Canto Rêverie: Julia Lezhneva & Pavel Nersessian

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Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva has enjoyed a meteoric success with her much-heralded voice of “angelic beauty” (The New York Times), “pure tone” (Opernwelt), and “flawless technique” (Guardian). In her Hong Kong Debut, Lezhneva will partner with award-winning pianist Pavel Nersessian to delight the audience with works by Handel, Rossini, Schumann, and Vivaldi.

HANDEL ‘Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion’ from Messiah, HWV 56
HANDEL ‘Carmelitarum ut confirmet ordinem… O nox dulcis’ from Saeviat tellus inter rigores, HWV 240
VIVALDI ‘Sposa son disprezzata’ from Bajazet, RV 703
HANDEL ‘Un pensiero nemico di pace’ from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a
COUPERIN Les Petits Moulins à Vent from Pièces de Clavecin III/XVII
HANDEL Credete al mio dolore’ from Alcina, HWV 34
VIVALDI ‘Agitata da due venti’ from La Griselda, RV 718
SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op. 39
SCHUMANN No. 2 from Three Romances, Op. 28
ROSSINI La regata veneziana