In the 125th anniversary of its
founding, the Wiener Symphoniker is waiting in Trieste for the
"Springtime from Vienna" festival: a triptych of concerts
scheduled between April 11 and 13.
In collaboration with the Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia
Giulia, the review will be held at the Politeama Rossetti, the
same stage that saw the Wiener Symphoniker perform in 1902 for
the first time in an Italian city, although still under the
Habsburg Empire. The orchestra will be directed by Petr Popelka.
Also performing will be soloists of international stature such
as bass Georg Zeppenfeld, soprano Sarah Wegener, tenor Michael
Spyres and Julia Kleiter. The festival was awarded the President
of the Republic's Medal by Head of State Sergio Mattarella, the
Stabile said.
The April 11 premiere, at 8:30 p.m., will feature music by
Verdi and from Richard Wagner's Walküre. On April 12, at 7:30
p.m., the Wiener Symphoniker will perform Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart's Symphony No. 38 in D Major KV 504 Prague and Gustav
Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G Major. Finally on April 13, at 4
p.m., the program will touch on the operetta repertoire with A
Night in Venice by Johann Strauss son, that of Josef Strauss and
music by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski, Franz Léhar.
"It began as a dream: to bring the Vienna's Spring to Italy,"
superintendent of the Wiener Symphoniker, Jan Nast, said.
"Today, this dream has finally come true. Trieste is a port and
crossroads of peoples, a meeting place between East and West,
where cultures have always intertwined and inspired each other."
The event "is an opportunity to hear one of the world's most
celebrated orchestras with a program that will immerse us in the
world of Danubian, German and Italian music, underscoring a
message of unity and brotherhood. The cultural bond and
friendship between Vienna and Trieste is unbreakable and matches
the message of GO!2025," Stabile President Francesco Granbassi
said.
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