V o i c e
Good body, I thank thee! for soprano, baritone and full orchestra (2019)
Text by Elisa Quarello based on poems by Fernando Pessoa and William Shakespeare
Premiere: 13th July 2019, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon – Portugal
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Lara Martins – Soprano; Tiago Matos – Baritone
Pedro Neves – Conductor
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Malebolge - Cantica seconda for bass-baritone and ensemble (2011-2012)
Text by Elisa Quarello based on Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Premiere: 1st February 2013, Conservatory of music „G. B. Martini”, during the prize ceremony of „Felice e Luigi Magone-XII“ Composition Competition
Ensemble of the Conservatory of Music of Bologna
Giacomo Serra – Baritone
Tommaso Ussardi – Conductor
La morte di Clorinda for soprano, tenor, baritone and ensemble (2011)
Based on Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi
Premiere: 20th May 2012, Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna, in „Tempo di Madrigale“
ZeroCrediti Ensemble
Elisa Bonazzi – Soprano
Rasool Ghapani – Tenore
Giacomo Serra – Baritone
Francesco La Licata – Conductor
Tierkreis - Cancer and Virgo for soprano and ensemble (2011)
Based on Tierkreis by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Premiere: 23rd May 2011, Conservatory of music of Bologna, in „Innesti – Beethoven&Stockhausen“
ZeroCrediti Ensemble
Francesco La Licata – Conductor
Il canto di Cocito for soprano and chamber orchestra (2011)
Text by Elisa Quarello based on Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Premiere: 13th May 2011, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, in „I giorni della libertà“ Concert
Contemporary music ensemble of Conservatory of music of Bologna
Carolina Lippo – Soprano
Simone Manfredini – Conductor
Stelle (2011) for mezzo-soprano and big ensemble
Text by Elisa Quarello based on Stelle by Giuseppe Ungaretti
Il serpente (2008) for soprano and ensemble
Text by Guillaume Apollinaire
Purificatio (2008) for choir
Text by Emily Dickinson
Or poserai per sempre for baritone and piano (2003)
Text by Giacomo Leopardi