Hello,
Absolutely,positively my last show of 2009 and a little different from my usual NYE malarkey.
This was a bit of opera for the unwashed,like me-unashamedly populist and all instantly recognisable and beautifully played by the Manchester Camerata led by their American conductor,Clark Rundell.It would have been difficult for this chap to have any more enthusiasm!
The set-list:
Verdi Overture to La forza del
destino
Verdi Aria, 'Caro nome' from
Rigoletto
Verdi Aria, 'La donne รจ mobile'
from Rigoletto
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria
Rusticana
Verdi Aria, 'Celeste Aida' from
Aida
Verdi Aria, 'Un di felice, eterea'
from La Traviata
Verdi Aria, 'E Strano!..Ah fors'e
lui' from La Traviata
Rossini Overture, William Tell
Verdi Prelude to Act 3 of La
Traviata
Bizet Prelude and Argonaise from
Carmen
Puccini Aria, 'O mio babbino caro'
from Gianni Schicchi
Puccini Aria, 'Nessun Dorma' from
Turandot
Verdi,'Brindisi' from La Traviata
Wood,Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne, Rule,Britannia
Parry,Jerusalem
Elgar,Pomp & Circumstance
March No.1
Don't worry-it didn't turn into 'Last Night Of The Proms'/Young Conservatives On Tour-in fact the Conductor made a nice dig about 'The Daily Mail'...always welcome,hah-hah!
Cheers and all good things for 2010.
Si.