Verdi da camera
Bonazzi, Izzo

Elisa Bonazzi, mezzo-soprano

Francesco Izzo, piano

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

Non t'accostare all'urna

More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta

In solitaria stanza

Nell'orror di notte oscura

Perduta ho la pace

Deh, pietoso, oh addolorata

La seduzione

Il poveretto

Brindisi (second version)

Pietà Signore

A journey through the streets of Mantua with journalist and writer Stefano Scansani introduces the concert. Meeting point: 11:15 a.m. in front of the Church of Sant’Orsola on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.  Reservation recommended. 

35’ | Ticket €12

There is a Verdi that few people know, hidden in the shadow of the great opera composer: the Verdi of the chamber romances, written mainly during his youth, whose dominant theme is love with all its torments and hopes.

Through a simple musical language and lyrical melodies, in which accompaniment and harmony heighten the emotional power of the texts, voice, piano, and spoken word intertwine in a concert that is also a narrative journey.

Guiding us through this discovery are two exceptional artists: opera singer Elisa Bonazzi and musicologist and pianist Francesco Izzo.

An invitation to discover the most intimate and private side of a composer whom the whole world knows for his operas, but who in these small-scale works left something precious and surprisingly modern.

Text by Giada De Sio