Pappano/ London Symphony Orchestra
Barbican, 3rd March 2019
Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli don’t exactly get out of the pit much, Italian composers famed almost exclusively for their operatic output. Sir Antonio Pappano doesn’t get out of the pit much either, at least in London, where he’s usually found in his subterranean Covent Garden home. But as Music Director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia since 2005, Pappano has a proven track record as a very fine orchestral conductor. Here with the London Symphony Orchestra, he offered non-operatic works by the Italian trio, including Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, revealing qualities both familiar and unfamiliar.
Sir Antonio Pappano
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