{"id":113549,"date":"2025-04-15T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=113549"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:32:44","slug":"preview-mississauga-symphony-celebrates-musical-legacy-luciano-pavarotti-april-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/04\/15\/preview-mississauga-symphony-celebrates-musical-legacy-luciano-pavarotti-april-26\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | The Mississauga Symphony Celebrates The Musical Legacy Of Luciano Pavarotti April 26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mississauga Symphony Orchestra with conductor Denis Mastromonaco (Photo courtesy of MSO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mississauga Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to the late, great operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti with a concert of the varied music that made up his career.<\/p>\n

Along with his stellar career in the field of opera, later in life, Pavarotti made the crossover into pop music, and became even more famous for his collaborations with various other artists.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that varied legacy that the MSO and Music Director Denis Mastromonaco aim to bring to life. We spoke with Maestro Mastromonaco about the concert, and that rich history in music.<\/p>\n

The Concert: Artists<\/h2>\n

An award-winning conductor, Denis Mastromonaco<\/strong>\u2019s background includes both orchestral music and opera, including prior engagements with Royal Opera Canada, the National Academy Orchestra and the State University of New York, where he taught conducting and worked with a number of ensembles.<\/p>\n

The concert features guest artists tenor Romulo Delgado, soprano Sara Papini, accordionist Carmen Spada, and the Mississauga Festival Choir.<\/p>\n

Operatic tenor Romulo Delgado<\/strong> keeps a busy performance schedule along with his other roles as composer, world music multi-instrumentalist, vocal coach, and adjudicator. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and became a regional finalist at the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Opera competition in Vienna, Austria. He’s since taken the stage across North America and Europe in a variety of roles, including Pinkerton in Puccini\u2019s Madama Butterfly, Alfredo in Verdi\u2019s La Traviata, Don Jose in Bizet\u2019s Carmen, The Duke of Mantua in Verdi\u2019s Rigoletto, and more, along with performing as a soloist in concert oratorios<\/p>\n

A graduate of the Mannes College of Music in New York City, soprano Sara Papini<\/strong> has frequently performed in New York City and in Toronto, in Italy, including on the Italian TV show I Raccomandati in Rome, in France and in Israel. Her operatic roles include both Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Norina in Don Pasquale, Gilda in Rigoletto, Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Nedda in Pagliacci and Hannah Glawari in Merry Widow, among others.<\/p>\n

Pianist, accordionist, vocalist, composer, arranger, songwriter, and educator Carmen Spada<\/strong> is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, where he earned a dual major in Piano Performance and Jazz Composition. Since graduation, he’s continued to establish performing roots in both the New England area and his native Toronto. In Canada, he’s performed at the National Arts Centre, Aeolian Hall, Rose Theatre, Living Arts Centre, Isabel Bader Theatre, Westben Theatre, among other prominent venues. While his specialties continue to be jazz and global music, he has established a firm niche in the crossover category.<\/p>\n

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L-R: Accordionist Carmen Spada; tenor Romulo Delgado; soprano Sara Papini (Photo courtesy of the artists)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Music<\/h3>\n

The program includes both operatic arias and duets, and the iconic Neapolitan songs that Pavarotti also favoured in his recording and performing career.<\/p>\n

The program includes:<\/p>\n