Juan Diego Flórez & Pretty Yende Duo Concert
The duo concert featuring virtuoso bel canto arias will be a sumptuous musical feast. South African soprano Pretty Yende, one of the most sought-after operatic singers of her generation, will make her Japan debut in a duo concert with the world's leading tenor Juan Diego Flórez.
In 2010, Pretty Yende became the first artist in the history of the Belvedere Singing Competition to win the top prize in every category and went on to win First Prize in the Operalia in 2011. She made her debut with the Teatro alla Scala in 2010 as Berenice in Rossini's L'Occasione fa il Ladro. In 2013, she made her critically-acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera where she sang as La Comtesse Adèle in Rossini's Le Comte Ory to perform opposite Juan Diego Flórez in the title role. Since then, the two singers have regularly sung together in concerts. Their Japan debut as a duo is not to be missed.
| Sunday 4 February 2024, 15:00 @Tokyo Bunka Kaikan |
| Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor |
| Pretty Yende, Soprano |
| Michele Spotti, Conductor |
| Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra |
Juao Diego Flórez, Tenor
photo: Gregor Hohenberg
Pretty Yende, Soprano
Michele Spotti, Conductor
Photo: Vasilka Balevska
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to La Cenerentola (orchestra)
Gioachino Rossini, "Principe più non sei... Si, ritrovarla io guiro" from La Cenerentola (Flórez)
Gioachino Rossini, "Una voce poco fa" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Yende)
Gioachino Rossini, "Ah, quel respect, Madame" - "Ce téméraire qui croit nous plaire" from Le Compte Ory (Flórez and Yende)
Gaetano Donizetti, Overture to Roberto Devereux (orchestra)
Gaetano Donizetti, "Sulla tomba che rinserra" - "Verrano a te sull'aure" from Lucia di Lammermoor (Flórez and Yende)
Charles Gounod, Roméo et Juliette, Act 2: Entr'acte (orchestra)
Charles Gounod, "L'amour, l'amour!... Ah! lève-toi, soleil!" from Roméo et Juliette (Flórez)
Charles Gounod, "Ah, je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette (Yende)
Charles Gounod, "Va! Je t'ai pardonné... Nuit d'hyménée" from Roméo et Juliette (Flórez and Yende)
Gaetano Donizetti, Overture to La Fille du régiment
Gaetano Donizetti, "C'en est donc fait... Par le rang et par l'opulence... Salut à la France" from La Fille du régiment (Yende)
Gaetano Donizetti, "Quoi! Vous m'aimez?" from La Fille du régiment (Flórez and Yende)
Gaetano Donizetti, "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!" - "Pour mon âme" from La Fille du régiment (Flórez)
*Casting and program as of 5 September 2023 are subject to change.
