Kristine Opolais stars in a special live-streamed concert titled “A Riveder Le Stelle” for the Teatro alla Scala’s opening season gala on December 7 at 5pm CEST. Ms. Opolais will share the stage alongside 24 opera stars and dancers, including Ildar Abdrazakov, Roberto Alagna, Carlos Álvarez, Piotr Beczala, Benjamin Bernheim, Eleonora Buratto, Marianne Crebassa, Plácido Domingo, Rosa Feola, Juan Diego Flórez, Elīna Garanča, Vittorio Grigolo, Aleksandra Kurzak, Francesco Meli, Camilla Nylund, Lisette Oropesa, Mirco Palazzi, George Petean, Marina Rebeka, Luca Salsi, Andreas Schager, Ludovic Tézier, and Sonya Yoncheva. The concert will be directed by David Livermore and conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

Audiences can watch the live event via RAI 1, RAI 1 HD and on RAI Play in Italy; on Arte Concert in France and other French-speaking countries and Germany and other German-speaking countries; on Ceska Televize in the Czech Republic; and via Medici TV in the Americas, Australia, Africa, Spain, Portugal, Northern Europe, Turkey, Albania, Sweden. Filmed by Rai – Italian Radiotelevision. Learn more about this event via Teatro alla Scala. 

Program:

1. F. Cilea – “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur – Recording
2. Inno di Mameli
3. G. Verdi – Prelude from Rigoletto
4. G. Verdi – “Cortigiani vil razza dannata” from Rigoletto – Luca Salsi
5. G. Verdi – “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto – Vittorio Grigolo
6. G. Verdi – “Ella giammai m’amò” from Don Carlo – Ildar Abdrazakov
7. G. Verdi – “Per me giunto” from Don Carlo – Ludovic Tézier
8. G. Verdi – “O don fatale” from Don Carlo – Elīna Garanča
9. G. Donizetti – “Regnava nel silenzio” from Lucia di Lammermoor – Lisette Oropesa
10. G. Puccini – “Tu, tu piccolo Iddio” from Madama Butterfly – Kristine Opolais
11. R. Wagner – “Winterstürme” from Walküre – Camilla Nylund, Andreas Schager
12. G. Donizetti – “So anch’io la virtù magica” from Don Pasquale – Rosa Feola
13. G. Donizetti – “Una furtiva lacrima” from Elisir d’amore – Juan Diego Flórez
14. Lo Schiaccianoci – Adagio from Grand pas de deux, Act II with Nicoletta Manni e Timofej Adrijashenko
15. G. Puccini – “Signore ascolta” from Turandot – Aleksandra Kurzak
16. G. Bizet – Preludio from Carmen
17. G. Bizet – “Habanera” from Carmen – Marianne Crebassa
18. G. Bizet – “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen – Piotr Beczala