May 2, 2026
Auditorium Paganini, Parma
An orchestral gala featuring Mascarade's most promising young singers with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini under Danila Grassi.
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YOUNG VOICES IN PARMA WITH THE FILARMONICA ARTURO TOSCANINI

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Location

Auditorium Paganini, Parma

Date

May 2, 2026

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YOUNG VOICES IN PARMA WITH THE FILARMONICA ARTURO TOSCANINI

An orchestral gala dedicated to the most promising talents of the Mascarade Opera Programme and the New Generation Foundation of Florence.

Young emerging singers, accompanied by the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini under the direction of Danila Grassi, present a refined programme of celebrated arias from masterpieces by Bellini, Offenbach, Handel, Bernstein, Bizet, Mascagni, Mozart, Puccini, Strauss, and Donizetti, performed at the Auditorium Paganini.

A night of intense musical expression, conceived to celebrate and support the new generation of opera performers.

Orchestra
Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini

Conductor
Danila Grassi

Performers
Benjamin Gautier, baritone
Thando Zwane, baritone
Ferdinand Muradyan, bass
Anna-Helena MacLachlan, mezzo-soprano
Mariam Suleiman, soprano
Vuyisa Xipu, tenor
Taylor Wallbank, tenor

Accompanists
Jamie Andrews, répétiteur (celesta)
Aya Robertson, répétiteur (harpsichord)

Programme

Overture
Norma (1831), Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

“Belle nuit” (Barcarolle), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (1881), Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)

Recitative “O di Capellio, generosi amici”, Aria “È serbato a questo acciaro”, Cabaletta “L’amo, l’amo, e m’è più cara”, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830), Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

“Ah! non credea mirarti… Ah! non giunge”, La sonnambula (1831), Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

“Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni”, La sonnambula (1831), Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

“Scherza infida”, Ariodante (1735), George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

“Amor ti vieta”, Fedora (1898), Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)

Recitative “Or dove fuggo io mai”, Aria “Ah! per sempre io ti perdei”, I puritani (1835), Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

“Son vergin vezzosa”, I puritani (1835), Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

Intermission — 20’

Overture, Candide (1956), Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

“Votre toast” (Couplet du toréador), Act II, Carmen (1875), Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

“Suzel, buon dì”, Act II, L’amico Fritz (1891), Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)

“Va’ pure ad altri in braccio”, Act II, La finta giardiniera (1775), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

“Questo amor, vergogna mia”, Edgar (1889), Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

“Di rigori armato”, Act I, Der Rosenkavalier (1911), Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

“Presentation of the Rose”, Act II, Der Rosenkavalier (1911), Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

“Cheti, cheti immantinente”, Act III, Don Pasquale (1843), Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

“Make Our Garden Grow”, Candide (1956), Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

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