Natalie Dessay is a dazzling opera singer. Her charisma, captured on the stages of the world's great opera houses and in the recording studio, illuminates the opera arias and scenes in this collection. From Mozart's furious Queen of the Night or Offenbach's robotic Olympia to Strauss's flirtatious Zerbinetta and Delibes' devoted Lakmé... Handel's mercurial Cleopatra to Donizetti's desperate Lucia... Thomas's fragile Ophélie to Massenet's capricious Manon and Verdi's passionate, tragic Violetta... Natalie Dessay proves irresistible in repertoire that spans three centuries and a wealth of musical and dramatic possibilities.
1 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: "Der Hölle Rache" (Königin Der Nacht)
2 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: "Ach, Ich FÜHL'S" (Pamina)
3 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act II: "Se Pietà Di Me Non Senti" (Cleopatra)
4 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III: "Piangerò la Sorte Mia" (Cleopatra)
5 Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III : "Da Tempeste Il Legno Infranto" (Cleopatra)
6 Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: "Tornami a Vagheggiar" (Morgana)
7 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act I: "O Zittre Nicht, Mein Lieber Sohn!" (Königin Der Nacht)
8 Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail, K. 384, Act II: "Traurigkeit Ward Mir Zum Lose" (Konstanze)
9 Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act II: "Mir Ist Die Ehre Widerfahren" (Octavian, Sophie)
10 Ariadne Auf Naxos, Op. 60: "Grossmächtige Prinzessin" - "Noch Glaub'ich Dem Einem Ganz Mich Gehörend" (Zerbinetta)
11 Le Rossignol, Act II: "Ah, Joie, Emplis Mon Coeur" (Le Rossignol, L'empereur, Les Courtisans, Le Chambellan)
12 Candide, Act I: "Glitter and Be Gay" (Cunégonde)
Natalie Dessay is a dazzling opera singer. Her charisma, captured on the stages of the world's great opera houses and in the recording studio, illuminates the opera arias and scenes in this collection. From Mozart's furious Queen of the Night or Offenbach's robotic Olympia to Strauss's flirtatious Zerbinetta and Delibes' devoted Lakmé... Handel's mercurial Cleopatra to Donizetti's desperate Lucia... Thomas's fragile Ophélie to Massenet's capricious Manon and Verdi's passionate, tragic Violetta... Natalie Dessay proves irresistible in repertoire that spans three centuries and a wealth of musical and dramatic possibilities.
