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Clifton Cathedral
Clifton Park
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 3BX
England
Programme
Georges Bizet – Carmen: Prelude
Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata, Act 1: Prelude
Richard Wagner – Der fliegender Hollander: Spinning chorus
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin, Op.24: Waltz with Chorus 'Vot tak syurpriz!'
Gaetano Donizetti – Don Pasquale: 'Tornami a dir'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro: 'Voi che sapete'
Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata: 'Libiamo ne'lieti calici'
Aleksandr Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
~ Interval ~
Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto: Quartetto 'Un di, se ben rammentomi' and 'Bella figlia dell'amore'
Gaetano Donizetti – L'elisir d'amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima'
Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio, Op.72: Act 1, Prisoner's Chorus 'O welche Lust'
Giuseppe Verdi – Nabucco: Va, pensiero
Georges Bizet – Carmen: Aria 'Les tringles de sistres tintes'
Pietro Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas: 'Ah! Belinda, when I am laid in earth'
Richard Wagner – Tristan and Isolde, Act 3: Isolde's Liebestod
Georges Bizet – Carmen: Act 4, 'Les voici! Voici la quadrille!'
Performers
Rebecca Evans – soprano
Hanna-Liisa Kirchin – mezzo-soprano
William Wallace – Tenor
Edward Jowle – baritone
Peter Wilde – Narrator
William Goodchild – Conductor
Aimee Cottam – Leader
Bristol Symphony Orchestra
City of Bristol Choir
Programme Note
From Beethoven to Bizet, from Verdi to Wagner, come and hear some of the greatest overtures, arias and choruses ever composed, and experience the operatic story as never before.
A Night at the Opera, presented by Bristol Symphony Orchestra, the City of Bristol Choir and a quartet of professional operatic soloists, will create its own unique operatic story using the music of the great operatic composers. With over 150 performers this will be an operatic extravaganza the like of which Bristol has never seen before.
Our story will not be logical, operatic tales never are, but the audience will enjoy a journey of great intensity, allowing our performers to share all the most powerful human emotions. Few will avoid a tear or a tingle down the spine during our switchback ride through the world of opera.
The magic of opera lies in the telling of a story. Opera was the original complete art form with musicians and singers combining to act out the story in the most powerful and passionate way possible.
Opera lovers will recognise much familiar music but there will be some less familiar moments too. If you think you don’t like opera, come and try it out – we’re sure you’ll be converted by the end of the evening!
Experience a rare and exciting performance full of mystery, passion and drama!
