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Muti conducts Italian operatic masterworks

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Chicago Symphony Center Chicago, Illinois, IL 60604, United States

Dates/times in Chicago time zone

Programme

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Nabucco: Overture
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Nabucco: Gli arredi festivi
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Nabucco: Va Pensiero, chorus of the Hebrew slaves
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Il trovatore: Anvil Chorus
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Macbeth: Patria oppressa
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)	Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani): Overture
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)	Manon Lescaut: intermezzo
Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945)	Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Boito, Arrigo (1842-1918)	Mefistofele: Prologue

Performers

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti	Conductor
Riccardo Zanellato	Bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe	Choirmaster / chorus director
Chicago Children's Choir	Choirmaster / chorus director

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Muti in his element in Italian opera excerpts

Sam Jacobson, 28th June

For the final week of the CSO season, Muti led a stirring program of operatic excerpts by Verdi, Puccini and Mascagni, along with a rarity by Boito.

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