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photo: Rolando Villazón

Rolando Villazón Tenor

Bryndon Hassman, piano

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:00 PM
Orpheum Theatre
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[Canadian debut] What a Starry Start. Launching our series this season — and making his Canadian debut with us — is a major star (which he wasn’t when we started chasing him). Part chocolate, part flame, Rolando Villazón’s voice is praised for its “burnished richness and liquid resonance.” Predicted to inherit the mantle of Pavarotti and Domingo, this stunning young Latin American tenor wins constant praise for his expression and subtlety. After his first solo recital ever in New York, critics called him “the real thing.” He’s so much in demand that getting him to fit us into his busy schedule wasn’t easy, but we persevered. Listening to him perform a familiar piece is like hearing it for the first time.

Programme Details

Schumann Dichterliebe

Bononcini “Per la Gloria d’adorarvi” from Griselda

Handel “Ombra mai fu” from Serse

Massenet “Ouvre tes yeux bleus” from Manon

Fauré “Après un rêve”

Tosti “Chanson de l’adieu”

Obradors “Ai Amor”
“Corazon porqaue pasais”
“Del cabello mas sutil”
“Coplas de curro dulce verses”

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Listen to Rolando Villazￃﾳn singing Verdi Verdi, O mio rimorso from La Traviata. Rolando Villazￃﾳn, tenor; Mￃﾼnchner Rundfunkorchester; Marcello Viotti, conductor. From the Virgin Classics recording Italian Opera Arias. Requires RealPlayer: low | high

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