Tenor Angel Romero, from Houston, was in Mumbai in 2024 as runner-up and winner of Zarzuela Prize at Operalia — an International competition, organised by legendary tenor Placido Domingo, in association with the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA).Once again, he returns to NCPA for a concert with the SOI Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Italian conductor Marco Alibrando on July 15. He says, “The repertoire will include a few of my favourite Italian composers, including ‘Addio Sogni di Gloria’ by Carlo Innocenzi, ‘Chitarra Romana’ by Eldo di Lazzaro, ‘In Solitaria Stanza’ by Giuseppe Verdi, and ‘Occhi di Fats’ by Luigi Denza.”This is the first time Angel and Marco will perform together. Says the conductor, “I have always heard wonderful things about Angel and have admired his voice” and Angel hopes this will be the “first of many.”
Angel Romero constantly goes back to Italian composers — Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini
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Though the programme will include British composer Gustav Holst’s ‘St Paul’s Suite’ and German composer Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘String Symphony No 7’, the concert’s main purpose is to celebrate the Italian musical heritage. Says Marco, “This tour came together through a shared vision of celebrating this heritage with audiences beyond Italy. Last year, I was invited to Mumbai as cover conductor to Zubin Mehta, and talking with the NCPA management we thought that it would be great to collaborate for an Italian programme for the chamber orchestra.”
