BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD – 2023 Finals
One of the most prestigious singing competitions in the world, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2023. This biennial competition has launched the careers of some of the biggest opera stars, including Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sir Bryn Terfel, Anja Harteros, Jamie Barton, Catriona Morison and 2021 winner, baritone Gihoon Kim.
Streamed for the first time on OperaVision, the Final includes a programme from 5 singers who have made it through a week of concert rounds and, before that, three virtual auditions from nearly 500 applications. In the company of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, we celebrate the next generation of talent from across the globe.
Streamed on OperaVision on Tuesday 20 June 2023 at 19:00 CET and available until 20 December 2023:
Finalists
Adolfo Corrado
Beth Taylor
Jessica Robinson
Nombulelo Yende
Siphokazi Molteno
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Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductors
Ryan Bancroft
Michael Christie
Jury
Aidan Lang
Bernarda Fink
Errollyn Wallen
Rosemary Joshua
Sir Brian McMaster
Patron
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Presenters
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PROGRAMME
Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano
07:44 Handel – ‘Va tacito e nascosto’ from Giulio Cesare
14:26 Kienzl – ‘O schöne Jugendtage’ from Der Evangelimann
19:18 Berlioz – ‘Le spectre de la rose’ from Les nuits d‘été
Nombulelo Yende, soprano
36:44 Moniuszko – ‘Ha! Dzieciątko nam umiera… O mój maleńki’ from Halka
42:58 Tchaikovsky – ‘Puskai pogibnu ya’ from Eugene Onegin
Adolfo Corrado, bass
1:00:24 Mozart – ‘Non più andrai’ from Le nozze di Figaro
1:04:23 Rossini – ‘La Calunnia’ from Il barbiere di Siviglia
1:09:18 Verdi – ‘Vergini…Sciagurata! Hai tu creduto…. O speranza’ from I Lombardi alla prima Crociata
Jessica Robinson, soprano
1:25:18 Handel – ‘Tornami a vagheggiar’ from Alcina
1:30:30 Donizetti – ‘Chacun le sait’ from La fille du régiment
1:33:36 Rachmaninov – Vocalise
1:37:47 Arditi – ‘Il bacio’
Siphokazi Molteno, mezzo-soprano
1:50:29 Massenet – ‘Qui m'aurait dit la place’ from Werther
1:58:04 Strauss – ‘Wie du warst’ from Der Rosenkavalier
2:02:27 Rossini – ‘Una voce poco fa’ from Il barbiere di Siviglia
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