Proms 2021: Glassberg Opera Gala

Tom McKinney with music from across Europe including the popular opera-inspired Prom from the middle of the month with an exciting line-up of soloists including Sally Matthews, Christine Rice and Nicky Spence with the BBC Philharmonic and Ben Glassberg.

Francesca Caccini - La liberazione di Ruggiero – suite (5 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio – ‘Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern’
Fidelio – Gott! welch Dunkel hier! … In des Lebens Frühlingstagen'
Fidelio – ‘O namenlose Freude!’ (3 mins)
Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice – ‘Che farò senza Euridice?'
Giacomo Puccini
La bohème – ‘Che gelida manina’
La bohème – ‘Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì’
La bohème – ‘O soave fanciulla’
Georges Bizet
Carmen – Prelude
Carmen – ‘La fleur que tu m’avais jetée’
George Frideric Handel. Rodelinda – ‘Io t'abbraccio’
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel – ‘Der kleine Sandmann bin ich’
Hansel and Gretel – ‘Abends, will ich schlafen gehn’
Hansel and Gretel – Dream Pantomime (3 mins)
Leos Janáček - Jenůfa – closing scene

Sally Matthews, soprano
Natalya Romaniw, soprano
Nardus Williams. soprano
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence, tenor
Freddie De Tommaso, tenor
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Glassberg, conductor