Bel canto, or beautiful singing is the absolute respect for the aesthetics of melody and musical forms as well as the art of maximising one's exploitation of technical skill. Looking back at this unique, clearly definable Italo-French style after two hundred years, we can see that besides the great Italian triad (Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini), Meyerbeer, Auber and a few other composers who are less well-known today approached the human voice with special sensitivity; outstanding soprano Klára Kolonits, who is deeply committed to this style, provides some insight into these works – based on her CD of the same title, which was released recently.
Programme:
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims – Overture
Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix – Linda’s aria from Act 1 ("O, luce di quest’anima") – Klára Kolonits
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – Duet of Enrico and Lucia from Act 2 ("Apressati, Lucia!") – Klára Kolonits, Alexandru Agache
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims – Corinna’s aria ("All’ombra amena") – Klára Kolonits
Verdi: Un giorno di regno – Overture
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia - Duet of Gennaro and Lucrezia, Lucrezia’s final aria ("Tu pur qui… Era desso") – Klára Kolonits, Szabolcs Brickner
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Verdi: Attila – Odabella’s aria from the Prologue ("Santo di patria") – Klára Kolonits, István Kovács
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera – Renato’s aria from Act 3 ("Alzati… Eri tu!") – Alexandru Agache
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera – Overture
Verdi: Luisa Miller – Rodolfo’s aria from Act 2 ("Quando le sere al placido") – Szabolcs Brickner
Verdi: Luisa Miller – Duet of Miller and Luisa from Act 3 ("Pallida, mesta sei") – Klára Kolonits, Alexandru Agache
Verdi: Luisa Miller – Final trio ("Ah! l'ultima preghiera") – Klára Kolonits, Szabolcs Brickner, Alexandru Agache
Verdi: Macbeth – Lady Macbeth's aria from Act 2 ("Triomfai!") – Klára Kolonits
Conductor: Dániel Dinyés
Featuring the Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera
16 October 2016, 7:30 p.m. | Erkel Theatre
Photography by Attila Nagy
