Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Dukas, Paul (1865-1935) | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | |
| Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936) | Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) | |
| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | Il tabarro (concert performance; sung in Italian, with English surtitles) | Libretto by Giuseppe Adami |
Performers
| Sir Mark Elder | Conductor | |
| The Hallé | ||
| Philharmonia Voices | ||
| Lucio Gallo | Baritone | Michele |
| Natalya Romaniw | Soprano | Giorgetta |
| Adam Smith | Tenor | Luigi |
| Annunziata Vestri | Mezzo-soprano | La Frugola |
| Alasdair Elliott | Tenor | Tinca |
| Simon Shibambu | Bass | Talpa |
| Shengzhi Ren | Tenor | Un venditore di canzonette (a song vendor) |
| Laura Perešivana | Soprano | A lover (soprano) |
| Ryan Vaughan Davies | Tenor | A lover (tenor) |
Life on a French river barge is tough, and for a young wife it can be lonely too. But in this closed and arduous world, even a dream of a better world can spark jealousy. Il tabarro is a side of Puccini that’s too rarely seen – a gritty, red-blooded drama of life on the edge, told with all his flair for melody and suspense. Who better to perform it than Sir Mark Elder, one of our greatest living opera conductors, and the orchestra that he’s directed for over two decades – the Hallé. Natalya Romaniw stars as the lovelorn Giorgetta; first, though, Elder and his orchestra conjure up Dukas’s musical magic spell, and join Respighi amid the glittering Fountains of Rome.
£14–£62 (plus booking fee)
Broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 31 July
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