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Lisette Oropesa on French bel canto
7th Nov 2022
As she prepares for the opening night of Handel's Alcina at Covent Garden tomorrow, the Cuban-American soprano discusses her new album of French opera arias by Donizetti and Rossini on Pentatone.
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Freddie De Tommaso - Il Tenore
24th Jun 2022
The young British-Italian tenor is on barnstorming form in a programme of scenes and arias from Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly and Carmen, with equally impressive guest appearances from Lise Davidsen, Natalya Romaniw and Aigul Akhmetshina.
Popular Composers: Opera Excerpts
- Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
- Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–35)
- Berlioz, Hector (1803–69)
- Bizet, Georges (1838–75)
- Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833–87)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Delius, Frederick (1862–1934)
- Gershwin, George (1898–1937)
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714–87)
- Gounod, Charles François (1818–93)
- Granados, Enrique (1867–1916)
- Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
- Mascagni, Pietro (1863–1945)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839–81)
- Offenbach, Jacques (1819–80)
- Ponchielli, Amilcare (1834–86)
- Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievitch (1891–1953)
- Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
- Purcell, Henry (1659–95)
- Rameau, Jean Philippe (1683–1764)
- Rimsky Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844–1908)
- Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille (1835–1921)
- Smetana, Bedrich (1824–84)
- Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
- Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840–93)
- Verdi, Giuseppe (1813–1901)
- Wagner, Richard (1813–83)
- Weill, Kurt (1900–50)
- Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (1876–1948)
Popular Works: Opera Excerpts
- Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 - Act II (55)
- Bellini: O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (37)
- Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March (64)
- Bizet: Carmen (highlights) (32)
- Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (107)
- Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a (36)
- Delius: Koanga: La Calinda (32)
- Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (40)
- Gluck: Orphée et Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (129)
- Gounod: Faust - Ballet Music (46)
- Granados: Goyescas: Intermezzo (68)
- Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40: Largo (69)
- Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (131)
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights) (29)
- Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda) (64)
- Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: March (62)
- Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1 (134)
- Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Intermezzo (38)
- Purcell: Trumpet Tune (34)
- Rimsky Korsakov: Dance of the Tumblers (from Snegurochka) (29)
- Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee (282)
- Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or Suite (30)
- Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Bacchanale (50)
- Tchaikovsky: Polonaise (from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24) (54)
- Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (41)
- Verdi: Grand March from Aida (38)
- Verdi: Rigoletto: Act 3 (52)
- Wagner: Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (49)
- Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1 (31)
- Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3 (51)
- Wagner: Die Walkure: Magic Fire Music (38)
- Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (205)
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (38)
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral March (86)
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey (42)
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene' (63)
- Wagner: Parsifal: Good Friday Music (58)
- Wagner: Siegfried: Waldweben (60)
- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (171)
- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 1 (64)
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