Hear the most famous compositions created for the movies by great Italian masters like Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone, in the unique atmosphere of the St. Paul's Within the Walls church, in the heart of Rome. An all-encompassing show, featuring movie soundtracks like 'Once Upon a Time in the West'', 'The Godfather' and 'Life is Beautiful' and renowned opera arias like "Casta Diva ''. The concert will bring you on a journey back in time, to 'La Dolce Vita' at the beginning of the 60s in Italy, when Rome became the capital city of hedonism.
PROGRAM
First part:
Nino Rota - La Dolce Vita (Instrumental)
Vincenzo Bellini - Casta Diva (Soprano)
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West (Soprano)
The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe, Brothers (Instrumental)
Giacomo Puccini - E Lucevan le stelle (Tenor)
Riz Ortolani - Mondo Cane. Tales of the Bizarre: More (Tenore)
Nino Rota - Romeo and Juliet (Instrumental)
Ennio Morricone - Sacco e Vanzetti: Here’s to You (Soprano and Tenor)
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Instrumental)
Second part:
Nino Rota - Medley: La Strada, Amarcord, 8½ (Instrumental)
Riz Ortolani - Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Tenor)
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America (Soprano)
Ennio Morricone - Cinema Paradiso (Instrumental)
Nino Rota - The Godfather: Speak Softly Love (Tenor)
Ennio Morricone - A Fistful of Dynamite (Soprano)
Nicola Piovani - Life is Beautiful (Instrumental)
Matia Bazar - Roman Holiday (Soprano)
Renato Rascel - Arrivederci Roma (Soprano and Tenor)
Interpreters:
- Aleksandra Buczek: soprano
- Emil Alekperov: tenor
- Ensemble of strings, oboe and grand piano