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Vesselina Kasarova sings Marguerite's 'D'Amour l'ardente flamme' from Berlioz's La damnation de Faust at NDK in Sofia, Bulgaria circa 1996.
Never mind the not so good oboe solo, Kasarova is the main event!
If you enjoy this, try the DVD of Berlioz's 'La damnation de Faust' from Salzburg Festival 1999 or buy the RCA Red Seal CD 'The Magic of Kasarova'.
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From Gala Concert at Semperoper Dresden in 1994. Vesselina Kasarova and Francisco Araiza sing the duet 'Una volta c'era - Un soave non so che' from Rossini's 'La Cenerentola'.
Michail Jurowski conducts the Robert Schumann Philharmonieorcheste r
If you like this, Kasarova recorded the duet with Juan Diego Florez on her 'Rossini Arias & Duet' and 'Duets' CDs (RCA Red Seal label).
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Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) sings Franz Schubert's lieder 'Im Frühling'. Friedrich Haider (piano)
Aired during an interview at Wiener Opernfreunde in 2007.
If this strikes your imagination (and yearning for more tales well told), check out RCA Red Seal CD 'Vesselina Kasarova: Schubert, Brahms, Schumann'!
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Vesselina Kasarova sings Charlotte's Letter Scene (Werther! Qui m'aurait dit?) from Massenet's 'Werther' at NDK in Sofia, Bulgaria circa 1996.
Kasarova is the Charlotte in the RCA Red Seal CD set of the opera conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
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Edita Gruberova (soprano) and Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) sing Antonin Dvorak's Moravian duets 'Skromna' and 'Prsten' during a joint concert in Feldkirch in 1999. Freidrich Haider accompanies them on the piano.
If this strikes your imagination, Kasarova and Gruberova recorded all Dvorak's Moravian Duets on their joint CD 'Lied-Duett' (Wir Schwestern zwei) on the Nightingale Label.
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G Bizet's Carmen
Duet - Don Jose/Carmen
Francisco Araiza
Vesselina Kasarova
Michail Jurowski - Robert Schumann Philharmonieorcheste r
Semperoper Dresden
10 July 1994
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Romeo-Tebaldo encounter under the walls of the Capuleti castle: the almost-duel "Stolto! a un sol mio grido", then the desperate "Svena, ah! svena un disperato" as they see Giulietta's funeral procession.
Vesselina Kasarova as Romeo
Gregory Kunde as Tebaldo
The New York Opera Orchestra / Eve Queler
Avery Fisher Hall, 1999.
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Sapho's recitative and aria from the eponymous opera by Charles Gounod. The poetess, abandoned by her lover Phaon, sings her last hopeless aria and leaps from the cliff into the sea.
Frau Kasarova's interpretation is totally heartbreaking. This aria is available on her RCA Red Seal CD "French Opera Arias".
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Bulgarian operatic mezzo Vesselina Kasarova records 'Deh per questo istante solo' from Mozart's opera, La clemenza di Tito, with Sir Colin Davis for the 'Mozart Arias (Mozart-Arien)' CD.
http://www.kasaro va.com
If you like what you hear, buy the CD (RCA Red Seal). It's a splendid show of how to sing Mozart's most difficult mezzo arias with a distinct personality.
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Vesselina Kasarova as Helene in Offenbach's 'La Belle Helene'. Zurich Opera 1997.
Act II arietta: 'On me nomme Helene la blonde'
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
If you like this, buy the DVD! A great opera to introduce non-opera listeners to the genre!