The confrontation with the inscrutable force of fate: the young Italian-German talent Nicolò Umberto Foron, winner of the prestigious Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest and Donatella Flick international conducting competitions, debuts on the podium of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Regio for an evening of overwhelming emotional intensity. The program delves into the Russian soul, opening with the Fourth Symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, which gathers the composer's most fragile and feverish traits through exceptional fantasy and a varied sensitivity, ranging from a dark sense of destiny to the most unbridled spontaneity. This is followed by the cantata Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, born from his collaboration with director Sergei Eisenstein. A fresco of extraordinary power, featuring grandiose choral blocks evoking legendary battles and the poignant lament of mezzo-soprano Alisa Kolosova on the field of the fallen.