EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
-   BAHRAIN   -
PROGRAMME FOR 23 OCTOBER 2002
BEL CANTO
Operatic Highlights from the Rossini/Bellini/Donizetti Era
1          GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
             La Cenerentola (1817):  Come un'ape ne'giorno d'aprile

                    Samuel Ramey (bass)  -  Dandini
                    with:  Janice Watson (Clorinde),  Rebecca Evans (Tisbe),  Peter
                                 Bronder (Don Ramiro), and  Ashley Thorburn (Don Magnifico)
                    Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
                    conducted by Gabriele Ferro

2          ROSSINI
             La Donna del Lago (1819):  Tanti affetti in tal momento
          
                    Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)  -  Elena
                    Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro la Fenice
                    conducted by Ion Marin

3          CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)
             Der Freischütz (1821):  Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle
          
                    Gundula Janowitz (soprano)  -  Agathe
                    Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Ferdinand Leitner

4          ROSSINI
             Semiramide (1823):  Ah! dov'è, dov'è il cimento?  E, se ancor
             libero
          
                    Frank Lopardo (tenor)  -  Idreno
                    London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ion Marin

5          VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-35)
             Bianca e Fernando (1826):  Ove son? Che m'avenne?  Sorgi, o
             padre
          
                    Mirella Freni (soprano)  -  Bianca;  Renata Scotto (soprano)  -  Eloisa
                    National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leone Magiera

6          BELLINI
             La Sonnambula (1831):  Ah! non credea mirarti
          
                    Maria Callas (soprano)  -  Amina;  Nicola Monti (tenor)  -  Elvino
                    Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
                    conducted by Antonino Votto
7          BELLINI
             I Puritani (1835):  A te, o cara
          
                    Alfredo Kraus (tenor)  -  Arturo;  Montserrat Caballé (soprano)  -
                    Elvira
                    with:  Agostino Ferrin (Giorgio),  and Stefan Elenkov (Gualtiero)
                    Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra
                    conducted by Riccardo Muti

8          GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
             Lucia di Lammermoor (1835):  Chi ma frena in tal momento
             (Sextet)
          
                    Renato Cioni (tenor)  -  Edgardo;  Robert Merrill (baritone)  -  Enrico;
                    Joan Sutherland (soprano)  -  Lucia;  Cesare Siepi (bass)  -
                    Raimondo;  Kenneth MacDonald (tenor)  -  Arturo;  Ana Raquel Satre
                    (mezzo-soprano)  -  Alisa
                    Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
                    conducted by John Pritchard

9          GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791-1864)
             Les Huguenots (1836):  Nobles Seigneurs, salut!
          
                    Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)  -  Urbain
                    London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard

10    SAVERIO MERCADANTE (1795-1870)
             Il Giuramento (1837):  La Dea di tutti i cor!  Bella adorata incognita
          
                    José Carreras (tenor)  -  Viscardo
                    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Roberto Benzi

11    DONIZETTI
             Il Duca d'Alba (1839):  Nei miei superbi gaudi
          
                    Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)  -  Il Duca
                    Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Ion Marin

12    DONIZETTI
             Don Pasquale (1843):  Tornami a dir
          
                    Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)  -  Norina;  Roberto Alagna (tenor)  -
                    Ernesto
                    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
                    conducted by Richard Armstrong

13    MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFÉ (1808-70)
             The Bohemian Girl (1843):  When other lips and other hearts
          
                    Jerry Hadley (tenor)  -  Thaddeus
                    English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

14    RICHARD WAGNER (1813-83)
             Tannhäuser (1845):  Wie Todesahnung  O, du mein holder
             Abendstern
          
                    Thomas Hampson (baritone)  -  Wolfram
                    Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi

15    HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-69)
             La Damnation de Faust (1846):  D'amour l'ardente flamme
          
                    Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)  -  Marguerite
                    Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Carlo Rizzi

16    FREIDRICH VON FLOTOW (1812-83)
             Martha (1847):  Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut
          
                    Nicolai Gedda (tenor)  -  Lyonel
                    Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Munich
                    conducted by Heinrich Bender

17    GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
             Il Corsaro (1848):  Egli non riede ancora!  Non so le tetre immagini
          
                    Beverly Sills (soprano)  -  Medora
                    London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato

18    OTTO NICOLAI (1810-49)
             Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1849):  Horch, die Lerche singt
             im Hain
          
                    Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)  -  Fenton
                    Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Robert Heger

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