“A Furtive Tear” and other famous arias on tonight’s “Evening Concert” from “Carnegie Hall Live”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s Carnegie Hall Live. You’ll hear a concert of Italian opera arias and duets by Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini from soprano Joyce Cabell, mezzo-soprano Joyce Didonato, and tenor Lawrence Brownlee. They’re accompanied by the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Maurizio Benini.  The program differs from the one in Patterns magazine.

Monday May 25:  Carnegie Hall Live (CHL #15-08)          

Great American Orchestras III (Program differs from the listing in Patterns Magazine)

The Philadelphia Orchestra; Maurizio Benini, conductor

Nicole Cabell, soprano; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Lawrence Brownlee, tenor;

Rossini: Overture to Aureliano in Palmira

Carafa: "L'amica ancor non torna... Oh, di sorte crudel" from Le nozze di Lammermoor (DiDonato)

Donizetti: "Una Furtiva Lagrima" from L'elsir d'amore (Brownlee)

Donizetti: "Prendi, per me sei libero" from E'liser d'amore (Brownlee and Claycomb)

Pacini:  "Ove T'aggiri, O barbaro" from Stella di Napoli (DiDonato)

Bellini:  "Oh! quante volte" from I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Claycomb)

Bellini:  "Oh! mia Guilietta" from I Capuleti e I Montecchi (DiDonato and Claycomb)

Donizetti: "La maitresse du roi...Ange si pur" from La Favorite (Brownlee)

Rossini:  "Reidi al soglio" from Zelmira (Didonato)

ENCORE:  Rossini: Trio from La Comte Ory (DiDonato, Claycomb, and Brownlee)