UoS Music Presents | Belcanto Opera Lab: Creative Singing from Mozart to Verdi
Date: Monday 10 March 13:00
Where does Mozart begin – and cease – to be Mozart? How does written notation relate to what we hear? What does the composer do to empower the performer?
This concert explores these questions through familiar music and lesser-known selections from ‘belcanto’ operas by Mozart, Bellini, Rossini, and Verdi. Our purpose in this programme is to expand and challenge widespread perceptions of balances of power between composer and performer in western ‘classical’ music. Exploring this repertoire, we shine the spotlight onto the creative contribution that performers, especially singers, can give to the rendition of canonic repertoire.
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Presented by the University of Southampton Music Department
This lunchtime concert is free and all are welcome to attend.
Please book your free ticket.
Performers
Elena Garrido Madrona soprano
Leila Zanette mezzo soprano
Francesco Izzo piano
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le nozze di Figaro: ‘Giunse alfin il momento . . . Deh vieni, non tardar’
Vincenzo Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi: ‘Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio . . . La tremenda ultrice spada’
Gioachino Rossini Il signor Bruschino: ‘Ah, voi condur volete . . . Ah donate il caro sposo’
Giuseppe Verdi Oberto conte di San Bonifacio: ‘Oh, chi torna l’ardente pensiero . . . Più che i vezzi e lo splendore’
Giuseppe Verdi Un ballo in maschera: ‘Saper vorreste’
Vincenzo Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi: ‘Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio . . . La tremenda ultrice spada’
Gioachino Rossini Il signor Bruschino: ‘Ah, voi condur volete . . . Ah donate il caro sposo’
Giuseppe Verdi Oberto conte di San Bonifacio: ‘Oh, chi torna l’ardente pensiero . . . Più che i vezzi e lo splendore’
Giuseppe Verdi Un ballo in maschera: ‘Saper vorreste’
Gioachino Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia: ‘Una voce poco fa’
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte: ‘Prenderò quel brunettino’
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte: ‘Prenderò quel brunettino’
