The Freiburger Barockorchester, a leading ensemble in historically informed performance, comes to the LAC under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado, alongside the Collegium Vocale Gent and soprano Francesca Pia Vitale. The program weaves together opera and symphony, spanning works by Rossini and Schubert, creating a dialogue between Italian opera and the Viennese tradition.
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent / Pablo Heras-Casado / Francesca Pia Vitale
© Javier Salas
© Marco Borrelli
© Britt Schilling
© Eric de Mildt
1/4
1h50’
Part I: 35’
intermission 20’
Part II: 55’
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Collegium Vocale Gent / Pablo Heras-Casado / Francesca Pia Vitale
© Javier Salas
© Marco Borrelli
© Britt Schilling
© Eric de Mildt
1/4
1h50’
Part I: 35’
intermission 20’
Part II: 55’
Blending theater and symphony, the program *The Death of Dido* connects Italian opera with the Viennese tradition in a journey that spans Rossini and Schubert. The concert opens with Schubert’s “Ouverture im italienischen Stil”: in early-19th-century Vienna, deeply influenced by the spread of Italian opera, this piece by Schubert succeeded in reworking its themes and models with lightness and inventiveness.
At the heart of the program, Rossini’s cantata *La morte di Didone* unfolds as a grand scene of intense theatrical power. Through recitatives, choral passages, and lyrical moments, the figure of Dido takes shape on a journey toward a tragic outcome, keeping the tension between words and music alive and vivid.
In the second part, Symphony No. 9 in C major, “La Grande,” reveals a Schubert with a broader symphonic scope, featuring a continuous musical flow and a rich transformation of thematic material.
The concert intertwines theater and symphony, capturing the variety and vitality of European musical languages from the first half of the nineteenth century.