Sunday 18 Mar 2007

18.00, Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ; Box office: 020 7730 4500
Tickets: £18-£28

Programme:
Beatrice di Tenda, by Vincenzo Bellini

Nelly Miricioiu makes a welcome return to sing the title role of Beatrice. The opera had its first performance at La Fenice, Venice in March 1833 and comes between Norma (1831) and I puritani (1835). The story is set in the fifteenth century. Filippo, the Duke of Milan has married Beatrice for political and economic reasons. He becomes dissatisfied and falls in love with Agnes, a lady-in-waiting to Beatrice. Agnes loves Orombello, but he loves Beatrice. Filippo and Agnes conspire to have Beatrice accused of treason and sentenced to death, which she accepts with serenity, her sanity intact. The concert performance is in Italian.

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