Chorin Music Summer 2026: Staatskapelle Weimar

“Bella Italia”

Staatskapelle Weimar

Elisa Maayeshi • Soprano

Sangmin Jeon • Tenor

Tassilo Probst • Violin

Udo Wachtveitl • Host

Olivier Tardy • Conductor

Vincenzo Bellini • Overture to “Norma”

Nicolo Paganini • Caprice No. 24

Luigi Boccherini • Minuet No. 5

Giuseppe Verdi • “Prestissimo” from “Don Carlo”

Gaetano Donizetti • Aria “Caro elisir, sei mio” from “L’elisir d’amore”

Josef Strauss • “Auf Ferienreisen”; Where the Lemons Bloom

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy • From Symphony No. 4 “Italian,” 4th Movement

Luigi Ardit • “Il bacio”

Luigi Denza • “Funiculi Funicula”

Ever since Goethe’s famous poem “Do You Know the Land Where the Lemons Bloom?”, Italy has been a place of longing and the epitome of a paradisiacal Arcadia. It is not only the abundance of works of art in the churches and palazzi, but above all the sun, the Mediterranean landscape, and the supposedly good life that draw us Germans to Italy time and again.

The Staatskapelle Weimar, under the direction of Oliver Tardy, brings everything in music associated with Italy to Chorin, allowing us to revel in a afternoon of longing for Italy. The program features everything from the folk Neapolitan song that became a hit to a bel canto aria by Donizetti, Paganini’s wildlyvirtuosic violin music by Paganini, as well as Boccherini’s gentle and peaceful minuet, wistful waltzes, dramatic opera overtures, and much more.

Subject to change

Tickets: 49 € • 45 € • 39 € • 33 € • 23 € • 17 € • 15 €

Discounts: 4 € each

Advance ticket sales (online and by phone) end on June 19, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.

Remaining tickets are available on the day of the concert at the Choriner Musiksommer box office in the entrance area of Chorin Monastery.