The Coro del Teatro Lirico has appeared in over a hundred operatic productions, and has a wide symphonic repertoire. It is currently led by Giovanni Andreoli. The choir has collaborated with numerous conductors including Ton Koopman, Frans Brüggen and Georges Prêtre, and directors such as Dario Fo, Luca Ronconi and Denis Krief.

In 2003, the choir performed excerpts from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess with the New York Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel, and in 2004 appeared in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Together, the orchestra and choir have undertaken numerous recordings, including for the Naxos and Unitel labels, and in 1998 were featured on a recording of La Bohème for Rai, with Andrea Bocelli as Rodolfo, which was broadcast worldwide. They appeared at the 2002 Italienische Nacht in Munich, which was broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunk, and in Lucia di Lammermoor at the 2010 Wiesbaden festival. The choir and orchestra also undertook a tour to New York in 2018, conducted by Donato Renzetti, where they appeared alongside L’ape musicale at Columbia University, and performed Oratorio for the Benefit of the Orphan Asylum in the Basilica of St Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Recent highlights include a performance of L’elisir d’amore at the Royal Opera House Muscat conducted by Jordi Bernàcer, and the concert Opera Hits! conducted by Gaetano Lo Coco.

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