RTÉ Concert Orchestra
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Approx. running time: 90 minutesJoin us for an evening with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and some of opera’s most ravishing arias! Conducted by Wexford Festival Opera’s principal guest conductor Francesco Cilluffo, who brings 'an instinctive feeling for Italianate lyricism' (New York Times), and featuring four of opera’s extraordinary singers: Claudia Boyle, soprano; Axelle Saint-Cirel, mezzo-soprano; Eduardo Niave, tenor and Giorgi Lomiseli, baritone.
Claudia Boyle introduces the programme, which celebrates this year’s Festival theme — Myths & Legends. Expect soaring emotion and operatic magic from some of the genre’s most iconic works. programme that pays homage to this year’s Festival theme of Myths and Legends, including Bizet’s Habanera from Carmen, Puccini’s O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi and Verdi’s Quando le sere al placido from Luisa Miller.
Don't miss this celebration of opera's most legendary voices and stories.
Programme
Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
Donizetti, Vien, Leonora (La Favorita)
Verdi, Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller)
Bizet, Habanera (Carmen)
Charpentier, Depuis le jour (Louise)
Puccini, O Mimì, tu più non torni (La Bohème)
Offenbach, Belle nuit (Les Contes d’Hoffmann)
Delius, The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Giordano, Nemico della patria (Andrea Chénier)
Massenet, Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Werther)
Puccini, O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Puccini, E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Bernstein, Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
Puccini, Dunque è proprio finita (La Bohème)
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