Musica Paradiso
There is no place like Italy for opera lovers: Donald Macleod joins Giacomo Meyerbeer in his Italian adventure, a turning point in his music-making... and in his identity.
With smash hits including 'Robert le diable', 'Les Huguenots' and 'Le Proph猫te', Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) was one of the most performed composers on the 19th-century stages: (re)discover the celebrated King of Grand Opera, in his own quasi-operatic life of sparkling successes, plot twists and travelling adventures, but also of prejudice and hardship.
An enamoured prima donna, some critical spoilsports and maestro Rossini himself... In this second act of Meyerbeer's story, the young composer falls in love with a country in which he'll have both musical epiphanies and his first successes, as well as a bit of romance.
Il nascere e il fiorire d鈥檜na rosa
Sivan Rotem, soprano
Jonathan Zak, piano
Le Proph猫te
Act I, No 1a: Pr茅lude et ch艙ur pastoral. "La brise est muette"
Ch艙ur de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Gli amori di Teolinda
IV. Allegro moderato
Lenneke Ruiten, soprano
Davide Bandieri, clarinet
Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne
Diego Fasolis, conductor
Romilda e Costanza
Overture
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Dario Salvi, conductor
Emma di Resburgo
Act I, Scene 1; "Sulla rupe triste, sola...Ah questo bacio" (Emma)
Diana Damrau, soprano
Choeurs de l鈥橭pera National de Lyon
Orchestre de l鈥橭pera National de Lyon
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Il crociato in Egitto
Act II, Scene 4: "Tutto 猫 finito" (Adriano, Felicia, Knights); "Suona funerea" (Adriano, Knights)
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
David Parry, conductor
Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Julien Rosa
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- Tue 4 Feb 2025 16:00麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3
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