Italy: a land where speech is like singing and where melody flows like wine. Escape from the winter cold to the warmth of works by great Italian composers from Vivaldi to Verdi—and a few musical visitors as well. It’s a voyage of exciting discoveries and welcome reunions—no passport required!
Opening the NJSO’s Italian Festival, a Vivaldi classic sparkles at any time of the year, particularly in the gifted hands of Sarah Chang. Stravinsky pays witty tribute to Baroque master Pergolesi in a ballet based on the Neapolitan tale of Pulcinella.
For many music lovers, Italian opera is opera, and these lively overtures and stirring choruses show why. Discover why Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti and other Italian masters became national heroes of this land of song.
January 14 in Morristown: NJSO Rhapsody—a young professionals event. Click here for more details and tickets.
Rome has cast its spell on countless composers. Respighi
captures the city’s enchanted atmosphere in his picturesque
Pines of Rome, as does Berlioz in the festive Roman Carnival Overture. Liszt’s concerto, written after an extended stay in Rome,
is filled with Italianate melody and charm.
NEEME JÄRVI conductor JENNIFER CASEY CABOT soprano ELIZABETH BISHOP mezzo-soprano RICHARD CLEMENT tenor KEVIN BURDETTE bass MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY CHORALE
NJSO concert video
VERDI Requiem
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Operatic in its expressive intensity, Verdi’s majestic Requiem is
an unforgettable concert experience. The walls will tremble to
Dies Irae, while Agnus Dei provides heavenly consolation. In
both intimate solo passages and towering choral settings,
Verdi’s melodic gifts are unsurpassed.
