Respighi Lauda per la Natività del Signore

This December you will have the rare opportunity to witness a living Nativity Scene, one that sings with the voices of angels and shepherds!

Musica Vitale invites you to a staged performance of Laud to the Nativity by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi on 12/13 (at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego) and 12/18 (at Christ Church Coronado, 1114 9th Street, Coronado).
Although Lauda per la Natività del Signore is generally presented as a concert piece, Respighi’s wife Elsa left detailed instructions for a staged production. Our director, the noted singer-actress Angelina Réaux, might not follow these to the letter, but she is excited to bring this lesser-known work to life in the form of a popular Italian tradition, the presepe vivente or living nativity scene.

Our distinguished soloists–Alberto Estanol, Shepherd (Opera Tijuana), Janelle de Stefano, Mary (Professor of Music, Santa Monica College) and Lisa Parente, Angel (San Diego Opera Singing Artist)–along with the chorus of Musica Vitale and a woodwind ensemble will breathe new life into the Christmas story, as told by the imaginative and innovative Ottorino Respighi.

The concert will also include Marian songs by Rachmaninov, Liszt, Grieg, Schnittke, Poulenc, etc.
Artistic Director and Music Director – Elena Vizuet
Organist – Martin Green, Canon for Music, St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral
Stage Director – Angelina Réaux

Tickets are available now on Musica Vitale’s website at https://www.musicavitale.com/performances
VIP tickets will allow our VIP guests to meet with the artists and director before the concert, to hear a short pre-concert lecture, and enjoy a glass of champagne.