Republic Day Concert

REPUBLIC DAY CONCERT

Tuesday, June 2nd at 8:30 PM

Palasole

This concert is conceived as a tribute to Italian Republic Day, featuring some of the most celebrated pages of the Italian opera repertoire.

The program offers a musical journey through 19th and early 20th-century Italian melodrama, with a particular focus on the music of Giuseppe Verdi—a composer who symbolizes the Risorgimento and a figure deeply tied to Italian cultural identity. His works, often perceived by the public as expressions of the ideals of freedom, unity, and national belonging, represent the core of this celebratory concert.

Alongside Verdi, the program also features the music of Giacomo Puccini and Pietro Mascagni, composers who helped make Italian opera one of the most recognized and beloved artistic heritages in the world.

Each piece will be introduced by Maestro Roberto Gianola, who will guide the audience through a musical and historical narrative, connecting the performed works to the values of the Republic, Italian culture, and the role that melodrama played in building the national identity.

The concert will alternate between solemn moments, highly emotional choral pieces, and famous tenor arias, building up to a musical crescendo that will culminate with the Inno delle Nazioni (Hymn of the Nations)—a symbolic celebration of people and brotherhood among nations.

PERFORMERS

• Orchestra: Lake Como Philharmonic Orchestra

• Choir: Corale Lirica Ambrosiana

• Choir Master: Roberto Angiò

• Tenor: Vitaliy Kovalchuk

• Conductor: Roberto Gianola

PROGRAM

1. Michele Novaro — Il Canto degli Italiani (Italian National Anthem)

2. Giuseppe Verdi — Prelude from Attila

3. Giuseppe Verdi — Tace il vento from I due Foscari

4. Giacomo Puccini — Recondita armonia from Tosca — Tenor

5. Pietro Mascagni — Regina Coeli – Inneggiamo! from Cavalleria Rusticana

6. Giuseppe Verdi — Overture from Nabucco

7. Giuseppe Verdi — La donna è mobile from Rigoletto — Tenor

8. Giuseppe Verdi — Va, pensiero from Nabucco

9. Giuseppe Verdi — Di quella pira from Il Trovatore — Tenor and Choir

10. Giacomo Puccini — Nessun dorma from Turandot — Tenor and Final Choir

11. Giuseppe Verdi — Gloria all’Egitto from Aida

12. Giuseppe Verdi — Inno delle Nazioni (Hymn of the Nations)

13. Michele Novaro — Il Canto degli Italiani (Finale)

During the evening, scholarships will be awarded to deserving students from Bellano, and copies of the Italian Constitution will be presented to Bellano’s 18-year-olds.