Opera Gala from Stoke-on-Trent

Live from the Victoria Hall, Hanley
Presented by Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney returns to the city of his childhood, and the hall where he heard his first concerts, to present a special Friday Night is Music Night celebrating the centenary of Stoke-on-Trent becoming a city.
He and the BBC Philharmonic, regular visitors to this beautiful hall, are joined by three star singers, all nurtured by the BBC's New Generation Artist scheme, for an evening of operatic favourites; music of high drama, lush orchestral texture and infectious melody.

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Overture
Mozart: Là ci darem la mano (from 'Don Giovanni')
Mozart; Un' aura amorosa; Come scoglio (from 'Così fan tutte')
Mozart: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Bei Männern; Papagena! Weibchen! (from 'Die Zauberflöte')
Mozart: Se il padre perdei; Fuor del mar (from 'Idomeneo')

8.15 Interval

Verdi: Nabucco: Overture
Rossini: Una voce poca fa (from 'Il barbiere di Siviglia')
Puccini: Che gelida manina; Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (from 'La bohème')
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Bizet: Prelude to Act I; La fleur que tu m’avais jetée; Votre toast (from 'Carmen')

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Ilker Arcayurek (tenor)
James Atkinson (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Bloxham (conductor)