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François-Adrien Boïeldieu
This Hand is so Pretty
Soloist: Erna Spoorenberg, Nicolai Gedda Orchestra: Chorus & Orchestra of Radio Hilversum Conductor: Jean Fournet
Roberto Alagna
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 16 Aug 2009
Opera singer - tenor
Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer Roberto Alagna. He is one of the most celebrated tenors in the world and one half of opera's golden couple; his wife is the soprano Angela Gheorghiu. Yet, his is not a voice that was honed through early years in a conservatoire. He was brought up in Paris in a family of keen amateur musicians. He used to sing in nightclubs and in those early years, he says, the world of opera was, to him, no more than an impossible dream.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
3.
Giacomo Puccini
Guardate! Pazzo son (from Manon Lescaut)
Soloist: Benjamino Gigli, Giuseppe Noto Conductor: Umberto Berrettoni
4.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Faint echo of my youth (Lensky's aria) (from Eugene Onegin)
Soloist: Ivan Kozlovsky Orchestra: The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Conductor: Alexander Orlov
5.
Castaway's favourite
Giuseppe Verdi
Belli di gloria, un giorno (from Attila)
Soloist: Giorgio Zancanaro Orchestra: E Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Conductor: Riccardo Muti
6.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
To love both young and old (Gremin's aria) (from Eugene Onegin)
Soloist: Nicolai Ghiaurov Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Conductor: Claudio Abbado, Edward Downes
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Jules Massenet
Baigne d'eau mes mains (from Thaïs)
Soloist: Renee Fleming & Thomas Hampson, with Choeur de L’Opera de Bordeaux Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine Conductor: Yves Abel
8.
Godard-Silvestre-Capoul
The Lullaby Berceuse
Soloist: Andre D’Arkor
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