At the close of a hectic season that featured performances of signature roles in London, Berlin, and Paris and the addition of three new roles to her repertoire in New York, Naples, and Santa Fe, soprano Ailyn Pérez remembered to include her native Chicago audience with this “run-out” recital with her friend, pianist Kevin Murphy. This homecoming solo concert (recorded in between performances of Dvořák’s Rusalka at Santa Fe Opera) marked a return to Ravinia’s Martin Theatre, the site of early career triumphs in Mozartian roles under the baton of James Conlon.
Watch a performance of Ailyn Pérez with pianist Doug Peck recorded for Lyric Opera of Chicago below.
Playlist
Gabriel Fauré: Poème d’un jour
I. Rencontre
II. Toujours
III. Adieu
Reynaldo Hahn: Select songs À Chloris
Le Rossignol des lilas L’Heure exquise Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares Españolas
I. El paño moruno
II. Seguidilla murciana
III. Asturiana
IV. Jota
V. Nana
VI. Canción
VII. Polo
Fernando Obradors: Canciones clásicas Españolas, Vol. 1 La mi sola, Laureola Al Amor ¿Corazón, porqué pasáis
El majo celoso Con amores, la mi madre Del cabello más sutil Chiquitita la novia
Enrique Granados: “La Maja y el Ruiseñor” fromGoyescas
Manuel Ponce: Estrellita Ernani Braga: Abôio Tomás Méndez: Cucurrucucú Paloma María Grever: Te quiero, dijiste Grever: Júrame
Francesco Cilea: “Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur (encore)
Ailyn Pérez, soprano Kevin Murphy, piano
Recorded August 15, 2023 in the Martin Theatre at Ravinia Festival.
