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La Wally

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Episode 7: La Wally

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Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Catalani's rarely-staged opera La Wally.

Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Catalani's rarely-staged opera La Wally, starring Eva Maria Westbroek. Plus music by Mahler and Bartok played by orchestras of Radio France.

When an opera ends with its two leading characters falling to their deaths in an avalanche it's no surprise that it's rarely seen on stage. But La Wally, by Puccini's contemporary Alfredo Catalani, contains some glorious music, including an aria popular from recitals and film-scores. The leading Dutch dramatic soprano Eva Maria Westbroek takes the title role, with leading Swedish tenor Mats Carlsson as her doomed lover in this concert performance from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. The opera is introduced by Louise Fryer.

Catalani: La Wally

Wally......Eva Maria Westbroek, soprano 
Stamminger......Kristof Klorek, bass-baritone 
Giuseppe Hagenbach......Mats Carlsson, tenor 
Vincenzo Gellner......Piero Terranova, baritone 
Walter......Inna Dukach, soprano 
Afra......Serena Malfi, mezzo-soprano
Il Pedone......Hugo Oliveira, baritone

Netherlands Radio Chorus 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra 
Giuliano Carella, conductor

4.20pm
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Markus Werba, baritone
Orchestra National de France
Daniele Gatti, conductor

4.35pm
Bartok: Suite - The Miraculous Mandarin
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor.

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