Rosenblatt Recitals_2011 half seasonRED.qxd

R E C I TA L F I V E
R E C I TA L S I X
WEDNESDAY 11 TH MAY 2011, 7.30 PM
ST JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARE
“In La Wally at the
TUESDAY 28 TH JUNE 2011, 7.30 PM
ST JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARE
SERENA MALFI Mezzo Soprano
Michele Errico Pianist
VUYANI MLINDE Bass Baritone
Ingrid Surgenor Pianist
Serena Malfi was born in Aversa, Italy and studied
at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome. She
debuted as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in
Zurich during 2009/2010 and took part in concert
performances of La Wally and Catarina Cornaro
at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In July 2010
she debuted as Angelina in La Cenerentola at
the Wildbad Festival and in Italy as Ferdinando
in Pergolesi’s Flaminio at the Jesi Pergolesi Festival
in June.
Vuyani Mlinde studied at the Royal College of
Music and as a member of the Jette Parker Young
Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, where he sang the roles of Zaretsky
in Eugene Onegin, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto,
Tom in Un ballo in maschera and Leporello in Don
Giovanni. Other roles have included Sparafucile in
Rigoletto, Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Colline
in La Bohème, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin
and Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro.
Future engagements include Zerlina in Don
Giovanni at the Théâtre Champs Elysées, Paris
and Annio in La Clemenza di Tito at the Teatro
Real Madrid.
During the 2010–11 Season he will perform in
productions of Le nozze di Figaro, Don Carlo, Die
Zauberflöte and Tosca at Oper Frankfurt.
PROGRAMME
“When Vuyani Mlinde
Concertgebouw,
Amsterdam, 27th
February 2010, Serena
Malfi as Afra possessed a
plush and attractive
mezzo, which could, as
the voice begins to
fill out, see her become
an impressive Azucena
or Ulrica.”
Opera Britannia
Amor, che cieco sei
La Gerusalemme liberata
take your eyes off him:
the timbre of voice and
vividness of performance
MOZART ’Parto, parto
La clemenza di Tito
demand attention.”
The Independent
VACCAI È questo il loco …
Ah, se tu dormi, svegliati
Giulietta e Romeo
INTERVAL
7
IAN ROSENBLATT
Founder
GIAN GALEAZZO GANZAROLLI
Executive Director
ALBION MEDIA
Public Relations and Marketing
MARIA Songs
MALIBRAN
GARCIA &
PAULINE
VIARDOT
GARCIA
ROSSINI Assisa al piè d’un salice
Willow song
Otello
MOZART Se vuol ballare
Le Nozze di Figaro
Abendempfindung
Madamina il catalogo è questo
Don Giovanni
BOX OFFICE
020 7222 1061
www.sjss.org.uk
8
Debit/Credit Cards MasterCard,
Visa and Maestro accepted.
Booking fees
By telephone
£2.00 per transaction,
(£1.50 to Friends of St. John’s).
Online £1.50 per transaction.
Multi-purchase discounts available
on full price tickets only.
GASTALDON Musica proibita
VERDI Mentre gonfarsi l’anima
Attila
Online www.sjss.org.uk
By Post St. John’s,
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA.
Please enclose SAE.
Two recitals 10% discount
Three recitals 15% discount
Four recitals 20% discount.
TOSTI L’ultima canzone
Non t'amo più
Please see page 9
for booking information,
discounts and special offers
By Telephone 020 7222 1061
Multiple-purchase discounts for
Rosenblatt Recitals at St. John’s,
Smith Square.
RESPIGHI Nebbie
Tickets £20 £15 £10
(Concessions £10)
London SW1
General Manager: Paul Davies
Advance Booking
The Box Office is open for advance
bookings from 10am-5pm (until
6pm on concert days) Monday to
Friday. After 6pm the Box Office is
open for personal callers for that
evening’s concert only. Advance
bookings cannot be made after
6pm or at weekends/bank holidays.
PROGRAMME
INTERVAL
TOSTI Sogno
www.sjss.org.uk
*Offer does not apply to the Juan Diego Flórez recital
VERDI Come dal ciel precipita
Macbeth
COSTA Napulitanata
BOX OFFICE
020 7222 1061
For regular updates, news, essential Rosenblatt Recitals
information, and full access to our archive, audio and
video footage, sign-up now to our mailing list via our
website, and receive a 50% reduction on the purchase
price of your first order of tickets.*
VERDI Infelice! E tu credevi
Ernani
DENZA Manine bianche
Please see page 9
for booking information,
discounts and special offers
website www.rosenblattrecitals.com
Gospod’ moj, esli greshen ja
Iolanta
BELLINI Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
ST. JOHN’S,
SMITH SQUARE
email [email protected]
TCHAIKOVSKY Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
CARACCIOLO Più non t’amo
Tickets £20 £15 £10
(Concessions £10)
ROSENBLATT RECITALS
9–13 St. Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AF
is on stage, you don't
RIGHINI 4 ariette
BOOKING
I N F O R M AT I O N
CO N TAC T D E TA I L S
No hot air, just straight-talking,
effective communications.
