Rencontres Musicales Champéry | Vive l'opéra !

Mon, 4 Aug

Eglise de Champéry

Rencontres Musicales de Champéry

If there's one country where music and opera go hand in hand, it's Italy! Born in Venice with Monteverdi, opera immediately found a popular audience ready to acclaim its divas. For several centuries, Italian was the language of choice for this repertoire. Last year's “dream team” is back to thrill us with the most beautiful arias by Verdi, Donizetti and Mozart, to name but a few. And since these artists are also excellent actors, there'll be plenty of tears and laughter in store!   Musicians: - Odile Heimburger, soprano - Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezzo-soprano - Nikolay Borchev, baritone - Todd Camburn, piano   Program: - Le nozze di Figaro – Mozart (Figaro’s aria - Nikolay Borchev) - L’incoronazione di Poppea – Monteverdi (Ottavia’s aria - Marie-Claude Chappuis) - La Traviata – Verdi (Violetta’s aria - Odile Heimburger) - Lucia di Lammermoor – Donizetti (Lucia and Enrico duet - Odile Heimburger, Nikolay Borchev) - Fedora – Giordano (De Sirieux’s aria - Nikolay Borchev) - Così fan tutte – Mozart (Dorabella’s aria - Marie-Claude Chappuis) - Così fan tutte – Mozart (Dorabella and Guglielmo duet - Marie-Claude Chappuis, Nikolay Borchev) - I Puritani – Bellini (Elvira’s aria - Odile Heimburger) - Maria di Rohan – Donizetti (Enrico, Duke of Chevreuse’s aria - Nikolay Borchev) - Norma – Bellini (Norma and Adalgisa duet - Odile Heimburger, Marie-Claude Chappuis) - La regata veneziana – Rossini (Canzone for mezzo-soprano - Marie-Claude Chappuis) - Pêchés de Vieillesse – Rossini - Petite Caprice – “Offenbach style” for solo piano (Todd Camburn, piano) - La fille du régiment – Donizetti (Trio for Marie, Sulpice, La Marquise - Odile Heimburger, Nikolay Borchev, Marie-Claude Chappuis) - Il barbiere di Siviglia – Rossini (Rosina’s aria - Odile Heimburger) - Così fan tutte – Mozart (Trio of Fiordiligi, Dorabella, and Don Alfonso - Odile Heimburger, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Nikolay Borchev)   Artist biographies and practical information on the official website of the Rencontres Musicales de Champéry.