LATVIAN OPERA ORCHESTRA
Alexander Vilumanis, conductor
“a second disc of arias even better than her first” Alan Blyth,
The Daily Telegraph September 1996
“Her Liu and Butterfly are heartrending” Hugh Canning
The Sunday Times September 1996
MARGUERITE:- Air des bijoux'- 'FAUST' (Act III) GOUNOD • GILDA:- Caro nome - 'RIGOLETTO' (Act I) • VERDI ÷GILDA:- Tutte le feste al tempo - 'RIGOLETTO' (Act II) • VERDI LIU:- Signore ascolta! - 'TURANDOT' (Act I) • PUCCINI ÷LIZA:- It is near to midnight - 'PIQUE DAME' (Act III) • TCHAIKOVSKY ÷SNEGOUROTCHK:- To the Woods - 'THE SNOW MAIDEN' (prologue) • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SNEGOUROTCHKA:- Final Aria - 'THE SNOW MAIDEN' (Act IV) • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV ÷ MANON:- Adieu, notre petite table - 'MANON' (Act II) • MASSENET, CIO-CIO-SAN:- Un bel di vedremo - 'MADAMA BUTTERFLY' (Act II) • PUCCINI - LEONORA :- Tacea la notte - 'IL TROVATORE' (Act I) • VERDI ÷ LEONORA :- D'amor sull'ali rosee - 'IL TROVATORE' (Act IV) • VERDI - LIU :- Tuche di gel sei cinta - 'TURANDOT' (Act III) • PUCCINI VIOLETTA :- Ah, for'se lui/Sempre libera - 'LA TRAVIATA' (Act I) • VERDI ÷ADRIANA:- Io son l'umile ancella - 'ADRIANA LECOUVREUR' (Act I) o CILEA