Auckland Opera Studio: Gala Concert 2020
8.00 Auckland Opera Studio: Gala Concert
Five Kiwi opera singers with normally thriving international careers find themselves all home at the same time due to a certain pandemic.
Sopranos Eliza Boom and Natasha Wilson, tenors Manase Latu and Amitai Pati and baritone Benson Wilson perform a selection of opera solos, duets and ensembles accompanied by Somi Kim on piano.
Amitai Pati, Somi Kim, Eliza Boom, Natasha Wilson, Manase Latu, Benson Wilson Photo: Auckland Opera Studio
Programme:
PUCCINI: In un coupé?... O Mimì, tu più non torni, from La bohème – Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
CATALANI: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally – Eliza Boom (sop), Somi Kim (piano)
DONIZETTI: Ah! mes amis quel jour des fêtes, from La filee du Régiment – Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
DONIZETTI: Tornami a dir, from Don Pasquale – Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
STRAUSS: Ich bin euer Liebden, from Der Rosenkavalier – Natasha Wilson (sop), Somi Kim (piano)
KORNGOLD: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, from Die Tote Stadt – Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
TAUBER: Du bist die Welt für mich, from Der singende Traum – Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
VERDI: O qual pallor... Un di felice, from La Traviata – Eliza Boom (sop), Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
MOZART: O soave sia il vento, from Così fan Tutte – Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
LISZT: Pace non trovo, from Tre Sonetti di Petrarca – Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
BEETHOVEN: Mir ist so wunderbar, from Fidelio – Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
STRAUSS: September, from Four Last Songs – Eliza Boom (sop), Somi Kim (piano)
BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers – Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers – Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
GOUNOD: Je veux vivre, from Roméo et Juliette – Natasha Wilson (sop), Somi Kim (piano)
GOUNOD: Avant de quitter ces lieux, from Faust – Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
MASSENET: Pourquoi me reveiller, from Werther – Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
J STRAUSS II: And I must live eight long days, from Die Fledermaus – Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
VERDI: Ascolta!... Dio che nell'alma infondere, from Don Carlos – Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La bohème – Eliza Boom (sop), Amitai Pati (ten), Somi Kim (piano)
LEHAR: Love Unspoken, from The Merry Widow – Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano)
Recorded by RNZ Concert in Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020
Producer: Tim Dodd; Engineer: Adrian Hollay