Various Composers - Par amour (Vannina Santoni)

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1. Franco Alfano - Risurrezione, Act II: Giunge il treno… Dio pietoso
2. Alfredo Catalani - La Wally, Act I: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
3. Charles Gounod - Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act I: Ah! Je veux vivre
4. Charles Gounod - Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act II: Entracte
5. Jules Massenet - Manon, Act III: Toi ! Vous ! - Oui, c'est moi !
6. Jules Massenet - Manon, Act II: Prélude
7. Jules Massenet - Manon, Act II: Allons, il le faut… Adieu, notre petite table
8. Giuseppe Verdi - Otello, Act IV: Era più calmo?… Ave Maria…
9. Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: O moi babbino caro
10. Giacomo Puccini - Le Villi, Act I: Se come voi piccina io fossi
11. Jules Massenet - Thaïs, Act II: Ah ! Je suis seule… Dis-moi que je suis belle
12. Henri Tomasi - Six mélodies populaires corses: No. 1, O ciucciarella

Vannina Santoni, soprano

Orchestre National de Lille

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Alpha Classics

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Love is the common thread running through this first recorded recital by soprano Vannina Santoni; it's also an opportunity to look back over her fifteen-year career, through her leading roles, alongside her favourite musicians. With the help of the Orchestre National de Lille and Quebecois conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, she places her sensual voice at the service of famous operatic arias featuring the amorous heroines of Gounod, Massenet, Puccini (‘O mio babbino caro’), Catalini (‘Ne andrò’ from La Wally) and Verdi (Desdemona’s poignant ‘Ave Maria’ from Otello). The programme also includes a rare but sublime aria from Franco Alfano’s Tolstoy-inspired opera Risurrezione (1904), as well as the magnificent ‘Saint-Sulpice’ duet from Massenet’s Manon, with tenor Julien Dran. Finally, Vannina Santoni pays homage to her Corsican roots with a new orchestration of the lullaby ‘O Ciucciarella’ that Corsican mothers have sung to their children for generations.

High Resolution 24-bit / 96 kHz