The programme moves between operatic arias, art song and Neapolitan repertoire, tracing themes of longing, devotion and romantic intensity. Music by Bellini, Puccini, Verdi and Ponchielli sits alongside Schubert, Tosti and Leoncavallo, with French and Spanish colour from Bizet and Lara.

Programme:

Caro mio ben - Giuseppe Giordani

La promessa, from Soirées musicales - Gioacchino Rossini

Vaga luna che inargenti - Vincenzo Bellini

Questa o quella, from Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi

Cielo e mar!, from La Gioconda - Amilcare Ponchielli

Donna non vidi mai, from Manon Lescaut - Giacomo Puccini

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée, from Carmen - Georges Bizet

La danza, from Soirées musicales - Gioacchino Rossini

Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesänge III', from 7 Gesänge aus Walter Scotts 'Fräulein vom See' Op 52 - Franz Schubert

Maria, from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein

Parlami d' Amore Mariu - Cesare Andrea Bixio

On the street where you live, from My Fair Lady - Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner

Rondine al nido - Vincenzo di Crescenzo

Marechiare, from 3 canzoni napoletane - Sir Paolo Tosti

Mattinata - Ruggero LeoncavalloDein ist mein ganzes Herz, from The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns) - Franz Lehár

La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi

(Encore: Granada - Augustin Lara)

The evening also embraces operetta and classic musical theatre, revealing the enduring lyrical line that connects these traditions.

Conceived as a continuous listening experience, the recital is presented without interval, allowing the music to resonate with clarity and presence in the unique acoustic of St Paul’s Covent Garden.

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Runtime: 70 minutes (no interval)

Please note there is no assigned seating for this event.

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