Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Vedi Ora, Sono Esauriti (Sung in English) Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act I: You Need Not Close the Windows Just Yet Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act I: Stridono Lassu, Liberamente Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act I: Nedda! … Silvio! a Quest'ora Che Imprudenza! Boito: Mefistofele, Act IV: The Night of the Classical Sabbath: La Luna Immobile Innonda (Sung in English) Jake Heggie: The End of the Affair: A Bargain and a Prayer Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act III: It's Nearly Midnight Now Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263, Act I: Er Ist Der Richtige Nicht Fur Mich (Sung in English) Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, Act IV: Poveri Fiori … (Sung in English) Malcolm Williamson: The Violins of Saint-Jacques: How Can I Explain to You Catalani: La Wally: La Wally: I'll Galleggiante Nella Distanza (Sung in English) Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263, Act III: Das War Sehr Gut, Mandryka (Sung in English)
Opera Australia’s extraordinary soprano, Cheryl Barker, sings her favourites on CD. This highly original program showcases thrilling moments of her dramatic artistry in music both familiar and fresh, all performed in English. It includes a scene from The End of the Affair (premiered by Cheryl with her husband Peter Coleman-Wright in 2004), arias from Strauss’s Arabella (for which she won the 2008 Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera) and from a beautiful, rarely heard Australian work: The Violins of St Jacques by Malcolm Williamson. Great Operatic Arias in English arrives in the wake of Cheryl’s triumphant performances in Opera Australia’s Manon Lescaut.
