Opera
Opera Gala with WNO Orchestra
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Tues 3 & Wed 4 Dec 7.30pm
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£22–£24
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Join our annual opera celebration as this year we proudly welcome Maestro Xu Zhong, President of the Shanghai Opera House, to conduct the singers of the David Seligman Opera School and the wonderful WNO Orchestra. The programme will feature familiar operatic favourites and some lesser-known gems.
Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro |
Puccini Extract from Act 1 of La bohème |
Donizetti Cavatina: 'Quel guardo il cavaliere…So anch'io' from Don Pasquale |
Wagner 'O du mein holder Abendstern' from Tannhäuser |
Yang Yibo The Land of Spring (Soprano & Chorus) |
Tchaikovsky Act 1 Chorus of Girls 'Dyevitsi, krasavitzi' from Eugene Onegin |
Beethoven 'Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben' from Fidelio |
Catalani 'Ebben? Ne andrò lontana' from La Wally |
Handel 'Sorge infausta' from Orlando |
Lehár Vilja from The Merry Widow |
Interval |
Bizet Prelude to Act 3 of Carmen |
Poulenc 'Non, monsieur mon mari' from Les Mamelles de Tiresias |
Shiguang Song of the Yangtze River (Tenor & Chorus) |
Wagner 'So ist es denn aus' from Die Walküre |
Donizetti Chorus and Quartet 'Dell'elisir mirabile' from L'elisir d'amore |
Bellini Recit and Aria 'Ah! Per sempre' from I Puritani |
Verdi Quartet 'Un dì, se ben rammentomi… Bella figlia dell’amore’ from Rigoletto |
Mozart Act 2 Duet 'Pa-pa-pa' from The Magic Flute |
Mozart Act 2 Finale from Così fan tutte |