Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Dallapiccola’s “Il prigioniero”

13 January 2012 | Return to News

On 26 January Esa-Pekka Salonen will be conducting Dallapiccola’s “Il prigioniero” at the Royal Festival Hall.

The Philharmonia Orchestra's Digital team travelled to Florence, Italy to discover the personal story behind Luigi Dallapiccola's opera, Il Prigioniero. Written between 1944 and 1948, Il Prigioniero expresses Dallapiccola's disillusionment with Mussolini's politics. In the produced video, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, writer and recording producer Misha Donat, and professor Mila De Santis give insight into this moving political statement.

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in celebration of Amnesty International's 50th anniversary:

26 January, 7.30 pm
London, Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Dallapiccola: Il prignioniero
Lauri Vasar - The Prisoner
Paoletta Marroccu – The Mother
Peter Hoare - The Gaoler/Grand Inquisitor
Brian Galliford – Priest
Francisco Javier Borda - Priest

Please click here to find out more about the concert.