Boston Bel Canto Opera presents Annual Italian Opera Concert

A great way to connect with each other, with the singers and with Boston Bel Canto Opera.

Boston Bel Canto Opera presents:
23rd annual Italian opera concert sponsored by the Luigi Pirandello Lyceum of Eastern Massachusetts, featuring critically-acclaimed artists:

Meredith Schwartz Hansen, soprano
Olga Lisovskaya , soprano *
Giovanni Formisano, tenor
Paul Soper Mynatt, baritone
Maestro Bradley Pennington, piano

• BBCO debut

Admission is $25.00; $22.00 for seniors (62 and older) and students with proper ID(Cash and personal checks ONLY) at the door and online:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-italian-opera-concert-tickets-88990299381?aff=ebdssbeac&fbclid=IwAR3oO1LvOc4rb5860CTzH7ixHOg7ToxEawLicMpMf0gruRqAdMJyq0WxCpo
OPEN SEATING
(Parking is FREE, adjacent to building, but spaces are limited)
(Also on-street metered parking which is free on Sundays)

Repertoire - Arias:
Ms. Hansen: “Tu che di gel” (Turandot) - Puccini
“Ah, fors’e lui ... Sempre libera” (La Traviata) (Verdi)

Ms. Lisovskaya: “Canzone di Doretta” (La Rondine) (Puccini)
“O luce di quest’anima” (Linda di Chamounix) (Donizetti)

Mr. Formisano: “Guardate, pazzo son” (Manon Lescaut) (Puccini)
“Meco all’altar” (Norma) (Bellini)

Mr. Soper: “Questo amor” (Edgar) (Puccini)
“Zaza, piccola zingara” (Zaza) (Leoncavallo)

Duets / Ensembles:
Ms. Hansen, Mr. Formisano: “Vogliatemi bene” (Madama Butterfly) (Puccini)
Ms. Lisovskaya, Mr. Formisano: "Caro Elisir" (Elisir d'Amore) (Donizetti)

Ms. Hansen, Ms. Lisovskaya, Mr. Formisano, Mr. Soper:
“Addio dolce svegliare” (La Boheme) (Puccini)

Artistic Director and Pianist - Maestro Bradley Pennington