Belcanto Gala: arias and duets among masks and passions

On Tuesday June 23, 2026, at 9:00 PM in the Cortile dell’Archiginnasio in Bologna: Belcanto Gala: arias and duets among masks and passions

PROGRAM:

• Gioachino Rossini “Largo al factotum”
  Figaro’s aria from The Barber of Seville
• Gioachino Rossini “Principe più non sei – Sì, ritrovarla io giuro”
  Don Ramiro’s aria from Cinderella (La Cenerentola)
• Gioachino Rossini “Una voce poco fa – Io sono docile”
  Rosina’s aria from The Barber of Seville
• Gaetano Donizetti “Di tua beltade immagine”
  Severo’s cavatina from Poliuto
• Giuseppe Verdi “Signor né principe”
  Duet of Gilda and the Duke from Rigoletto
• Gioachino Rossini “Zitti, zitti, piano, piano”
  Trio of Rosina, Count, Figaro from The Barber of Seville
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Hai già vinta la causa! – Vedrò, mentr’io sospiro”
  The Count’s aria from The Marriage of Figaro
• Gaetano Donizetti “Benedette queste carte – Della crudele Isotta”
  Adina’s aria from The Elixir of Love
• Charles Gounod “Salut! demeure chaste et pure”
  Faust’s cavatina from Faust
• Gaetano Donizetti “Appressati, Lucia – Il pallor funesto orrendo”
  Duet of Lucia and Enrico from Lucia di Lammermoor
• Gaetano Donizetti “Una furtiva lagrima”
  Nemorino’s aria from The Elixir of Love
• Charles Gounod “Je veux vivre”
  Juliette’s aria from Roméo et Juliette
• Gaetano Donizetti “Tran tran”
  Trio of Adina, Nemorino and Belcore from The Elixir of Love

A journey through theatre, emotion, and the transformation of the voice: the wit and energy of Rossini’s world, tenderness touched by deception, passions taken to the extreme, leading to an idealized and suspended love. This concert of arias, duets, and trios unfolds as a single fresco: scenes chasing one another, characters changing faces, emotions that endure.

The works of Rossini (The Barber of Seville, Cinderella), Donizetti (The Elixir of Love, Lucia di Lammermoor), along with references to Faust and Juliette, trace the final arc of Belcanto, projecting it toward the great transformation of 19th-century opera. The vocal parts are entrusted to three rising opera talents, in a constant dialogue between timbral individuality, stage action, and introspection.

Performers:

• Alessandra Rizzini soprano
• Ling Nie tenor
• Tomohiro Nomachi baritone
• Samuele Piccinini piano