Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana is one of the staples of the Verismo opera, a style of the late 1800s that showcased the lives of the middle and lower class folk, their passions, and, often, their tragedies. The opera made its world premiere on May 17, 1890. We'll hear selections by soloists, the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra on Thursday, Sep 23 at 8pm.
9/2 Smetana: Má vlast Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Daniel Barenboim, cond)
9/9 Brahms: Tragic Overture Schumann: Violin Concerto Guillemain: Amusement pour le violon seul Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ Bach: Fugue in D Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser (Isabelle Faust, v; Paul Jacobs, org; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
9/16 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Symphony No. 3, Eroica, Symphony No. 6, Pastoral (Bernard Haitink, cond)
9/23 Bizet: Roma Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Anita Rachvelishvili, ms; Piero Pretti, t; Luca Salsi, bar; Ronnita Miller, ms; Sasha Cooke, ms; Alessandra Visconti; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, dir; Riccardo Muti, cond)
9/30 Sibelius: Violin Concerto (Jascha Heifetz, v; Walter Hendl, cond) Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer (Yvonne Minton, ms; Georg Solti, cond) Strauss: Burleske (Byron Janis, p; Fritz Reiner, cond) Dvo?ák: Cello Concerto (Jacqueline du Pré, c; Daniel Barenboim, cond)
