Italian piano duo performs Italian opera music at the CCP

July 13, 2013, 7:30 PM

Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:

Luciano Bellini, piano

Antonella Vitelli, piano

The music of four Italian opera composers will be brought to life by four hands (courtesy of two Italian pianists) at a concert entitled Four Hands at the Opera happening this July 13, 2013, 7:30 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater).

Conductor, pianist and composer Luciano Bellini along with concert pianist and recording artist Antonella Vitelli will showcase the works of Italian opera masters like Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti and Giacomo Puccini. Fantasies culled from Puccini’s Tosca, Verdi’s La Traviata, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor which were all arranged by Luciano Bellini.

Luciano Bellini is the permanent conductor of Nova Philharmonia as well as guest conductor or soloist for many European, Asian and Latin-American orchestras. His works have been performed in nearly all western countries, in various parts of Asia and in South America, and have also been recorded by several national broadcasting stations and networks. He and Antonella Vitelli co-founded the Italian Pianistic Duo.

In commemoration of Verdi’s bicentennial of his birth, the Overture from La Forza del Destino and two of his rarely heard solo piano pieces, Romance sans paroles and Waltz in F major will be performed in this concert as well. A century after its composition, the waltz was orchestrated by Nino Rota and was used at the Grand Ball scene in the film The Leopard, directed by Luchino Visconti. The Four Hands at the Opera concert aims not only to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi but also to give highlight to Luchino Visconti.

Luciano Bellini and Antonella Vitelli

The Four Hands at the Opera is a co-production of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Philippine-Italian Association, Rustan’s, the Embassy of Italy, in cooperation with the Peninsula Manila, and Ralph’s Wines & Spirits. This event is being staged for the benefit of the PIA Endowment Fund.

Ticket prices:

P1000 Orchestra Center/Left

P800 Orchestra Right

For inquiries:

CCP Box Office 832-3706

Lulu Casas 895-2109, 895-2404

PIA office 815-1310

TicketWorld 891-9999