Par Amour

Alfano, Franco, Catalini, Alfredo, Gounod, Charles, Massenet, Jules, Puccini, Giacomo, różni kompozytorzy, Tomasi, Henri, Verdi, Giuseppe

Orchestre National de Lille, Santoni, Vannina, Zeitouni, Jean-Marie

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Love is the common thread running through this first recorded recital by soprano Vannina Santoni; it's also an opportunity to look back over her fifteen-year career, through her leading roles, alongside her favourite musicians. With the help of the Orchestre National de Lille and Quebecois conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, she places her sensual voice at the service of famous operatic arias featuring the amorous heroines of Gounod, Massenet, Puccini (‘O mio babbino caro’), Catalini (‘Ne andrò’ from La Wally) and Verdi (Desdemona’s poignant ‘Ave Maria’ from Otello). The programme also includes a rare but sublime aria from Franco Alfano’s Tolstoy-inspired opera Risurrezione (1904), as well as the magnificent ‘Saint-Sulpice’ duet from Massenet’s Manon, with tenor Julien Dran. Finally, Vannina Santoni pays homage to her Corsican roots with a new orchestration of the lullaby ‘O Ciucciarella’ that Corsican mothers have sung to their children for generations.

Works:

•Franco Alfano: Giunge ill Treno...Dio Pietoso aus "Risurrezione"
•Alfredo Catalani: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana aus "La Wally"
•Charles Gounod: Ah! Je Veux Vivre & Entracte Akt II aus "Romeo et Juliette"
•Jules Massenet: Toi! Vous! - Qui, C'Est Moi, Vorspiel zu Akt II & Allons, il le Faut!...Adie3u, Notre Petite Table aus "Manon"
•Jules Massenet: Ah! Je Suis Seule...Dis-Moi Que Je Suis Belle aus "Thais"
•Giuseppe Verdi: Era Piu Calmo?...Ave Maria aus "Otello"
•Giacomo Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro aus "Gianni Schicchi"
•Giacomo Puccini: Se Come Voi Piccina Io Fossi aus "Le Villi"
•Henri Tomasi: O Ciucciarella - 6 Melodies Populaires Corses

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2025-02-03

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