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Verdi's Luisa Miller

14/04/2018

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Verdi's Luisa Miller

Verdi's Luisa Miller from the Met, New York.

Verdi's Luisa Miller, from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, starring Placido Domingo and Sonya Yoncheva in this heart-wrenching story.

Placido Domingo stars in Verdi's rarely performed opera, Luisa Miller, from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. It's a heart-wrenching story of fatherly love, based on the bond between Miller - sung by Domingo - and his daughter, performed tonight by Sonya Yoncheva. Verdi wrote this at a midway point in his career, so the score is full of youthful energy but mixed too with his characteristic passionate melodic writing.
Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role opposite Piotr Beczała in the first Met performances of the opera in more than ten years, and the Met Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Bertrand de Billy. 

Presented by Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff.


Luisa ..... Sonya Yoncheva (Soprano)
Federica ..... Olesya Petrova (Mezzo-Soprano)
Rodolfo ..... Piotr Beczala (Tenor)
Miller ..... Plácido Domingo (Baritone)
Walter ..... Alexander Vinogradov (Bass)
Wurm ..... Dmitry Belosselskiy (Bass)


Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Bertrand de Billy (Conductor).

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