French tenor Benjamin Bernheim’s first song recital album pairs him with his regular collaborator, pianist Carrie Ann Matheson. Matheson is artistic director of the San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program and was formerly coach, prompter, and assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera. Bernheim made his American debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2019 in Gounod’s Faust …
Douce France
Playlist
Berlioz: “Les nuits d’été” (3 songs)
Chausson: Interflude from “Poème de l’amour et de la mer,”
Henri Duparc: Select songs (4)
Kosma: “Autumn Leaves”
Charles Trenet: “Douce France”
Jacues Brel: “Quand on n’a que l’amour”
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Pene Pati’s second solo album balances favorite numbers with operatic rarities including the world premiere recording of the aria-cabaletta for the title character of the 1858 version of Gounod’s Faust. In addition to Puccini, the Italian composers are Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni and Mercadante, while the French school is represented by Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Massenet, Halévy and Guiraud. Joining the Samoan tenor …
Playlist
Arias from Massenet’s Manon & Werther, Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, Puccini’s La bohème, Verdi’s Macbeth
Aria and cabaletta, “Salut! demeur chaste et pure…C’est l’enfer qui t’envoie” from Gounoud’s Faust
Cherry Duet, from Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz
Duet from Mercadante’s Il bravo
Duet from Halévy’s La Juive
