Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 86th Season Opening Concert at PYO Music Institute

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra opens its 86th season with an all-Italian program, joined by world-class soloists in arias and ensembles by Verdi, Puccini, and Bellini, alongside Respighi’s radiant Pines of Rome.

Tickets range from $45 - $55. Learn more at pyomusic.org.

Louis Scaglione, Conductor
Meryl Dominguez, Soprano
Alice Chung, Mezzo-Soprano
Luke Norvell, Tenor
Luke Housner, Répétiteur

Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Puccini: “Addio fiorito asil” from Madama Butterfly
Puccini: “Quando me’n vo soletta” from La bohème
Verdi: “Re dell’abisso” from Un ballo in maschera
Ponchielli: “Cielo e mar” from La Gioconda
Bellini: “Deh! Con te, Mira O Norma” from Norma
Verdi: Triumphal March and Ballet Music from Aïda
Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
Verdi: “Ah fors e lui, sempre libera” from La traviata
Puccini: “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca
Cilea: “Acerba voluttá” from Adriana Lecouvreur
Puccini: “O Soave fanciulla” from La bohème
Respighi: Pines of Rome

Marian Anderson Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.