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Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee: Benjamin Godard - Dante

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09/06/2016

Benjamin Godard - Dante

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Katie Derham presents Benjamin Godard's opera Dante, starring soprano Veronique Gens.

Katie Derham presents a rare performance of French Romantic composer Benjamin Godard's oprera Dante. Starrring soprano Veronique Gens and tenor Edgaras Montvidas.

Katie Derham presents today's opera, and it's a rarity: Dante, by the French Romantic composer Benjamin Godard, starring soprano Véronique Gens and conducted by Ulf Schirmer. The score, rich in Mendelssohnian lightness and Schumannesque passion, is matched by a plot which contrasts the public and private sides of Dante Alighieri, and which finds time for a whistle-stop tour of The Divine Comedy itself.

Benjamin Godard: Dante - opera in 4 acts 

Béatrice ..... Véronique Gens, soprano
Gemma ..... Rachel Frenkel, mezzo-soprano
Dante ..... Edgaras Montvidas, tenor
Bardi ..... Jean-François Lapointe, baritone
Virgil's shadow ..... Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone
A schoolboy ..... Diana Axentii, soprano
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Munich Radio Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer, conductor.

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