Akron Symphony Orchestra - Verdi e Puccini

Featuring the Akron Symphony Chorus, Hugh Ferguson Floyd, director. Angela Gwinn, soprano; Daniel Doty, tenor; Brian Keith Johnson, baritone.

The program includes Verdi's La forza del destino: Overture, Anvil Chorus and Di quella pria from Il Trovatore; Puccini's O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi; Un bel dì from Madama Butterlfy; Nessun dorma from Turandot.

Dramatic and lavishly orchestrated, the operas of Verdi and Puccini stand at the pinnacle of Italian grand opera. They portray real people confronting life's hardships with fervor and faith.