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GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna In Concert

Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and musicians. France
Photo © James Pouliot
Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and musicians. France

Encore Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2
(Not available on demand)

Experience a performance from the husband-and-wife duo on breathtaking location from the Château de la Chèvre d’Or perched on a cliff in the South of France, performing favorite arias and duets including selections from Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” and more.

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Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna with musicians. France
Photo © James Pouliot
Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna with musicians. France

Musical Selections:

  • “Vogliatemi bene” from "Madama Butterfly" / 
Music by Giacomo Puccini
 / Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
  • “Ah! lève-toi soleil!” from "Roméo et Juliette
" / Music by Charles Gounod
 /Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
  • “Una voce poco fa” from "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" 
/ Music by Gioachino Rossini
 / Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
  • “Caro elisir” from "L’Elisir d’Amore
"/ Music by Gaetano Donizetti / 
Libretto by Felice Romani
  • “Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano” from "La Fanciulla del West
" / Music by Giacomo Puccini
 / Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
/ By arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey and Hawkes company, Sole Agent in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for Casa Ricordi/Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.R.L., publisher and copyright owner
  • “Ave Maria” from "Otello
" / Music by Giuseppe Verdi / 
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
  • “Già nella notte densa” from "Otello" / 
Music by Giuseppe Verdi /
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
  • “Lippen schweigen” from "Die Lustige Wittwe"
 / Music by Franz Lehár
 / Libretto by Viktor Léon
  • “Cielito lindo”
 By Quirino Mendoza y Cortés 
/ Courtesy of the Theodore Presser Company

Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and musicians. France
Photo © James Pouliot
Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and musicians. France

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