Mezzo

The Nose Opera in three acts with epilogue by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) Libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich, Yevgueni Zamyatin, Georgy Ionin and Alexander Preis after Nikolai Gogol First performance in Leningrad, Maly Theatre, January 18, 1930 La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Madaras (Conductor) La Monnaie Chorus, La Monnaie Chorus Academy, Benoît Giaux (chorus master) Alex Ollé (Stage Director) Urs Schönebaum (Lighting), Lluc Castells (Costumes), Alfons Flores (Sets) Scott Hendricks (Platon Kuzmich Kovalev) Anton Rositskiy (Ivan, Kovalyov's valet) Nicky Spence (The Nose) Alexander Roslavets (Ivan Yakovlevich) Giselle Allen (Praskovia Osipovna) Aleksander Kravets (A district constable) Kris Belligh (A Newspaper Clerk) Natascha Petrinsky (Pelageya Grigorievna Podtochina) Eir Inderhaug (Mrs Podtochina's Daughter) Yves Saelens (Iaryzhkin) Nikita Ivasechko (Ivan Ivanovich) Brussels, La Monnaie | De Munt Theater, June 29, 2023

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) The choir of the music-oriented classes of Puolala School Marie Lambert-Le Bihan (stage director) John Torres (lighting designer) Charles Ives 1874–1954 The Unanswered Question Rachel Portman 1960– The First Morning of the World Gustav Mahler 1860–1911 Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (from Rückert-Lieder) Marco Uccellini ca. 1603–1680 Sinfonia terza (a cinque stromenti) op. 7 Biagio Marini 1594–1663 Con le stelle in Ciel che mai (from Scherzi e canzone op. 5) Josef Mysliveček 1737–1781 Toglierò le sponde al mare (from the oratorio ‘Adamo ed Eva’) Giovanni Valentini 1582–1649 Sonata enharmonica Francesco Cavalli 1602–1676 Piante ombrose (from the opera ‘La Calisto’) Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714–1787 Danza degli spettri e delle furie: Allegro non troppo | Recitativo accompagnato: Misera, dove son! | Aria: Ah! non son io che parlo (from the opera ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’) George Frideric Handel 1685–1759 As with rosy steps the morn (from the oratorio ‘Theodora’) Gustav Mahler 1860–1911 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder) Turku, Concert Hall (Turku Music Festival), 29 August 2024

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor) Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’ Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, 10 July 2023