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Festival Verdi celebrates Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday

On October 10, “Gala Verdiano” live stream on teatroregioparma.it and Lepida TV, then available for 30 days

October 10, 2020 is the 207th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi. Festival Verdi and Verdi Off, ongoing in Parma and Verdi’s lands, celebrate it with a whole-day fête.

We can share one of the many events on the programme, the recital Gala Verdianolive stream on the Teatro Regio di Parma website www.teatroregioparma.it and on Lepida Tv (web and YouTube channel LepidaTV OnAir).

The protagonist of the Gala Verdiano, scheduled at the Teatro Regio at 08:00 p.m., is the baritone Ludovic Tézier, coming back in Parma after his performance in the successful Macbeth, opening opera of the XX Festival Verdi. He is accompanied by Roberto Tagliavini, applauded bass in Ernani and in Messa da Requiem, and piano, Maestro Milo Martani.

The program of the recital – final show of the XX Festival Verdi “Sparks of Opera” and of the 5th edition of Verdi Off  includes the best arias and duets by Giuseppe Verdi from Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlo, Attila, Otello, Luisa Miller, Falstaff, Rigoletto, interspersed with the virtuoso piano paraphrases of Verdi’s music by Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Martucci.

The Gala Verdiano, live broadcasted in Italy on several other channels, will be available on the Teatro Regio di Parma website for 30 days.

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