To end on a high note the year dedicated to the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, Roma Tre Orchestra promotes six free events, in as many churches on the outskirts of Rome, to remember the Tuscan composer with one of his most famous sacred works.
With the contribution of the Rome Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, from 30 November to 7 December R3O performs the Messa di Gloria, composed by a young Giacomo Puccini in 1880. It is one of his first works for choir, soloists and orchestra, in which the melodic and dramatic talent that would make him famous already emerges. The work combines traditional sacred language with theatrical elements, reflecting the composer’s operatic genius.
For this special occasion, Roma Tre Orchestra deploys a team of 100 elements: a large orchestra directed by the young Sieva Borzak, the International Opera Choir under the guidance of Giovanni Mirabile, and a cast of soloists that includes the tenors Charles-Isaac Denys and Artur Sadłoń, supported by baritones Luca XuHaichen and Li Zheyu.
Also on the programme, at the opening, is the performance of the “Unfinished” Symphony by Franz Schubert (1822). Immediately afterwards, the contrasting spirituality of the Gloria Mass offers an emotional crescendo, moving from Schubert’s intimate reflection to Giacomo Puccini’s joyful and solemn elevation. A combination that highlights the transition from Viennese Romanticism to Italian Lyricism.
Valerio VicariArtistic Director of Roma Tre Orchestra, invites the public as follows: “Giacomo Puccini’s Messa di Gloria is an intense musical experience and thanks to the Roma Foundation we have managed to make it a gift to the city, with six free concerts in the churches on the outskirts of Rome. An initiative that aims to reach new territories, in places of aggregation that belong to everyone, combining artistic heritage and social value. A solemn musical event that projects the Roman public towards the opening of the Jubilee year”.
The next concerts will take place on Monday 2 December at 7pm in the Church of God the Merciful Father, in Piazza Largo Terzo Millennio 8; Tuesday 3 December at 7.30 pm at the Church of S. Galla, in via Circonvallazione Ostiense 195; Wednesday 4 December at 7pm, in the Church of S. Bonaventura da Bagnoregio, in via Marco Calidio 22; Saturday 7 December at 7.30 pm, inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in Piazza di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice 54.
