Pretty Yende tackles art song in Gstaad

Pretty Yende

Vanessa García, Pretty Yende

By David Karlin, 05 January 2023

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“delivered with great drama and long notes reaching fill-the-Met power but still developed”

Reviewed at Saanen Church, Saanen on 4 January 2023

Rossini, Les Soirées musicales: La promessa

Bellini, Vanne, o rosa fortunata

Donizetti, Me voglio fa'na casa

Donizetti, L'amor funesto

Debussy, Beau soir

Debussy, Fleur des blés

Debussy, Fêtes Galantes I: Clair de lune

Debussy, La Mandoline

Debussy, Apparition

Liszt, 3 Sonetti del Petrarca: Pace non trovo, S 270

Liszt, 3 Sonetti del Petrarca: Benedetto sia il giorno, S 270

Liszt, 3 Sonetti del Petrarca: I' vidi in terra angelici costumi, S 270

Giménez, La Tempranica: Sierras de Granada

Giménez, La Temprenica: La Tarántula é un bicho mú malo

Giménez, El barbero de Sevilla: Me llaman la primorosa

Pretty Yende, Soprano

Vanessa García, Soprano

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out

David Karlin, 30th June

Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.

****1

Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Susan Stempleski, 24th September

After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.

****1

Second episode in Jetske Mijnssen's Tudor trilogy opens in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 20th June

This production focuses on the psychological and human aspects of the central characters, rather than on their political conflict, with Elizabeth playing a pivotal role.

***11

Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Rigoletto conquers Covent Garden

David Karlin, 12th October

It's been a long wait since Cardiff Singer 2015, but the Mongolian baritone gives an outstanding vocal portrayal of Verdi’s doomed jester at the Royal Opera House.

****1

A remarkable Mahler 4 from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Edward Sava-Segal, 13th December

Philadelphia Orchestra principal Ricardo Morales also offers grace and unassuming virtuosity in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

****1

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Pretty Yende tackles art song at the Gstaad New Year Music Festival