Concert Chorale: “La Dolce Vita: The Romance of Italy”
The Angelo State University Concert Chorale will present a free public concert titled “La Dolce Vita: The Romance of Italy” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in the Cactus Hotel, 36 E. Twohig Ave.
The Concert Chorale will be accompanied by the Permian Basin String Quartet and ASU staff accompanist Dr. Michael Yenny. ASU baritone Dr. Scott Raines and alumna Patti Wetzel, soprano, will perform duets from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Morricone’s “Cinema Paradiso.”
Additional selections will include Renaissance madrigals by Gastoldi and Banchieri, romantic 19th century opera choruses from “I Pagliacci” by Leoncavallo and “La Traviata” by Verdi, Neapolitan art songs by De Curtis and Tosti, and award-winning film scores by Mancini and Rota.
The concert will be conducted by Dr. Pamela Lee, ASU director of choral activities since 1994.