Intermezzo
Joys and seductions, triumphs and dramas: music painted with bold strokes or with the sweetest nuances, all united by composers affiliated with musical verismo. Like a gallery of artworks, each piece is a painting to be savored to the fullest.
Amilcare Ponchielli
«Feste e pane!» and Danza delle ore
from the opera La Gioconda
Ruggero Leoncavallo
«Din, don, suona vespero» and Intermezzo
from the opera Pagliacci
Pietro Mascagni
«Gli aranci olezzano», Intermezzo and «Regina cœli»
from the opera Cavalleria rusticana
Umberto Giordano
Intermezzo
from the opera Fedora
Giacomo Puccini
La Tregenda
from the opera Le Villi
Coro a bocca chiusa
from the opera Madama Butterfly
Intermezzo
from the opera Manon Lescaut
Finale
from the opera Turandot
(Franco Alfano's version)