Programm
La Traviata - verdi - «Oh qual pallor!» - Violetta et Alfredo
Eugene Onéguine - Tchaikovsky - «Kuda, kuda», de Eugene Onegin - Lensky
I Vespri Siciliani - Verdi - « Mercè, dilette amiche» - Elena
Turandot - Puccini - «Non piangere, Liù!» - Calaf
Turandot - Puccini - «Tu che di gel sei cinta» - Liù
Piano solo
L'ELisir d'Amore - Donizetti - «Caro elisir!» - Adina et Nemorino
Carmen - Bizet - «Parle-moi de ma mère!» - Micaela - Don José
Adriana Lecouvreur - Cilea - «Ecco: respiro appena...» - Adriana
L'Arlesiana - Cilea - «È la solita storia del pastore» (Federico)
Piano solo
Gaspar Antonio Olavarría Maytín - A la luz de la luna» - Fernando Michelena
Giuditta - Franz Lehàr - Aria «Meine Lippen» - Giuditta
El trust de los tenorios - Serrano - «Te quiero, morena» - Giuditta
Carlos Eleta Almarán - «Historia de un amor» - duo
David Alagna - «Libertà» - duo
Agustín Lara - «Granada» - duo
Performance
Formentor Sunset Classics
18 mai 2017
Cast
Aleksandra Kurzak - soprano
Roberto Alagna - ténor
Jeff Cohen - piano
Press Review
El Pais - Jésús Ruiz - 19/05/2017
"Alagna and Kurzak overcame the cold in Formentor: the pair of singers offered an outdoor recital in Mallorca and demonstrated all their professionalism against the elements"
"At Formentor Sunset Classics, the pair of singers faced harsh weather conditions. In addition to cool temperatures - ony 14° C and a cloudy sky - the wind was sweeping across the stage [...]
Roberto Alagna, wearing a three-piece suit, could better resist the cold but Aleksandra Kurzak, although trained at the Conservatory of music of the cold plain of Wroslaw (Poland), redoubled her merit by singing her arias barely covered with a light shawl thrown over her evening dresses. And yet, she was able to convey great warmth and emotion in her aria "Meine Lippen", an excerpt from Giuditta, Franz Lehár's opera. As well, she was able to perform her "Oh mio babbino caro" with an essential simplicity, an aria from Gianni Schichi (Puccini) added to the program.
Alagna was not outdone. Comfortable with his wife on stage, but obviously worried about seeing her getting freezed, he has shown a beautiful vocal complicity with Kurzak in La Traviata and Carmen, as well as a comic talent in the duet of L'Elisir d'Amore, holding a bottle of cognac. A very sweet moment. Trained in Parisian cabarets alongside street musicians, the self-taught and passionate singer has the qualities of a genuine "chameleon", more than sufficient to adapt to any situations.
As a result, he is able - with an equal credibility and ease - to slip into the skin of tragic lovers as the melodramatic Alfredo in La Traviata or Don Jose in Carmen, as well as into the shoes of Donizetti's comic character, or even into that of the "bolero singer" that best suits a traditional song such as Granada by Agustín Lara. Everything is perfectly functioning: remarkable phrasing and crystal-clear diction, whether in Italian, French, Spanish or we can suppose (impossible to judge for those who do not speak this language) also in Russian. [...]
This Thursday, the recital was given in the most difficult conditions of the short history of Formentor Sunset Classics. An opportunity to appreciate the best example of professionalism of two artists, required to fight against the coldness of the elements."
"Two extraordinary voices, a high-quality repertoire, lyricism and energy "
Diario de Mallorca
"Formentor Sunset Classics pulled together two extraordinary voices yesterday, tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Aleksandra Kurzak sang together a high-quality repertoire, accompanied by Jeff Cohen on piano."
Europa Press
"Both have merged with the sea breeze in operatic arias and duets charged with lyricism and energy, in the most iconic hotel of Mallorca, Formentor, to Royal Hideaway Hotel."
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