A Night at the Opera

The full programme

Chorus of enchanted islanders (from Alcina)                                                                               Handel

Dido’s lament (Mezzo Soprano solo) and final chorus (from Dido and Aeneas)                   Purcell

Baritone Solo
Der Vogelfanger (from Die Zauberflöte)                                                                         Mozart

Villagers’ chorus (from Guillaume Tell)                                                                                          Rossini

Bell chorus (from Pagliacci)                                                                                                              Leoncavallo

Baritone Solo
Recitative and aria ‘Pieta rispetto’ (from Macbeth)                                                      Verdi

Chorus of Scottish refugees (from Macbeth)                                                                                 Verdi

Rataplan (from La forza del destino)                                                                                               Verdi

Matadors’ chorus (from La traviata)                                                                                                 Verdi

INTERVAL

Habanera (from Carmen)                                                                                                                  Bizet
Baritone Solo

Toreador Song (from Carmen)                                                                                          Bizet

March of the toreadors

(from Carmen)                                                                                                                     Bizet

Chorus of the Hebrew slaves (from Nabucco)                                                                             Verdi

Anvil chorus (from Il trovatore)                                                                                                         Verdi

Mezzo Soprano Solo
Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)                                                  Saint-Saëns

Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)                                                                                             Borodin

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