Love, Loss & Madness

Passionate bel canto tales of love, loss and madness from 19th-century Italy, told by some of Australia’s most brilliant singers against a lush backdrop of historical strings, winds and brass.

Based on groundbreaking new research by Prof. Neal Peres Da Costa, and featuring leading Australian vocalists.

With grateful thanks to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney.

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
directed by Neal Peres Da Costa | Fortepiano & Rachael Beesley | Violin

Anna Fraser | Soprano
Claire Burrell-McDonald | Soprano
Andrew Goodwin | Tenor
David Greco | Bass
Vinciane Baudhuin | Oboe

PROGRAM

CIMAROSA Sinfonia from Il matrimonio segreto

CIMAROSA Aria: ‘Pria che spunti in ciel’ from Il matrimonio segreto

CIMAROSA Recitative: ‘Che per pietà mi dice’, Aria: ‘Ah! Parlate’ from Il sacrificia d’Abramo

ROSSINI Sonate a quattro No. 5 in E flat major, II.Andantino

MORLACCHI Aria: ‘Morir ciel qual concento’ Romanza from Teobaldo ed Isolina

ROSSINI Recitative: ‘Si, vi sarà vendetta’, Aria: ‘Deh ti ferma’ from Semiramide

BELLINI Oboe Concerto in E flat major

CRESCENTINI Recitative: ‘Idolo del mio cor’, Aria: ‘Ombra adorata aspetta’ Inserted into Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli’s Romeo e Giulietta

ZINGARELLI Sinfonia No.7 in C major, Op.22/3

PARKING

A five-minute walk across the street from Wilson Parking Hudson House, 131 Macquarie St, Sydney.