A night at the opera-pit
Johann Adolf Hasse
Sinfonia op. 3, Nr. 3 in D-Dur (Ouvertüre zu Cleofide)
Giuseppe Verdi
Streichquartett in e-Moll (Orchesterfassung)
Georg Friedrich Händel
Orgelkonzert op. 4, Nr. 4 in F-Dur
Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi
Richard Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll (Orchesterfassung)
Duration approx. 1 H. 45 Min. incl. intermission after approx. 50 Min.
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A night at the opera-pit
Abstract
A night at the opera-pit
Verdi, Wagner and Puccini have gone down in history as opera composers. The fact that they occasionally created small works beyond the opera stage is easily overlooked alongside their great theatrical successes. Riccardo Minasi and the Orchestra La Scintilla therefore dedicate an entire concert program to just these gems of famous opera composers. In addition to string quartets by Verdi and Puccini in orchestrated versions, Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, which he composed in secret in 1870 and had performed for his wife Cosima at Christmas in the stairwell of his villa on Lake Lucerne, will also be heard. With an organ concerto by Handel and a Sinfonia by Hasse, opera composers of the 18th century are also represented. The Orchestra La Scintilla interprets the works on the instruments corresponding to the respective epoch.