February 2008 - Meeting
Programme for Wednesday, February 6th 2008
Michael William Balfe (1808-1870)
Presenter: John Allen
- The Bohemian Girl (I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls) - Margaret Burke-Sheridan, soprano
- Come into the garden Maud - John McCormack, tenor
- The Siege of Rochelle (Lo, the early beam of morning) - Kate Hurney, Rhoda Bachmann, John Hall, Michael Maurel
- The Maid of Artois (The light of other days) - Jeffrey Talbot
- Le puits d'amour (Rêves d'amour, rêves de gloire) - Sumi Jo, soprano; English Chamber Orchestra; cond. Richard Bonynge
- Johann Strauss II: Zigeunerin-Quadrille (on themes from The Bohemian Girl) - Vienna Philharmonic; cond. Riccardo Muti
- Falstaff (Vorrei parlar, ma l'ira) - Elisabetta Scano, soprano; Elena Monti, soprano; Adriana Cicogna, mezzo soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra of London; cond. David Parry
- Killarney - Louis Browne, tenor
- Trust Her Not - Felicity Lott, soprano; Ann Murray, mezzo soprano; Graham Johnson, piano
- Excelsior - Robert Tear, tenor; Benjamin Luxon, baritone; Andre Previn, piano
- The Rose of Castile ('Twas rank and fame that tempted thee) - Jerry Hadley, tenor; English Chamber Orchestra; cond. Richard Bonynge
- Il Talismano (Nella Dolce Trepidanza) - Deborah Riedel, soprano; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; cond. Richard Bonynge
- The Bohemian Girl (Act III: See at your feet a suppliant one; When the fair land of Poland) - Nova Thomas, soprano; Jonathan Summers, baritone; Patrick Power, tenor; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; cond. Richard Bonynge
- The Maid of Artois (Act I finale) - Kay Jordan; Jonathan Pugsley
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