ROSSINI PETIT MESSE SOLENNELLE BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LEEDS TOWN HALL
A concert of operatic excerpts before a performance of Rossini’s great work of his old age, the Petite Messe Solonelle. It’s surprisingly cheerful for something entitled “solemn”.
Verdi Overture – I Vespri Sicilani
Verdi Va, pensiero – Nabucco
Verdi Prelude to Act III – La traviata
Puccini Nessun dorma – Turandot
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
Simon Wright conductor
Lucy Hall soprano
Kathryn Rudge mezzo
Peter Auty tenor
Henry Waddington bass
Leeds Festival Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
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Tickets: £16.50 to £33.50, from Chorus members or the City Centre Box Office, 0113 376 0318 or online
At concerts in Leeds Town Hall there are discounted tickets for over 60s, full-time students, the unwaged, essential carers and groups of 10+. There are also standby tickets for under 26s in the seven days before the concert.
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