A vibrant celebration of Italian musical heritage will take place at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing on August 2nd and 3rd, 2025. Under the baton of Lü Jia, our internationally acclaimed conductor and Artistic Director of Music at the NCPA, the China NCPA Chorus will present an evocative programme featuring some of the most iconic choral and operatic pages from the Italian repertoire.

Program:
- G. Verdi, “Va’ pensiero”, “Fuoco di gioia”, “Coro di Zingari”
- G. Donizetti, Excerpts from “L’Elisir d’Amore”
- R. Leoncavallo, “Canto delle campane”
- P. Mascagni, “Gli aranci olezzano”, “Viva il vino spumeggiante”
- C. Ferraù, J. Bettis, A. Hammond, “Quando Sento Che Mi Ami” (Arr. LIU Xiaoxing)
- D. Modugno, “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu” (Arr. LIU Xiaoxing)
- E. de Curtis, “Torna A Surriento”
- T. Cottrau, “Santa Lucia” (Arr. Stephen DeCesare)
- G. Capurro, E. di Capua, A. Mazzucchi, “O Sole Mio”
- P. Turco, L. Denza, “Funiculì Funiculà”
- S. Rachmaninoff, “Polka italienne” (Arr. Yegorov)
- R. Genée, Italian Salad