2007 Tuscan Sun Festival
Performances
August 2007
On Tour
04 Sat
Piazza Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Nino Rota
- Selections from La Strada
- Saint-Saens
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
- Verdi
- Canzone di velo from Don Carlo
- Rossini
- Bel Raggio lusinghier from Semiramide
- Donizetti
- Una furtiva lagrima from L'Elisir d'Amor
- Bizet
- Habanera from Carmen
- Puccini
- Che gelida manina from La Boheme
- Dvorak
- Song to the Moon from Rusalka
- Mussorgsky
- Pictures At An Exhibition (arr. Ravel)
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Nina Kotova, Cello
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano
Nino Surguladze, Mezzo-soprano
Francesco Demuro, Tenor
On Tour
08 Wed
Teatro Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Ravel
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Mozart
- Piano Concerto No. 27, K.595, B-flat major
- Overture from Cosi fan tutte
- Duet “O guarda sorella” (Dorabella/Fiordiligi), Act 1 from Cosi fan tutte
- "Ch’io mi scordi di te…Non temer amato bene" K505
- Aria "Voi che sapete" (Cerubino) from Le nozze di Figaro
- Aria "Padre, germani, addio” (Ilia) from Idomeneo
- Aria "Parto, parto” from Clemenza di Tito
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzo-soprano
Elena Bashkirova, Piano
On Tour
10 Fri
Teatro Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Vivaldi
- Four Seasons, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4
- Fauré
- Pelleas et Melisande, op.80: Suite
- Strauss
- Oboe Concerto in D major TrV 292 (AV 144)
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Joshua Bell, Violin
On Tour
14 Tue
Santa Margarita, open air
Cortona
Program
- Joaquín Rodrigo
- Concierto de Aranjuez
- Rachmaninov
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Ernesto Bitetti, Guitar
On Tour
16 Thu
Santa Margarita, open air
Cortona
Program
- Opera Gala. Program
- Selections from Carmen, and other works TBC
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Elïna Garanca, Mezzo-soprano
José Cura, Tenor
On Tour
05 Sun
Piazza Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Gordon Getty
- Ancestor Suite
- Camille Saint-Saens
- Piano Concerto No. 5, op. 103, F major (Egyptian)
- Rachmaninov
- Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
On Tour
15 Wed
Santa Margarita, open air
Cortona
Program
- Smetana
- Moldau from "Ma Vlast"
- Mendelssohn
- Violin Concerto, Op. 64, E minor
- Dvorak
- Symphony No. 8, Op. 88, G major
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Nikolaj Znaider, Violin