A concert of music by Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini and Maltese composer Nicolò Isouard will be performed by soprano Andriana Yordanova, accompanied by pianist Julia Miller, at The Splendid, Valletta, today at 8.30pm.

The repetoire of the concert, entitled Rossini and Isouard and directed by Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, will include arias from Rossini’s Otello, L’Assedio di Corinto, Guglielmo Tell, Tancredi and chamber works and arias from Isouard’s operas including Jeanot et Colin and Cendrillon. 

The two composers, who lived in different but overlapping times, competed for international recognition in Paris. Rossini was 19 years younger than Isouard and after the latter’s premature death he outlived him by 50 years.

Also performing at the concert are soprano Kimberly Grech and mezzo soprano Christine Dalli.

The Rossini and Isouard concert, presented by the Strada Stretta Concept, will be held today at 8.30pm at The Splendid, Strait Street, Valletta. Admission is free.

Kimberly Grech. Right: Christine Dalli.