Carlotta Colombo Headlines Accademia Filarmonica Romana’s Christmas Concert

By Francisco Salazar

On Dec. 18, the Accademia Filarmonica Romana will present its Christmas concert at the Teatro Argentina.

The ensemble Concerto Romano will be conducted by Alessandro Quarta will perform music by Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Manfredini. The sacred songs and cantatas will feature soloist soprano Carlotta Colombo.

The evening will open with “Il concerto per il Santissimo Natale” by Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (1684-1762) followed by Vivaldi’s “In furore justissimae irae RV 626” featuring Colombo.

Corelli’s Concerto grosso in sol minore “Fatto per la Notte di Natale” op. 6 n. 8 and Scarlatti’s “Oh di Betlemme altera povertà” close out the evening.

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