Friday, May 16, 2008

What is Renée Fleming gonna sing in Athens? ***UPDATED***


Renée Fleming debuts in Athens on July the 3rd and Parsi´s got some excl. info on what is the chiffon diva gonna sing!

Well, not many surprises as you can guess....

Je marche sur tous les chemins & Adieu notre petite table (Manon)
In quelle trine morbide & Sola perduta abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)
Salce....Ave Maria (Otello)
Mercé dilette amiche (I Vespri Siciliani)
Vissi d' arte (Tosca)
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

Not bad...Just two wishes:

a) i hope there will be no microphone for Renée at the vast Roman Odeon where even huge voices have encountered problems (Marilyn Horne for example)

b) I hope we get to listen to "Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém", Rusalka's Song to the moon.
Pleeeeeeeeease.

***UPDATE***

As expected, the above were officially confirmed by the Athens Festival website...

We also learn that her gown will have the signature of Angel Sanchez...


4 comments:

mahler76 said...

Ποιλο κλισέ δεν θα μπορούσε...anyway, ας μήν γίνομαι κακός...

Anonymous said...

Oh wow, an evening of jazz and blues in Athens. Yuck!

Parsifal said...

Oh c'mon! Don't be harsh on Renaaaay!

Vissi d'arte said...

How about some Korngold or Strauss? I really love Renée.

Take care, Parsi ;-)