Tenorissimo!

Concert 4 | Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 7:30 P.M.
Concert Moments begins at 6:50 P.M.
Arkansas Best Corporation Performing Arts Center

Italian superstar tenor Pasquale Esposito will join the Fort Smith Symphony for an evening of the grandest opera arias and Neapolitan songs. A native of Naples, Italy, Pasquale has become renowned in both operatic and pop music genres. He is a prolific recording artist and a vocalist of great versatility.

By popular request from Symphony patrons, the Fort Smith Symphony is pleased to offer an evening of opera’s greatest hits. Soprano Katherine White will also be on stage for duets by Puccini and Rossini. All arias and songs will be sung in Italian.

Program:

Verdi: Overture to "La forza del destino" De Curtis: Torna a Sorrento Pucinni: E Lucevan le Stelle from "Tosca" Capurro/Capua: O’ Sole Mio Mascagni: Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana" Esposito: Aria e Cielo Verdi: Questo e Quella from "Rigoletto" Duet with Katherine White Verdi: La Donne e Mobile from "Rigoletto" Intermission

Rossini: Overture to "Tancredi" Rosinni: La Danza Tosti/Di Giacomo: A Marechiare Lara: Granada Offenbach: Barcarolle from "Tales of Hoffmann" Verdi: Libiamo from "La Traviata" Duet with Katherine White Leoncavallo: Mattinata Puccini: Nessun Dorma from "Turandot"