A Rossini Extravaganza!

We celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of the great Italian composer Gioachino Rossini with an evening illustrating the wide range of his majestic, hilariously wicked and sparkling music—arias and duets from Tancredi, Adina, Cenerentola, and selections from his brilliant piano music Péchés des vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) composed at the end of his life. The enchanting contralto Emily Marvosh is joined by soprano Sonja Tengblad (“crystalline tone and graceful musicality” —The Boston Globe) in a romp through vocal works, that will also include the glorious Barcarolle by Jacques Offenbach, whose music Rossini championed. Pianist Roman Rabinovich presents some of the fiendishly challenging Péchés that reveal a portrait of a bon vivant who pushed humor, gastronomy— and technique—to their limits. A finishing flourish will be a performance of a string quartet written at the tender age of twelve!Pre-Concert Rossini-themed Reception at 4:30 PM for Patrons and Season Subscribers.Emily Marvosh, contralto; Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Roman Rabinovich, piano

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