Redleaf Communications – specialists in:
City and Corporate PR
Consumer and Lifestyle
Professional and Financial Services
Retail Fund Manager Relations
To discuss your company’s requirements
or a career at Redleaf, call: Emma Kane
or Joseph Tuson on: 020 7566 6700
www.redleafpr.com
St. John’s, Smith Square
Charitable Trust,
Registered Charity No: 1045390.
Registered in England.
Company no: 3028678.
SEASON 2010/11
January – June 2011
SPECIAL OFFERS
Massimo Cavalletti / Bogdan Mihai
Buy £20 or £15 tickets for both
and receive a 30% discount.
Elizabeth Llewellyn / Serena Malfi
Buy £20 or £15 tickets for both
and receive a 30% discount.
Special offers available on full price
tickets only and cannot be used
in conjuction with multi-purchase
discounts.
Please note that discounts and
special offers are not available online
and can only be booked through
the Box Office.
Booking opens Wednesday 1st
December (Wednesday 24th
November for Friends of St John’s)
for recitals from February to June.
The Restaurant (and bar) in the Crypt is
open from 5.30pm for a supper menu,
buffet and licensed refreshments.
Tel. 020 7222 2779.
SOUTHBANK CENTRE
“One of the jewels of London’s
vibrant musical scene”
Classical Source
Prices £45, £38, £27, £21, £16,
£12, £6 Premium seats £60
Concessions – 50% off
(limited availability)
Online www.southbankcentre.co.uk
£1.45 transaction fee*
Telephone 0844 847 9910
9am – 8pm (daily)
£2.50 transaction fee*
In person Ticket Office, Royal
Festival Hall, 10am – 8pm (daily)
No transaction fee
*No transaction fee for Southbank Centre Members
LONDON’S ONLY OPERATIC RECITAL SERIES
R E C I TA L O N E
INTRODUCTION
Celebrating ten years since his first Rosenblatt Recital, the
brilliant Juan Diego Flórez returns to open the second half
of our 2010/11 season with a virtuoso recital at Southbank
Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Now established as the bel
canto tenor of choice for the world’s leading opera houses,
we’re delighted to be working with him again.
THURSDAY 20 TH JANUARY 2011, 7.30 PM
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, SOUTHBANK CENTRE
Born in Lima, Peru, Juan Diego Flórez is the world’s
leading exponent of the bel canto operas of Rossini,
Donizetti and Bellini, and has a repertoire of some
thirty-two operas. He studied at Peru’s National
Conservatory of Music and the prestigious Curtis
Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
In April we welcome the 2009 winner of the inaugural
Voice of Black Opera Competition, the superb British
soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn who, after 10 years rest from
singing, returned in October to critical acclaim in her
English National Opera debut as Mimì in Puccini’s
La Bohème.
He made his professional debut in 1996 at the
Rossini Festival in Pesaro in Matilde di Shabran
and in 1999 debuted at La Scala, Milan, the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the
Vienna State Opera and at the New York
Metropolitan Opera in 2002. Since then, he has
appeared to worldwide acclaim in opera houses,
concert halls and music festivals throughout Europe,
North and South America, working with the world’s
leading conductors.
Italian mezzo-soprano Serena Malfi will give her debut
London recital in May, while in June, South African bass
Vuyani Mlinde, former member of the Jette Parker Young
Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, will bring the
curtain down on the season.
THURSDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2011, 7.30 PM
ST JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARE
“Whatever he is singing,
Simon Lepper Pianist
safe, consistent, with a
lets him down.”
IAN ROSENBLATT
Founder
Financial Times
MOZART La Clemenza di Tito
Se all’impero
Del più sublime soglio
ROSSINI La gita in gondola
La promessa
Tirana Spagnola
1 May 2010, the villain,
Paolo Albiani was sung
by a very good Massimo
Cavalletti, notable for
his perfect diction and
captivating presence
Musique Anodine
Piano Interlude
on stage.”
Musical Criticism
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Messa di gloria
/&$%1/&+)46"/0
)"#1/&+)46"/0
PRADO Agua me daban a mí
A pié van mis suspiros
No por amor
3
“For such a young singer,
“’The ENO stage debut
Bogdan Mihai’s Goffredo
of Elizabeth Llewellyn
(in Garsington’s Armida)
Songs and arias by
had vocal authority and
Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Stradella and Enescu.
MOZART Hai gia vinta la causa
Le nozze di figaro
TOSTI Malia
Ideale
as the ill-fated Mimì
was a triumph. She
physical presence.
effortlessly reached
Nice richness to his
soaring top notes whilst
voice which will
Programme details TBC
maintaining a sweetness
serve him well…”
DENZA Occhi di fata
and fragility befitting
her character.”
