LE NOZZE DI FIGARO – Mozart
Riconosci in questo amplesso
Marcellina – Nardus Williams
Figaro – Joshua Bloom
Bartolo – Brindley Sherratt
Curzio – Sam Furness
Count – Roderick Williams
Susanna – Soraya Mafi
Figaro is unexpectedly reunited with his long-lost parents.
Sull’aria
Countess – Nardus Williams
Susanna – Soraya Mafi
The Countess and Susanna pen a letter of invitation to the Count for a nocturnal union.
Pace pace mio dolce tesoro
Susanna – Soraya Mafi
Figaro – Joshua Bloom
Count – Roderick Williams
Figaro has finally realised his bride is dressed as the Countess and plays along with the joke by propositioning her. In response, Susanna slaps him and the two lovers reunite and resolve to finish the comedy together.
Deh vieni
Susanna – Soraya Mafi
Susanna enjoys the quiet surrounding of the garden and looks forward to her wedding night reunion with Figaro.
FIDELIO – Beethoven
Mir ist so wunderbar
Marzelline – Soraya Mafi
Leonore – Nardus Williams
Rocco – Joshua Bloom
Jaquino – Sam Furness
Leonore yearns to be together with her love Florestan, but in the meantime her male disguise has led Marzelline for fall for her. Marzelline, her father Rocco, and Jaquino sing hopefully of their union, but Leonore longs for another reunion.
EUGENE ONEGIN – Tchaikovsky
Kogda by zhizn'
Onegin – Roderick Williams
Having admired him from a distance and plucked up the courage to write a letter expressing her love for Onegin, Tatyana awaits his arrival and the hope of his affections. He arrives, but their reunion is not what she expects.
Kuda, Kuda
Lensky – Sam Furness
Awaiting the duel with Onegin, Lensky reflects on his love of Olga and impending reunion with his friend turned rival.
Lyubvi vse vozrasty
Gremin – Brindley Sherratt
In an unexpected reunion, Onegin meets an older Tatyana now married to Prince Gremin who sings of his great happiness and love of his wife.
CAPRICCIO – Strauss
String Sextet
Players from the Philharmonia Orchestra
Countess Madeleine’s two lovers, a poet and a composer, debate the power of words and music. A string sextet perform Flamand’s latest composition.
