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classical music, opera, theatre
Diana Damrau and Nicolas Testé
Bel canto gala
14 May 2016, Saturday
5:30 pm - 8 pm
one interval
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Produced by Müpa Budapest

Rossini

Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Overture

Rossini

Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Una voce poco fa (Rosina's aria)

Rossini

Il Barbiere di Siviglia - La calunnia („Calumny” aria - Don Basilio)

Gounod

Roméo et Juliette - Je veux vivre (Juliette's aria)

Gounod

Faust - Ballet music

Gounod

Faust - Le veau d'or (Mephisto's aria)

Massenet

Manon - Suis-je gentille ainsi?… Je marche sur tous les chemins... Profitons bien de la jeunesse (Manon's aria)

interval

Wagner

Der fliegende Holländer - Mögst du mein Kind (Daland's aria)

Verdi

I Vespri Siciliani - Mercè dilette amiche (Elena's aria)

Verdi

Il Trovatore - Di due figli vivea padre beato (Ferrando's aria)

Verdi

I Masnadieri - Venerabile, o padre, è il tuo sembiante… Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (Amalia's aria)

Verdi

I Masnadieri - Mio Carlo!... Carlo! Io muoio (Massimiliano and Amalia's duet)

Mascagni

Cavelleria Rusticana - Intermezzo

Ponchielli

La Gioconda - Sì, morir ella de'! (Alvise Badoèro's aria)

Bellini

La Sonnambula - Ah, non credea mirarti... Ah, non giunge (Amina's aria)

Before committing herself to the Italian bel canto repertoire, Diana Damrau was celebrated as a unique performer in coloratura roles the world over. She appeared as the Queen of the Night in 15 separate productions of The Magic Flute, while making history at the New York Metropolitan Opera by singing the roles of both Pamina and the Queen of the Night in different performances of the same run. In 2010, she married the French bass-baritone who partners her on stage this evening, and with whom she has two children. Perhaps not incidentally due to physiological changes, the German soprano has tended to take on roles of a different nature in recent years, immersing herself in the bel canto style, in which she has again become a highly sought-after performer worldwide. At the Metropolitan, for example, she took the main female role in Rossini's opera Le Comte Ory, and has also played several roles in operas by Donizetti and Bellini, as well as Gilda in Rigoletto and Violetta in La Traviata. She created a genuine sensation in 2014 with the première of this bel canto gala in Prague, performing some of the most beautiful arias and duets in the repertoire with her husband. The production has since gone on to generate enormous interest on countless occasions.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Technical director, flight specialist Tamás Vladár
Production manager Zsófia Szabó

Featuring:

soprano Diana Damrau
bass-baritone Nicolas Testé
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