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Ambrogio Maestri and Maria Bayankina shine in last-minute Verbier opera gala

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“Ambrogio Maestri... delivered a five-star recital from start to finish”
Reviewed at Salle des Combins, Verbier on 20 July 2021
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Massenet, Le Cid: O Souverain, ô Juge, ô Père
Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Nemico della Patria
Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Uzh polnoch blizitsya... Akh! istomilas ya gorem (Lisa's Act 3 aria)
Cilea, L'Arlesiana: Federico's Lament "E la solita storia"
Verdi, La traviata: Madamigella Valery (Germont–Violetta Act 2 duet)
Puccini, Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore: Udite, udite, o rustici
Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo
Verdi, La forza del destino: Invano, Alvaro
Lehár, Giuditta: Meine Lippen sie kussen so heiss
Tosti, L'ultima canzone
Sorozábal, La tabernera del puerto: No puede ser
Verdi, La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
Maria Bayankina, Soprano
Marcelo Álvarez, Tenor
Ambrogio Maestri, Baritone
James Baillieu, Piano
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