In a hallmark of his partnership with the CSO, Riccardo Muti takes center stage to conduct selections from Verdi’s enthralling, passion-filled operas. The program also features a lineup of treasured Italian opera repertoire performed by internationally acclaimed singers and the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Sinfonia to La battaglia di Legnano
Prelude to I Masnadieri
Amor ti vieta from Fedora
Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana from La Wally
O Signore, dal tetto natio from I Lombardi
Patria oppressa from Macbeth
Overture to Nabucco
Va, pensiero from Nabucco
Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Act IV from Manon Lescaut
The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.