a place, as well as prestigious, well known for having the same dimensions of the Pietà Institue music hall, which no longer exists in which Vivaldi composed at the Institute of Charity. The church of Ateneo of San Basso was built in 1076 in honor of San Basso and is one of the oldest churches in Venice. After the fires of 1105 and 1661 the church was built again. The simple elegance and classic admired today is probably attributable to Baldassarre Longhena, who worked at the time at the Basilica of San Marco.
In the XIX century the church was robbed of its altar and its decorations and in the years to come was first sold to a private and later transformed into a laboratory for marbles and sculptures. In the fifties of the ‘900 the building was rebuilt and adapted to the conference room. The Ateneo of San Basso is now deconsecrated former church located in the heart of Venice, Piazzetta dei Leoncini, to the left of the Basilica of San Marco. Since its reopening in 2002 is considered one of the most important cultural centers of the city.

A. VIVALDI“ARSILDA,REGINA DI PONTO”Ouverture per Orchestra

A. VIVALDI“GIUSTINO”“Vedrò con mio diletto” aria per Soprano

G.F.HAENDEL“SERSE”“Ombra mai fu” aria per Tenore

G. DONIZETTI“L’ELISIR D'AMORE”Preludio d’introduzione per Orchestra

G. DONIZETTI“L’ELISIR D'AMORE”“Una parola o Adina” duetto per Soprano e Tenore

G. VERDI“LA TRAVIATA”Preludio al primo atto per Orchestra

G. VERDI“LA TRAVIATA”“Un dì felice eterea” duetto per Soprano e Tenore

G. BIZET"CARMEN"Habanera per archi e pianoforte

G. PUCCINI“LA BOHEME"“Si, mi chiamano Mimì” aria per Soprano

G. PUCCINI“TOURANDOT”“Nessun dorma” aria per Tenore

G. PUCCINI“MANON LESCAUT”“Intermezzo” per Orchestra

G. VERDI“RIGOLETTO”“E’ il sol dell’anima...” duetto per Soprano e Tenore

G. VERDI“LA TRAVIATA”“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” duetto per Soprano e Tenore

Please note: program is subject to change