Marie Jean | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Vannina Santoni (soprano), Julien Dran (tenor), Albane Carrère (mezzo-soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Marie Zeitouni

Alfano: Giunge il treno...Dio pietoso (from Risurrezione)
Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
Gounod: Non ! Non ! ... Ah ! Je veux vivre dans le rêve (Roméo et Juliette, Act I)
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act II: Entracte
Massenet: C'est lui!…Toi! Vous!…Qui c'est moi moi! (from Manon)
Massenet: Manon: Act 2. Prelude & Allons, il le faut… Adieu, notre petite table
Verdi: Otello, Act IV: Era più calmo?… Ave Maria…
Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Puccini: Se come voi piccina io fossi (from Le Villi)
Massenet: Thaïs, Act II: Ah ! Je suis seule… Dis-moi que je suis belle
Tomasi, H F: Six mélodies populaires corses: No. 1, O ciucciarella

Love is the common thread running through this first recorded recital by soprano Vannina Santoni; it's also an opportunity to look back over her fifteen-year career, through her leading roles, alongside her favourite musicians.

With the help of the Orchestre National de Lille and Quebecois conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, she places her sensual voice at the service of famous operatic arias featuring the amorous heroines of Gounod, Massenet, Puccini ('O mio babbino caro'), Catalini ('Ne andro' from La Wally) and Verdi (Desdemona's poignant 'Ave Maria' from Otello).

The programme also includes a rare but sublime aria from Franco Alfano's Tolstoy-inspired opera Risurrezione (1904), as well as the magnificent 'Saint-Sulpice' duet from Massenet's Manon, with tenor Julien Dran. Finally, Vannina Santoni pays homage to her Corsican roots with a new orchestration of the lullaby 'O Ciucciarella' that Corsican mothers have sung to their children for generations.