Rossini: Mosè in Egitto: A concert performance in Italian at Cadogan Hall, London on Saturday 24th February 2018

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Rossini: Mosè in Egitto

A concert performance in Italian

Add to my Calendar 24-02-2018 19:00 24-02-2018 21:00 36 Rossini: Mosè in Egitto This is a rare opportunity to hear Rossini’s Moses opera in the finely crafted original Italian version. It tells the story of the love of a young Jewish girl for the son of the Egyptian Pharaoh at the time of the enslavement of the Israelite minority in Egypt. Among its highlights are the superbly atmospheric opening Scene of the Shadows, an unforgettable portrait of an entire people plunged into the deepest misery, and the closing scene whose celebrated Prayer prefaces the parting of the waves, as Moses leads the Israelites to freedom and their own promised land. Concert performance in Italian with English surtitles. 5.45pm: Pre-concert talk by Richard Osborne (for ticket holders only) Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England

Saturday 24th February 2018
7:00 PM

Programme

Gioachino Rossini – Mosè in Egitto

Performers

James Platt – baritone
Ji Hyun Kim – Tenor
Nico Darmanin – Tenor
Anush Hovhannisyan – soprano
Grice Daniel – bass-baritone
Catherine Carby – mezzo-soprano
Christopher Turner – Tenor
Eirlys Myfanwy Davies – mezzo-soprano
Robin Newton – Conductor

Programme Note

This is a rare opportunity to hear Rossini’s Moses opera in the finely crafted original Italian version. It tells the story of the love of a young Jewish girl for the son of the Egyptian Pharaoh at the time of the enslavement of the Israelite minority in Egypt.

Among its highlights are the superbly atmospheric opening Scene of the Shadows, an unforgettable portrait of an entire people plunged into the deepest misery, and the closing scene whose celebrated Prayer prefaces the parting of the waves, as Moses leads the Israelites to freedom and their own promised land.

Concert performance in Italian with English surtitles.

5.45pm: Pre-concert talk by Richard Osborne (for ticket holders only)

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