The Puccini Gala Concert

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
25 & 27 July 2024

The Puccini Gala Concert

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
25 & 27 July 2024

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2024

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Sat
27 Jul 2024
1:00 pm
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Important Update

Sadly, Joseph Calleja has contracted COVID and is unable to travel to Australia to perform in The Puccini Gala Concert. We are, however, excited that internationally renowned tenor, Young Woo Kim, who has won rave reviews for his performance in Tosca at Margaret Court Arena and Sydney Opera House, is able to step in for both performances.

Venue

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

Language

Performed in Italian.

Running time

Approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one interval.

A star-studded celebration of some of opera’s most moving music.

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini was opera’s defining force at the turn of the 20th century. His operas reach deep into your soul and transform you through their humanity and beautiful music.

And they’re still amongst the most-performed today: La Bohème, Turandot, Tosca and Madama Butterfly.

No other composer captures the rush of true love, the thrill of discovering something new, or the force of tragedy like Puccini.

2024 marks the centenary of the great composer’s passing. To celebrate his contribution to opera, we’re performing a concert of his finest music.

Homegrown superstar Nicole Car and internationally renowned tenor, Young Woo Kim, are joined by a fabulous cast of singers, including Peter Coleman-Wright AO and Julie Lea Goodwin.

Swoon to the arias and duets you know and love, alongside lesser-known gems from his extraordinary operas, performed by some of our greatest singers along with the extraordinary Orchestra Victoria.

The song list includes:

Prelude to Act 1 - La Fanciulla del West

Ch’ella mi creda - La Fanciulla del West
O mio babbino caro - Gianni Schicchi
Un bel di - Madama Butterfly

Intermezzo - Madama Butterfly

O soave fanciulla - La Bohème
Quando m’en vo - La Bohème
Act 3 scene - La Bohème

Interval

Donna non vidi mai - Manon Lescaut
Poichè tu vuoi saper - Manon Lescaut

Act 3 Intermezzo - Manon Lescaut

Sola, perduta, abbandonata - Manon Lescaut

Intermezzo - Suor Angelica

Chi il bel sogno - La Rondine
Act 1 duet - Tosca
Act 2 scene - Tosca
Vissi d’arte - Tosca
E lucevan le stelle - Tosca
Tu che di gel sei cinta - Turandot
Nessun dorma - Turandot

The song list is subject to change without notice.

Cast & Creative

Conductor
Daniel Smith
Director
Miranda Summers
Lighting Designer
Paul Jackson
Host
Peter Coleman-Wright AO
Nicole Car
Peter Coleman-Wright AO
Julie Lea Goodwin
Young Woo Kim
Orchestra
Orchestra Victoria

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