Highlights from the operatic stage, introduced by the performers:
Roberto Alagna sings ‘Quanto e bella, quanto e cara’ and ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ from Donizetti’s L'Elisir d'amore at the Lyon National Opera.
Angela Gheorghiu sings ‘Prendi, per me sei libero’ from Donizetti’s L'Elisir d'amore at the Lyon National Opera.
Thomas Hampson sings ‘Mi si affaccia un pugnal?’ and ‘Pietà, rispetto, amore’ from Verdi’s Macbeth at the Zurich Opera.
Anne Sofie von Otter sings ‘Ombre Larve’ and ‘Ah divinité implacable’ from Gluck’s Alceste at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
Felicity Lott and Yann Beuron sing ‘C’est la ciel qui m’envoi ce beau rêve amoureux’ from Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
Orla Boylan sings the Letter Aria from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the European Union Opera, Baden-Baden.
Galina Gorchakova sings ‘Son giunta, grazie oh Dio!’ from Verdi’s La forza del destino at the Kirov Opera.
Magdalena Kožená sings ‘J’ai perdu mon Eurydice’ and ‘Objet de mon amour’ from Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris.
David Daniels sings ‘Cara sposa’ from Handel’s Rinaldo at the Bayerische Staatsoper. |
