Gala evening with Pretty Yende
The phenomenally talented South African soprano has taken the opera world by storm, starring in leading roles at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Together with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and conductor Lorenzo Passerini, she will perform a generous selection from the Italian operatic repertoire, by such greats as Rossini, Verdi and Puccini. Fascinating heroines like Violetta, Rosina, and Countess Almaviva will shine brightly in the sparkling acoustics of the golden Elisabeth Hall during a gala evening brimming with glamour and passion.
Program
Rossini La Cenerentola: Overture
Rossini Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Donizetti Regnava nel silenzio - Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
Verdi Ballet (from Aïda)
Verdi È strano - Sempre libera (from La Traviata)
Puccini Intermezzo (from Suor Angelica)
Puccini Denaro, nient’altro - Ore dolci e divine - Fanciulla è sbocciato l’amore (from La Rondine)
Puccini Gianni Schicchi: O, mio babbino caro
Bernstein West Side Story: I Feel Pretty
Performers
Lorenzo Passerini
conductor
Pretty Yende
soprano