Soloist: Alex Frankel, Tenor
Verdi: La forza del destino Overture
Verdi: La forza del destino “O tu, che in seno Angeli”
Morricone: Cinema Paradiso “Love Theme”
Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana Preludio and “O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa”
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Mascagni: “mamma quel vino è generoso”

Based in New York City but raised in Walnut Creek, operatic tenor Alex Frankel returns home to the Bay Area to join the CCCO for a night celebrating some of the world’s most beloved Italian music. From Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Verdi’s La forza del destino, to film composer Ennio Morricone’s score to Cinema Paradiso, this is an evening of Italian song that you do not want to miss.