Opening Night at Tanglewood, BSO, Dutoit in an Italian Opera Potpourri, by Charles Warren
Opening Night at Tanglewood
Friday, July 8, 8:30 p.m. Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Roberto DeBiasio, tenor
James Morris, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus,
John Oliver, conductor
Bellini - Excerpts from Act 1 of Norma
Rossini - Overture to William Tell
Verdi - Trio from Act 3 of I lombardi
Respighi - Pines of Rome
The Boston Symphony Orchestra opened this year's Tanglewood season July 8th with an Italian program planned by James Levine—now resigned from Boston—and taken over pretty much intact by guest conductor Charles Dutoit. The program book declared the evening "La Prima di Tanglewood." I would call the concert only half a success, but the best part was the second half, and the huge audience seemed very well pleased at the end.