Opera Today
TOSELLI Serenata
The Public reviews
October 19th 2010
Please see page 9
for booking information,
discounts and special offers
VERDI E’ sogno o realtà?
Falstaff
Per me giunto … Io morrò
Don Carlo
Tickets £20 £15 £10
(Concessions £10)
Tickets £20 £15 £10
(Concessions £10)
Please see page 9
for booking information,
discounts and special offers
Please see page 9
for booking information,
discounts and special offers
BOX OFFICE
020 7222 1061
BOX OFFICE
020 7222 1061
BOX OFFICE
020 7222 1061
www.sjss.org.uk
www.sjss.org.uk
4
HANDEL Ma quando tornerai
Alcina
Se’il mio duol
Rodelinda
MOZART E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono
Le nozze di figaro
WALTON A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table
The Lord Mayor’s Table
Glide gently
Wapping Old Stairs
Holy Thursday
The Contrast
Rhyme
INTERVAL
BELLINI Vaga luna che inargenti
Tickets £20 £15 £10
(Concessions £10)
PROGRAMME
STRAUSS Ständchen
All’ mein Gedanken
Du meines Herzens Krönelein
Nachtgang
Allerseelen
CIPRIANO La Mente
www.sjss.org.uk
www.rosenblatt-law.co.uk
T +44 (0)20 7955 0880
Future engagements include cover for Donna
Elvira in Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s
production of Don Giovanni and the role of Mimì
for ENO’s revival production of La Bohème.
Bella siccome un angelo
Don Pasquale
BOX OFFICE
020 7222 1061
for when you need both
Roles include Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and
Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni for WNO,
Governess in The Turn of the Screw for Opera
North, Fiorilla in Il Turco in Italia, Contessa in
Le Nozze di Figaro and Mimì in La Bohème
for NOS.
DONIZETTI Come Paride vezzoso
L’Elisir d’amore
Vainement ma bien-aimée
Le Roi D’Ys
Please see page 9
for booking information,
discounts and special offers
Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn studied at the Royal
Northern College of Music and in October 2009,
she won the inaugural Voice of Black Opera
Competition and the Sir Willard White Award.
INTERVAL
LALO “Guitare” Comment, disaient-ils?
Oh! quand je dors
Dieu qui sourit et qui donne
VERDI Pietoso al lungo pianto
Un giorno di regno
ROSSINI Largo al factotum
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Simon Lepper Pianist
BIZET Votre toast
Carmen
INTERVAL
Tickets £20 £15 £10
(Concessions £10)
PROGRAMME
Soprano
He triumphed as Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere
di Siviglia at both the Stuttgart Staatsoper and
Dresden Semperoper and received extraordinary
reviews in the international press singing the
role of the Italian tenor in the premiere of
Der Rosenkavalier.
During 2010/2011 he will make his role debut
as Ford in Falstaff and in a new production of
Don Carlo in Zurich.
at La Scala Milan,
ELIZABETH LLEWELLYN
He recently sang at the Bucharest National
Opera House in the roles of Count Almaviva in
Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Don Ramiro in
La Cenerentola by Rossini, and also Ernesto in
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.
Other roles include those in Halévy’s La Juive,
Massenet’s Le Cid, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Bizet’s
Carmen and Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
“In Simon Boccanegra
THURSDAY 13 TH APRIL 2011, 7.30 PM
ST JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARE
Tenor Bogdan Mihai studied in Bucharest and has
appeared with great success as Leicester in Maria
Stuarda and Roberto in Roberto Devereux, both
by Donizetti.
Lucca born Massimo Cavalletti studied at the
Academy of the Teatro La Scala, Milan. His roles
include Figaro in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia,
Schaunard and Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème,
Enrico Ashton in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor,
Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Montano in Verdi’s
Otello and Melitone in La Forza del Destino.
PROGRAMME
R E C I TA L F O U R
BOGDAN MIHAI Tenor
Iain Burnside Pianist
Baritone
Flórez is always Flórez –
five-star voice that never
TUESDAY 1 ST MARCH 2011, 7.30 PM
ST JOHN’S, SMITH SQUARE
MASSIMO CAVALLETTI
JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ Tenor
Vincenzo Scalera Pianist
New to Rosenblatt Recitals, Italian baritone Massimo
Cavalletti comes to us after an incredible year that saw him
perform leading roles at Opera Houses such as La Scala,
the Metropolitan, Berlin and Zurich. Also new to us, young
Rossini tenor Bogdan Mihai arrives fresh from the Théâtre
du Châtelet’s production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
R E C I TA L T H R E E
R E C I TA L T WO
5
www.sjss.org.uk
6
PUCCINI Mi chiamano Mimì
La Bohème
VERDI Come in quest’ora bruna
Simon Boccanegra
GOUNOD Ah! je ris de me voir
Faust