Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/May/2015
Genre - Vocal Recitals
The great season of Melodrama
Hommage to Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Martucci
In an Opera Recital with Angela Papale, soprano and Fabio Marra, piano
In a programme of G. Verdi: Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Un ballo in maschera), Ernani involami (Ernani); A. Ponchielli: Suicidio (La Gioconda); G. Martucci: Al folto bosco (La canzone dei ricordi); G. Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly), Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut), Senza mamma (Suor Angelica), Terra e mare, Sole e amore, Morire? and F. P. Tosti: Se tu non torni, Perdutamente and Baciami!
Angela Papale completed her music studies in Italy at her town Conservatory, and advanced her vocal training under the tutelage of great Italian singers such as Magda Olivero, Paolo Montarsolo and Fiorenza Cossotto. She has won prizes at numerous international competitions such as Cascina Lirica, San Remo Classica, Città di Roma and is involved in intense concert activities in Italy and all over the world, winning the unanimous approval of audiences and international critics. She collaborates with important orchestras, holding shows at theatres, prestigious associations, concert halls and has performed title roles in operas such as: La Bohème at Seoul Opera House, Manon Lescaut at Merano Opera Festival, La forza del destino at International Opera Fest Kiel and Un ballo in maschera at National Theatre of Mexico.
Fabio Marra graduated with high honours in Piano, Composition and Conducting and maintains a busy performance schedule as soloist, accompanist and conductor. He is the Professor of Harmony, Analysis and Composition at the Music Conservatory “A.Vivaldi” in Alessandria, advisor to major organizations and Theatres such as Teatro alla Scala, Milan and Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova. He has performed all over the world and is an assistant of the renowned musicologist and conductor Alberto Zedda, producing Rossini Operas, as well as researching unedited 18th century Operas of the Neapolitan period. Currently, he is the conductor of the “Merano Chamber Orchestra” (Italy).
