Title from disc label. Marie-Josée Lord, soprano ; Orchestre symphonique de Laval ; Alain Trudel, conductor. Recorded live in concert 2017 October 25 l'Église Saint-Rose-de-Lima, Laval (Québec). Booklet with biographical notes on the performers in French and English, and texts in original languages (19 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Somewhere / Ritorna vincitor! I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante (3:33). Qui radames verra! O papatria mia (6:49) ; La traviata. Prélude à l'acte I (6:50) ; E strano... Sempre libera (9:02) / Leonard Bernstein ; arr. Simon Leclerc La bohème. Quando m'en vo (2:39) ; Madama Butterfly. Piangi? perche? un bel di vedremo (5:08) ; Suor Angelica. Senza mamma (5:00) / Giacomo Puccini -- Le cid. De cet affreux combat... Pleurez, pleurez, mes yeux (5:56) ; Hérodiade. Introduction (4:41) ; Celui dont la parole... Il est doux, il est bon (5:31) ; Thaïs. Ah! je suis seule, seule enfin! dis-moi que je suis belle (7:18) / Jules Massenet -- Encore. West Side story. Somewhere / Leonard Bernstein ; arr. Simon Leclerc (3:33).
Summary:
On her new album Femmes, Marie-Josee Lord passionately embodies heroines of operas by Puccini, Verdi, and Massenet. The sparkling Canadian soprano brings to life such wonderful operatic characters as Violetta, Aida, Cio-Cio-San, Thais, and Salome.
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