RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Ramon Tebar, conductor
Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano

Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fm

Meyerbeer Nobles seigneurs, salut (Les Huguenots)
Gounod Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle? (Roméo et Juliette)
Mozart Deh per questo istante solo (La clemenza di Tito)
Mozart Soffre il mio cor con pace (Mitridate, re di Ponto)
Bellini Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio (I Capuletti e i Montecchi)
Bellini Deh! tu, deh! tu, bell’anima (I Capuletti e i Montecchi)
Rossini Assisa a piè d’un salice (Otello)
Rossini Ah se é ver (Il barbiere di Siviglia)

Tara Erraught – the mezzo-soprano with ‘that elusive X factor’ (Irish Times) – makes a welcome return to headline a gala concert of ravishing operatic arias by Mozart and four 19th-century giants. Meyerbeer’s brightly welcoming ‘Nobles seigneurs, slaut’ (Les Heugenots) ushers in songs by Gounod and Mozart (the imploring ‘Deh per questo istante solo’ from La clemenza di Tito) and a pair of brilliant, bracing arias courtesy of Bellini and Rossini revelling in the coloratura splendour of ‘Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio’ (Roméo et Juliette) and ‘Ah se é ver’ (Il barbiere di Siviglia).

Presented by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra