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15/03/2008

Including 1.00 Mozart, Rossini, Verdi. 3.20 Dvorak, Britten, Bach. 5.05 Glinka, Schubert, Grainger, Beethoven, Janacek, Telemann.

With Jonathan Swain.

A gala concert of operatic excerpts to open the 2007 George Enescu Festival and Competition:

1.00am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (The Marriage of Figaro)
1.06am
Mozart: E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono (The Marriage of Figaro)
Countess ...... Cellia Costea (soprano)

1.13am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Studia il passo, o mio figlio! Come dal ciel precipita (Macbeth)
Banquo ...... Balint Szabo (bass-baritone)

1.18am
Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924): Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore (Tosca)
Floria Tosca ...... Anda-Louise Bogza (soprano)

1.21am
Puccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot)
Calaf ...... Marian Talaba (tenor)

1.25am
Puccini: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)
Manon Lescaut ...... Adina Nitescu (soprano)

1.30am
Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948): Nemico della patria (Andrea Chenier)
Carlo Gerard ...... Alexandru Agache (baritone)

1.36am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912): Werther! Qui m'aurait dit (Werther)
Charlotte ...... Carmen Oprisanu (mezzo-soprano)

1.44am
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868): Largo al factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Figaro ...... George Petean (baritone)

1.49am
Puccini: Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (Madama Butterfly)
Cio-Cio-San ...... Roxana Briban (soprano)
Pinkerton ...... Marian Talaba (tenor)

2.01am
Enescu, George (1881-1955): Ou suis-je? (Oedipe)
Oedipe ...... Stefan Ignat (baritone)

2.08am
Verdi: E'strano! (La Traviata)
Violetta ...... Nicoleta Ardlean (soprano)

2.18am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): In fernem Land (Lohengrin)
Lohengrin ...... Marius Vlad Budoiu (tenor).

1 hour, 24 minutes

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Sat 15 Mar 2008 01:00

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  • Sat 15 Mar 2008 01:00

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