Midsummer's Opera Gala

Join us for a luminous midday celebration of operatic excellence presented by the Accademia dell’Opera Italiana in partnership with ConwayHall. Baritone and founder Massimo Modoni, together with pianist and co-founder Brian Hughes, return to the stage of Conway Hall with a sweeping programme of Italian operatic masterpieces. From Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlo, La Traviata and Otello, to the raw verismo of Puccini, Giordano, Mascagni, and Leoncavallo — this gala traverses the full emotional and stylistic range of the Italian baritone tradition.

Two of AOI’s 2025 Young Artists, Daria Moskaliuk (soprano) and Nadiia Chaichenko (mezzo-soprano), will present a selection of Italian and French arias and duets, exploring the intricate musical relationship between soprano and mezzo voices — from tenderness to tension, from rivalry to resolution.