Surrender - Voices of Persephone Ilona Domnich, Leo NucciSouthbank Sinfonia & Simon Over

• Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): Linda di Chamounix, Act I Scene 3:
• 1 Ah! tardai troppo… Oh luce di quest'anima 05:35
• Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): La voix humaine, FP 171:
• 2 Tu as raison. Si, je t'ecoute… 06:01
• André Messager (1853-1929): Fortunio, Act III:
• 3 Tout est sombre… Lorsque je n'etais qu'une enfant 05:49
• Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): La rondine: La Rondine, Act I:
• 4 Denaro! Nient'altro che denaro… 06:05
• Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Manon: Manon, Act III Scene 1:
• 5 Je marche sur tous les chemins - Obeissons quand leur voix appelle (Gavotte) 05:13
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): The Snow Maiden: Prologue:
• 6 Aria of Snow Maiden (Snow Maiden) 03:44
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Rigoletto:
• 7 Act I Scene 2: Gualtier Malde… caro nome 04:54
• 8 Mio padre!… 01:47
• 9 Tutte le feste al tempio… 03:53
• 10 Piangi, fanciulla… Si, vendetta 05:38
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act III:
• 11 E Susanna non vien - Dove sono i bei momenti 06:17
• Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868): Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I Scene 1:
• 12 Una voce poco fa 06:09
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Rigoletto, Act III:
• 13 Chi e mai, chi e qui in sua vece?… Lassu in ciel 05:57
• Total Runtime 01:07:02

Info for Surrender - Voices of Persephone

Ranked among Opera Now’s „Top 10 High Flyers – a new generation of sopranos destined to have impressive careers in 2014“, rising operatic soprano Ilona Domnich releases her debut Signum album. Comprising arias and songs from her operatic heroines, including Gilda from Verdi’s Rigoletto; Magda from Puccini’s La Rondine; and Rosina from Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Domnich is joined by Italian baritone Leo Nucci and Southbank Sinfonia conducted by Simon Over.

"Interesting and unusual selection of solos and duets by young soprano Ilona Domnich, with contributions from Leo Nucci." (BBC Music Magazine)

"The selection of arias represents an interesting mix of roles, many of which I know that Ilona Domnich has sung on stage...there are moments in the French pieces which are quite stunning in their combination of text, music and drama and I hope to hear far more of her in this repertoire." (Planet Hugill)

"[Ilona Domnich's] performance possesses both sensitivity and vulnerability." (Opera)

Ilona Domnich, soprano
Leo Nucci, baritone
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductor

Ilona Domnich
is a rising opera star described by critics as a memorable voice of silken beauty with a luminous edge to the tone, a sensitive musician and an actress of magnetic presence. She was chosen by Opera Now 2014 as Top 10 high flyers, “new generation of sopranos who are destined to have impressive careers”.

Originally a pianist, Ilona was plucked by a legendary singing teacher Vera Rosza at one of the master classes. She went on to win the prestigious Wingate Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music. Her career is growing steadily world-wide.

Operatic highlights include Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Jacqueline (Fortunio), Elle (La Voix Humaine), Melisande (Pellease et Melisande), Gilda (Rigoletto), Magda (La Rondine), Tatyana (Onegin), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) ,Eurydice (Der neue Orpheus), Venus (Judgement of Paris), Mimi (La Boheme), Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Madam Herz(Der Schauspieldirektor). She also covered the roles of Gilda, Olympia, Antonia, Gulietta for English National Opera.

Ilona developed close collaboration with English National Opera, BBC concert orchestra, Grange Park Opera, Buxton Opera Festival, English Touring Opera, London Concert Orchestra, Bury Court Opera, Iford Arts Festival and Bampton Classical Opera as well as Festival de Musique de Menton, Trasimeno Music Festival, Anghiari and Ischia festivals in Italy, Chopin festival in Mallorca, Wotton House music festival, Aldeburgh festival, Corbridge festival, North Norfolk festival, London Song Festival, Jersey international festival. Ilona appeared in concerts in London at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Westminster Cathedral, St. Johns’ Smith square, St. Martin in the Fields and internationally in Paris, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka.

Ilona’s fruitful collaboration with Southbank Sinfonia and Simon Over, with whom she has performed the Brahms requiem, Mendelsohn ‘Lobgesang’, Ravel Sheherazade and the roles of Tatyana and Gilda, led to the creation of an Operatic CD 'Surrender' with the baritone Leo Nucci, recorded and produced by Rupert Coulson and to be released at Signum records in 2015.

Other symphonic repertoire includes Mahler’s Symphony 2 and 4, Mozart’s C minor Mass, Shostakovich’s Symphony 14, Dvozak’s Te deum.

Ilona has been studying with: Vera Rosza, Enid Hartle, Susan Roberts, Ludmila Andrew, Joan Rodgers, Janis Kelly, Yvonne Kenny.

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