Omo Bello’s sweet songs of love

By Jenny Camilleri, 21 March 2015

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Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Recital Hall, Amsterdam on 18 March 2015

Pergolesi, Se tu m'ami

Rossini, Les Soirées musicales: La promessa

Rossini, Les soirées musicales: La pastorella

Catalani, In sogno

Bellini, Vanne, o rosa fortunata

Bellini, Ma rendi pur contento

Bellini, Composizioni da Camera: La Ricordanza

Donizetti, Eterno amore e fè

Donizetti, Il barcaiolo

Verdi, Stornello

Verdi, Album di 6 Romanze (Album of 6 romances): In solitaria stanza

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Il raggio verde

Tosti, Lasciami! Lascia ch'io respiri

Tosti, L'alba sepàra dalla luce l'ombra

Tosti, A vucchella

Puccini, La rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Omo Bello, Soprano

Clément Mao-Takacs, Piano

La Passion de Simone: more a love letter than a portrait

Mark Valencia, 31st May

Saariaho’s lush orchestral shapes could just as readily suggest ecstasy as agony.

**111

Chillingly dark Ravel from the Philharmonia

Katy Wright, 12th February

The Philharmonia's City of Light season goes from strength to strength with an outstanding performance of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Dutilleux's Correspondances.

****1

Castor et Pollux aux Champs-Élysées

Julie Jozwiak, 15th October

Hervé Niquet présente au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées son interprétation de Castor et Pollux (version de 1754). Le premier opéra de la saison était attendu avec beaucoup d’impatience ; malheureusement, il n’a pas été à la hauteur de toutes les espérances.

**111

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta's French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen's concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan's antics at the French May Festival.

****1

Christian Gerhaher: pure poetry in glorious Wigmore Hall recital

Dominic Lowe, 29th May

Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber survey composers from Beethoven to Berg in a varied and deeply moving recital.

*****

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Jenny Camilleri

After completing her postgraduate studies in psychology at the University of Toronto, Jenny moved to Amsterdam, where she enjoys singing in amateur choirs. She loves all genres of classical vocal music, especially nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian and German opera and art songs.

Omo Bello’s sweet songs of love at the Concertgebouw