ORT | EASTER CONCERT
Students of all levels (Italians and foreigners) pay a special price of €5.00 all inclusive (the ticket can only be purchased at the ticket office, NOT online)
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Over 65s
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For safety reasons, for spectators with a certified disability equal to or greater than 70% a reserved area is set aside near one of the exits at the back of the stalls (4 seats available for disabled people with mobility impairments and 5 seats for disabled people who are able to walk). These spectators are entitled to a reduced ticket and a free ticket for their service companion.
The purchase can be made EXCLUSIVELY by contacting the Teatro Verdi ticket office via email (info@teatroverdionlilne.it), by telephone at 055.21.23.20 or even in person.
This concert can be included in one of the season ticket formulas provided (from € 48.00 to € 250.00):
– ALL-INCLUSIVE (14 concerts)
– OCTET (8 concerts)
– DO-IT-YOURSELF (from 5 to 12 concerts)
– DIY OPEN (3 to 6 concerts)
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Tickets for this event can also be purchased with the Teacher’s Card – Culture Bonus and with 18 Apps, both at the theatre ticket office and through the Ticketone website.
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Easter Concert
Orchestra della Toscana
Gemma New conductor
Eleonora Bellocci soprano
Filippo Mineccia countertenor
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Program:
/ Stabat Mater
Joseph Haydn / Symphony No.104 “Salomon”
“Sorrowful, weeping, the Mother stood near the Cross from which her Son hung.” Thus begins the Stabat Mater, a 13th-century liturgical sequence traditionally attributed to Jacopone da Todi. These verses, for Holy Week, have been set to music by composers of all ages. One of the most moving renditions is by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, the most prominent Neapolitan opera composer of his generation (though he was born in the Marche region). Commissioned by the Duke of Maddaloni for Holy Week celebrations, this work was an immediate success and remains a staple in the performance tradition to this day. This Baroque masterpiece for strings and two solo voices opens the ORT’s Easter concert. The soloists are two Florentines with impressive resumes: soprano Eleonora Bellocci, who began her career at the Accademia del Maggio, and countertenor Filippo Mineccia, noted for his recent debut at La Scala and collaboration with Riccardo Muti. On the podium is Gemma New, a 37-year-old New Zealander naturalized as a U.S. citizen, and current music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, who gained international recognition in 2021 after winning the Sir George Solti Competition in Germany.
The other composition in the program is Symphony No. 104 by Franz Joseph Haydn, the last of his symphonic catalog. Majestic yet affable, it was his farewell to the city of London, where he was brought by impresario Johann Peter Salomon (after whom this symphony is often named) following his retirement from the court of the Esterházy princes, the most distinguished dynasty of the Austrian Empire after the Habsburgs.
