Join us for an unforgettable operatic experience as the Connecticut Lyric Opera brings Madama Butterfly to life. Madama Butterfly is one of opera’s most enduring and poignant tales of unrequited love. Composed by Giacomo Puccini, this tragic masterpiece unfolds against the backdrop of early 20th-century Japan. The story revolves around […]
Violinist Brunilda Myftaraj leads the Virtuosi in a concert featuring Brazilian-American choreographer Felipe Puletini and Ballet RI dancers Alexa Kearnan & Garret McNally. The love of movement and its artistic expression in dance are essential elements of Brazilian culture and music. These traditions are reflected in the work of the Brazilian American dancer Felipe Puletini and his AMA Dance Theatre. The event's repertoire will feature Bachianas brasileiras No.9, by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sonata for strings "O Burrico de Pau" (The Wooden Donkey) by Antônio Carlos Gomes.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata BWV 147 Adagio from Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 “Sheep may safely graze” from Cantata BWV 208 Adagio from Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV […]
Final VIRTUOSI SUMMER FESTIVAL concert presented by an Ensemble of the faculty and students of the 2024 Virtuosi Sumer Music Institute In Program: Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau from Violin Partita No.3 in E major Friedrich August Kummer: 2 Cellos Duett op. 22, No. 1, Mov. 1 (Allegro) Johann […]
Jakub Polaczyk: Slavic Streams : “Śmiętlana” (world premiere)
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto (arr. for chamber orchestra)
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.44 in E minor
SOLOIST: Brunilda Myftaraj, violin
CELEBRATE the 100th ANNIVERSARY of Giacomo PUCCINI'S LEGACY! An INTERNATIONAL cast of winners from the USA, Korea, Armenia, and MET singers in NYC will bring his masterpiece to life. Don’t miss the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra's dazzling production in collaboration with the TEATRO LIRICO D'EUROPA! Puccini's legacy endures through his […]
Featuring newly installed, historic 1938 Austin Pipe Organ
Suite in G major, P.58 (Respighi, Ottorino)
Organ Concerto, FP 93 (Poulenc, Francis)
SOLOIST: Chris Davenport
3-concert chamber music series featuring works written by living composers from New England. In Program: Jonathan KANE: “Convergence” String Quartet (2012), October Quartet (2013), “Debunk—Rebunk” Adrian SYLVEEN: “So We don't forget” Kaddish in an étude form for cello and piano (2024) “Divertimento Fantastique” for Violin Solo (2024), “The Fear of […]
A beautiful program connecting different significant inspirations and sounds from Antiquity to the Contemporary. Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra presents a concert honoring Italian and Italian American heritage, including new music by New York native Ernesto Ferreri. The program also includes Brahms violin concerto in a new arrangement for chamber orchestra.
IN PROGRAM:
Ottorino Respighi: Antiche danze et arie per liuto, Suite No.3
Ernesto Ferreri: Octet for Chamber Orchestra, op. 32
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op.77
Adrian Sylveen, violin
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Damiano Tognetti, guest conductor
Featuring Historic 1938 Austin Pipe Organ
PROGRAM:
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Concerto (Suite) for Violin, Cello and Organ, Op. 149
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D for Organ & 2 Violins
“Mein gläubiges Herze” (My believing heart) from Cantata #68
Felix Mendelssohn Nachspiel in D major, MWV W 12
Hymn: Hear my prayer, MWV B 49
Gettano Felice Piazza: Sonata for 2 Organs in F major
Cesario Gussago: Sonata La Leona a 8
Program sponsored in part by Marjorie Jolidon Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
SOLOISTS: Giacomo Benedetti, Eugenio Milazzo
Brunilda Myftaraj, Sanga Yoon, Laura Andreini, Adrian Sylveen
THE MONIUSZKO CHOIR Wanxue Zhang, soprano McKayla Ferguson, alto Igor Antonio, tenor David Kennedy, bass Members of the Connecticut VIRTUOSI Adrian Sylveen, conductor
A Semi-Staged Version of An opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. The opera’s original title, La Maledizion (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by the Count Monterone, whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save him from the assassin hired by her father.
"WE THE PEOPLE" Immigrant stories in music - part 11
IN PROGRAM:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F-minor
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Stanisław Moniuszko: Latin Mass in E-flat major
with The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621, Magnificat, RV. 610
Allison Lindsay, alto