Concert Solistes - Jessica Pratt, Alessandro Liberatore

A PERFECT EXPONENT OF BEL CANTO 

Hailed by the New-York Times as one of the leading sopranos of her generation, Jessica Pratt possesses outstanding poise and agility in the art of bel canto. British by birth, she spent her childhood in Australia where she learned the trumpet for ten years before devoting herself exclusively to singing. Turning towards Europe after having won the Australian Singing Competition, she then continued her studies in Rome under the supervision of Renata Scotto.

A BRILLIANT CAREER

In 2007, her career took off following a sublime Lucia di Lammermoor which opened the doors of the grand theatres for her. The whole world praised her Lucia as one of the best ever. Jessica Pratt was sought by all the major conductors and performed with Kent Nagano, Sir Colin Davis, Christian Thielemann, Carlo Rizzi, etc., to resounding success, publicised enthusiastically by the press. A specialist in the Italian romantic repertoire, she was overwhelming in a legendary performance of La Traviata in Melbourne in 2014. Lucia, Amina, Violetta, Gilda, and many others no longer hold any secrets for her.

For her first visit to Liège, she will be accompanied by the tenor Alessandro Liberatore, well known on our stage since his praiseworthy performance in Massenet’s Manon in 2012, in which he played the Chevalier Des Grieux …

PROGRAM

1st part

- Don Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti) : Ouverture
- Jessica Pratt – La Fille du régiment (Gaetano Donizetti) : Il faut partir…
- Alessandro Liberatore – L’Elisir d’amore (Gaetano Donizetti) - Una furtiva lagrima…
- Jessica Pratt – Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (Gaetano Donizetti) : Volgon tre lune... Torna torna o caro oggetto…
- Il Pirata (Vincenzo Bellini) : Ouverture
- Jessica Pratt – La Sonnambula (Vincenzo Bellini) : Ah non credea mirarti... Ah non giunge…
- Jessica Prat & Alessandro Liberatore – L’Elisir d’amore (Gaetano Donizetti) : Caro Elisir sei mio…

2nd part

- Jessica Pratt – I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini) : Eccomi in lieta vesta… Oh quante volte…
- I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini) : Ouverture
- Jessica Pratt – Le Comte Ory (Gioachino Rossini) : En proie à la tristesse…
- Alessandro Liberatore – Werther (Jules Massenet) : Pourquoi me réveiller…
- La Favorite (Gaetano Donizetti) : Ouverture
- Jessica Pratt & Alessandro Liberatore – Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti) : Lucia perdona... Verrano a te sull'aure…
- Guillaume Tell (Gioachino Rossini) : Ouverture
- Jessica Pratt – Matilde di Shabran (Gioachino Rossini) : Ami alfine... Tace la tromba eterna... Femmine mie guardate…

http://www.operaliege.be/en/activities/jessica-pratt
http://en.jessicapratt.com/event/1635/Concert-at-lOpra-Royal-de-Wallonie-October-2017
http://www.alessandroliberatore.com/en/

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