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Rossini - Olga Peretyatko

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Théâtre des Champs Eysées, Paris, Monday January 11 2016 Conductor and fortepiano: Ottavio Dantone. Soprano: Olga Peretyatko. Accademia Bizantina. Il viaggio a Reims : “Partir, oh Ciel! Desio… Grazie vi rendo o Dei”. Il Signor Bruschino : Sinfonia . Il viaggio a Reims : “All’ombra amena”.  Il barbiere di Siviglia : Temporale (storm). Il turco in Italia : “I vostri cenci vi mando.. Squallida veste e bruna… L’infelice, che opprime sventura”. Semiramide : “Bel raggio lusinghier”. Tancredi: Sinfonia . Tancredi : “Di mia vita infelice… No, che il morir”. Grand’overtura obbligata a contrabasso . Matilde di Shabran : “Ami alfine… Tacea la tromba altera”. Rossini I believe Olga Peretyatko has had quite a tough schedule touring this Rossini recital. I have also read that she's in the habit of introducing the numbers herself, but was advised against it (possibly by the TCE management?) in Paris, a detail she announced, using a microphone, at the start of the evening. Per

La damnation de Faust : Invocation à la nature

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One of the highlights of Alvis Hermanis' Paris production .