Presenting the major singers of today and the stars of tomorrow, the Rosenblatt Recitals are London's only world-class series of opera recitals. Romanian mezzo-soprano, Ruxandra Donose, performs a selection of songs and arias along with the pianist Roger Vignoles.
Since making her debut at the Royal Opera House in 2000, mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose has become a familiar voice and figure to London audiences, both as an opera star and prolific concert performer. Recent highlights include the role of Composer in the 2014 production of Ariadne auf Naxos, Donna Elvira in 2012’s Don Giovanni (both at Covent Garden) and Donose’s debut at ENO, when she took the title role in Calixto Bieito’s radically reimagined Carmen.
Born in Bucharest to a family of musicians, Donose started out training to become a concert pianist before switching to opera in her late teens. She graduated from Bucharest’s National University of Music before joining the Vienna State Opera in 1992, from where she has forged a career which has taken in many of the world’s leading opera houses. In the following video,
Donose sings Donna Elvira’s aria ‘Ah, chi mi dice mai’ in a production of
Don Giovanni at Opéra de Dijon.
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Rosenblatt Recitals is offering a major discount for Ruxandra Donose’s concert which will take place next Monday at Wigmore Hall. You can buy £25 tickets for just £5 if you quote the discount code ‘335’ when booking over the phone on 020 7935 2141 or in person at the Wigmore Hall Box Office.
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Performers
Ruxandra Donose - mezzo-soprano
Roger Vignoles - piano
Programme
Bizet - Habañera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle) from Carmen
Offenbach - On me nomme Hélène la blonde from La belle Hélène
Massenet - Ces lettres! Ces lettres! from Werther
Fauré - Le papillon et la fleur Op. 1
, Après un rêve Op. 7
, Notre amour Op. 23
Verdi - O don fatale from Don Carlos
Saint-Saëns - Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila
Enescu - Estrene à Anne, Languir me fais, Aux damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire à leurs amys
Bretan - Rea de plată, Şi dacă ramuri bat în geam, Stelele-n cer
