Italian Arias and Neapolitan Songs
About the Event
Immerse yourself in the stunning architecture of Rome's breathtaking Ponte Sant' Angelo Methodist Church for the ultimate concert set to awake your understanding of classical music.
Join tenor Alessandro Fantini, pianist Giovanni Velluti and their team of singers who will lead you in this marvellous trip to enjoy Italian singing heritage.
Featuring classics of Italian Arias from Donizetti and Rossini up to the most famous Neapolitan songs as “Funiculì Funiculà” , this concert will take you on a delighting musical journey. After the concert you can enjoy a free aperitivo with the artists and get to know the people behind the music.
Just think of O'paese do sole or Funiculì funiculà: songs which where Caruso favourite encores and enjoyed the radio and movie recordings of Mario Lanza and the worldwide broadcasting of Pavarotti concerts.
In an intimate hall in which the musicians are just feet from the audience and with wonderful acoustics Arias and duets from opera and chamber music greats like Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Donizetti, will sound between the hall walls. Exciting pieces for solo piano by masters of the instrument like Chopin and Liszt will be interpreted between the vocal performances. Neapolitan songs by genre leaders such as 'Torna a Surriento' or 'Core 'ngrato', will round off the programme and give you an exquisite taste of Italian musical greatness and variety.
Immediately after the impressive concert, you will have the opportunity to meet the artists drinking Prosecco in the pleasant setting of an Aperitivo, a small reception to round off your evening in a quintessentially Italian way.
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Practical Information
-One of the musicians will guide your experience of the songs with notes and anecdotes in English.
The “Italian Arias and Neapolitan Songs” concert suits everybody:
-People who are not familiar with Opera and Italian classical songs but want to approach it with a professional musical point of view.
-Kids and youngs. Thanks to a program which is fluent, catchy and various and for the English explainations and anecdotes.
-Connoisseurs and music lovers, thanks to the high quality of the performers.
-The concert is located just meters away from the Castel Sant'Angelo and the legendary St. Peter's Basilica,in a breathtaking scenery.
-In the warm and intimate hall at Piazza di Ponte Sant'Angelo you’ll be just feet from the musicians, feeling like in a private concert.
-There is no dress code, and the venue is wheelchair‐accessible.
