"Et Lux Perpetua". Preview of the ORT's 45th Concert Season 2025/2026

Seats for both the concerts are sold out.

To mark the 45th anniversary of the Orchestra della Toscana (ORT), the Santa Croce Opera and the ORT are organizing a special concert, conducted by Maestro Diego Ceretta, in the basilica. The concert, outside of the usual symphony season, is intended as a gesture of gratitude and a way to share with the audience and the local community, who have supported the ORT for 45 years. The ORT and the Opera share an important meeting point, in honour of the great figures associated with the world of music, whose memory is preserved in the Basilica of Santa Croce, and in the development of activities aimed at enhancing the neighborhood's life and cultural identity.

The concert features the performance of two masterpieces of the sacred repertoire: Luigi Cherubini's Marche religieuse and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626, performed by the Orchestra, the Harmonia Cantata choir trained by Raffaele Puccianti, and a vocal cast composed of Francesca Pia Vitale (soprano), Eleonora Filipponi (mezzo-soprano), Dave Monaco (tenor), and Francesco Leone (bass).