Saturday, 5 March, 2016 - 19:30
Classics from Bizet to Verdi
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Our last Night at the Opera concert was a sell-out, so buy your tickets early for our 2016 concert, which features some of opera’s best-loved choruses and arias.
Programme
| Mozart: | Overture to Die Zauberflöte Voyagers’ chorus (Idomeneo) |
| Handel: | Chorus of the Enchanted Islanders (Alcina) |
| Bizet: | Habanera (Carmen) |
| Delibes: | Flower Duet (Lakmé) |
| Mascagni: | Easter Hymn (Cavelleria rusticana) |
| Poulenc: | Prelude and Salve Regina - Final scene: Acte 3 Tableau 4 (Dialogues des Carmelites) |
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Wagner: |
Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhäuser) Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) |
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Verdi: |
Witches’ Chorus (Macbeth) Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) Brindisi (La Traviata) Triumphal Scene (Aida) |
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Puccini: |
Vissi d’arte (Tosca) Nessun dorma (Turandot) |
Performers
Following the previous sell-out GLive Opera Classics concert, Jeremy Backhouse conducts Vivace Chorus and Brandenburg Sinfonia
The soloists are Claire Seaton (soprano), Carris Jones (mezzo-soprano) and Peter Davoran (tenor).
