Program Mezzo

Carlo Vistoli (Countertenor) Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón (Conductor) Francesco Cavalli 1602–1676 ‘Ohimè, che miro – Misero Apollo’ Lamento of Apollo from Gli amori di Apollo e Dafne ‘Ombra mai fu’ Aria of Xerse from Il Xerse ‘Uscitemi dal cor, lacrime amare’ Lamento of Idraspe from Erismena ‘Per eccesso d’affetto – Che ti diss’io?’ Aria of Iarba from La Didone ‘Erme e solinghe cime – Lucidissima face’ Aria of Endimione from La Calisto Antonio Cesti 1623–1669 ‘Qual profondo letargo – Care note amorose – Fissa il chiodo, o Fortuna’ Aria of Alidoro from L’Orontea Claudio Monteverdi 1567–1643 ‘E pur io torno’ Aria of Ottone from L’incoronazione di Poppea ‘I miei subiti sdegni’ Aria of Ottone from L’incoronazione di Poppea Alessandro Stradella 1643–1682 ‘Oh, quanti soli – Oblio, che lento e tacito – Su, dunque, fuggite’ Aria of Nino from Il Trespolo tutore ‘Tarapà, tarapà, tarapà – Fa’ la nanna, Nino mio – Venghino in questo circolo’ Nino’s Mad Scene from Il Trespolo tutore Bayreuth, Margravial Opera House, 5 September 2025

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Symphony in D Major, K. 385, ‘Haffner’ Directed by Brian Large Prague, Smetana Hall, 1 May 1991

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Swedish Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (alto), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Julian Konstantinov (bass) Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 Messa da Requiem Directed by Bob Coles Berlin, Philharmonie, 10 October 2001

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Conductor) Gil Shaham (violon) Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 – 1827 Egmont, overture Johannes Brahms 1833 – 1897 Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Antonín Dvořák 1840 – 1903 Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op. 95 ‘From the New World’ Giuseppe Verdi 1813 – 1901 I Vespri siciliani, overture Directed by Bon Coles Palermo, Teatro Massimo, 1 May 2002

Claudio Abbado 10 years after

Christian Zacharias (piano) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 Piano Concerto no. 8 in C Major K 246 1990 Directed by Janos Darvas

Mourad Merzouki: Phénix Mourad Merzouki (Choreography) Kader Belmotkar (assistant choreographer) Mathilde Devoghel, Aymen Fikri, Hatim Lamaarti, Pauline Journé (Dancers) Lucile Boulanger (Viola da Gamba) Arandel (Electro-Baroque Soundtrack) Yoann Tivoli (Lighting) Ambronay Festival, September 25, 2022

Firebird Ballet for 22 dancers Igor Stravinsky (Music) Thierry Malandain (Choreography) Jorge Gallardo (Costumes) François Menou (Lights) Véronique Murat, assisted by Charlotte Margnoux (Creation of Costumes) Richard Coudray & Giuseppe Chiavaro (Ballet Masters) The Rite of Spring Ballet for 18 dancers Igor Stravinsky (Music) Martin Harriague (Choreography and Stage Design) François Menou and Martin Harriague (Lights) Mieke Kockelkorn (Costumes) Véronique Murat, assisted by Charlotte Margnoux (Creation of Costumes) Frédéric Vadé (Creation of Scenery / Props) Françoise Dubuc, Nuria López Cortés (Assistants to the Choreographer) Paris, Chaillot - Théâtre National de la Danse, 4 & 5 November 2021 TV director, Patrick Lauze

John Coltrane (saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrisson (bass). "Vigil","Naema","My Favorite Things". 1st of August 1965, Comblain La Tour Jazz Festival TV Director Serge Leroy

Marina Viotti (Mezzo-soprano) Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, Andrés Gabetta (Conductor, Violin) Henry Purcell 1659–1695 The curtain tune | Timon of Athens  Giovanni Porta 1675–1755 Volate gentes, venite cum spe Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741 Violin Concerto in D Major ‘Grosso Mogul’ RV 208 | Allegro Nicola Antonio Porpora 1686–1768 Salve Regina in F Major Pietro Locatelli 1695–1764 Concerto grosso Op. 1/11 | Largo Antonio Vivaldi O servi volate | Juditha triumphans RV 644 Ascende læta RV 635 Violin Concerto in B Minor ‘Per Signora Anna Maria’ RV 387 Canta in prato, ride in monte RV 636 Armatae face et anguibus | Juditha triumphans RV 644 Bayreuth, Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, 13 September 2025

I Capuleti e i Montecchi ‘Tragedia lirica’ in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) Libretto by Felice Romani First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 11 March 1830 Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Maurizio Benini (conductor) Allex Aguilera (Director, Sets) Françoise Raybaud (Costumes), Luis Perdiguero (Lights), Arnaud Pottier (Video) Raffaella Lupinacci (Romeo) Rosa Feola (Giulietta) Maxim Mironov (Tebaldo) Adolfo Corrado (Lorenzo) Roberto Lorenzi (Capellio) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 21 and 23 May 2024

Bruce Liu (piano) Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849) Rondo à la mazur, op. 5 Ballade no. 2, op. 38 Ballade no. 3, op. 47 Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ from Don Giovanni, op. 2 Nocturne no. 20 in C sharp minor op. posth. Étude op.10 no. 5 Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) Grandes études de Paganini S.161, no. 3 ‘La Campanella’ Paris, Maison Chaumet, 28 October 2022 Directed by John Blanch

Roy Ayers | Bayfront Jazz Festival 2021 Miami, 2021 Directed by Amos Rozenberg The 2021 inaugural edition of the Bayfront Jazz Festival takes place in Miami's Bayfront Park. The festival's mission is to honor and celebrate the current and future giants of Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and electronic music. This year's unique line-up includes Roy Ayers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola and Mark Guiliana's Beat Music. One of the most visible and winning vibraphonists since the 1960s and part of the Bayfront Jazz Festival 2021 is Roy Ayers. Ayers' 1976 neo-soul album Everybody Loves the Sunshine is one of the most heavily sampled record in hip-hop history.

Lionel Hampton All Star Big Band - Berliner Jazztage The Lionel Hampton All Star Big Band Berlin, Philharmonie, 3 November 1979 Directed by Oskar Krüger

Oregon - Berliner Jazztage Oregon Ralph Towner (guitar) Collin Walcott (percussion/tabla) Paul McCandless (oboe) Glenn Moore (bass) Berlin, Philharmonie, 2 November 1980 Directed by Dieter Krause

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) Choeur Symphonique de Namur Noemi Győri (flute) Claude Debussy 1862 - 1918 Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Christian Mason Concerto for flute Claude Debussy Nocturnes Liège, Salle Philharmonique, 24 April 2024

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 8 April 2023