Arte to Present Teatro Alla Scala’s Homage to Puccini with Jonas Kaufmann, Mariangela Sicilia & Anna Netrebko

By Francisco Salazar

On Nov. 29, Arte.de is set to present the Teatro Alla Scala’s Homage to Puccini gala.

The concert will be filmed by Rai Cultura cameras and will also be broadcast on Rai Radio 3.

Riccardo Chailly will conduct the evening which will feature soloists Mariangela Sicilia, Jonas Kaufmann, and Anna Netrebko.

The first part of the concert will feature Puccini’s “Preludio Sinfonico, Requiem” for three-part mixed chorus, viola and organ featuring violist Simonide Braconi, and organist Lorenzo Bonoldi, and the Act three Intermezzo and male choir from “Madama Butterfly.”

It will also feature the Act three “Prelude” and “Requiem aeternam” from “Edgar” featuring Sicilia. The second part will feature “La tregenda” Intermezzo from “Le Villi” and the “Crisantemi” for string orchestra.

The concert will end with Act four of “Manon” featuring Netrebko and Kaufmann.

The concert will be on the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death and will mark the close of the 2023-24 season.

The Teatro alla Scala opens its 2024-25 season on Dec. 7 and will feature a new production of “La Forza del Destino” starring Brian Jagde and Netrebko.

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