Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has launched its Malta Summer Festival, which seeks to present opera in an innovative manner, under the artistic direction of Óliver Díaz.

The Malta Summer Festival presents a celebration of music, lights and history. The star-studded line-up led by Vittorio Grigolo takes audiences on musical journeys across some of the most significant operatic repertoires on nights dedicated to celebrating the genre.

In Gozo, Soirée à Chambray, will take place at Fort Chambray, on Tuesday, the 19th of July, between 8.15 and 9.15pm,

Spanish Mezzo Soprano and winner of the 2015 Opera Actual Young Artist Award Carol Garcia joins MPO Principal Harp Britt Arend and Spanish horn player José García Gutiérrez in an intimate concert featuring a sublime selection of works for voice, horn and harp in a variety of trio and duo formations.

Held in an idyllic setting in Gozo, the audience will be treated to a delightful evening, from the riveting operatic music of Donizetti, Rossini and Mozart to the intense emotion of Gounod, Strauss and Schubert.

The concert is free of charge however booking is required. Tickets will be released in due course. To view other events in Malta and for future information on tickets, please click here.

The Programme for the evening will be:

Gaetano Donizetti L’amor funesto, A 286

Charles Gounod Le Soir

Louis Spohr Was treibt den Waidmann in den Wald, WoO 92

Franz Strauss Nocturno, Op.7

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Voi che Sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro

Giaocchino Rossini Canzonetta spagnuola

Franz Schubert An die Musik.

Opening on the 13th of July and running until the 21st of July, the Malta Summer Festival is presented by the MPO in collaboration with the Arts Council Malta and the Malta Tourism Authority with the support of Hilton Malta, the Ministry for Gozo, and the Ministry for the National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government.

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