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On the 14th June 2015, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala Milan, the home of Italian opera, for one of the most highly anticipated performances of last year. The concert of Puccini arias made national news in Italy, and following five encores and 40 mins of applause audiences were still left wanting more. This legendary performance is now the focus of a new concert film “Jonas Kaufmann – An Evening of Puccini”, directed by Brian Large and produced by Arts Alliance. Cinema audiences worldwide experienced this unforgettable event, and now viewers at home will be treated to a revealing introduction to Puccini – the man, the musician, the superstar – narrated by Jonas and featuring rare archive footage. Jonas Kaufmann‘s La Scala concert programme contains a selection of Puccini’s hit tenor arias of which all appear on on the Classical No. 1 album – “Nessun dorma – The Puccini Album”.
01. Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
02. Giacomo Puccini: Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi)
03. Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi - Preludio, La tregenda
04. Giacomo Puccini: Orgia, Chimera Dall'occhio Vitreo (from Edgar)
05. Giacomo Puccini: Edgar: Prelude to Act III
06. Giacomo Puccini: Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)
07. Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo Act III
08. Giacomo Puccini: Ah! Non v'avvicinate! No, pazzo son (from Manon Lescaut)
09. Giacomo Puccini: Tosca: Prelude to Act Three
10. Giacomo Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)
11. Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Prelude to Act Three
12. Giacomo Puccini: Una parola sola! … Or son sei mesi (from La Fanciulla del West)
13. Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica - Intermezzo
14. Giacomo Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)
15. Giacomo Puccini: Recondita armonia (from Tosca)
16. Giacomo Puccini: Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West)
17. Licinio Refice: Ombra di Nube
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)