Delirio
At a Prague concert, Jessica Pratt will sing arias of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Emilia di Liverpool and Linda di Chamounix, and Bellini’s Amina (La sonnambula) and Elvira (I Puritani). The programme features scenes in which the heroines face crises, lose their sanity (or sleepwalk) and reveal their innermost feelings. These highly virtuoso arias were created by bel canto composers for celebrated prima donnas, thus affording them the unique opportunity to showcase their vocal mastery. The star of the evening, Jessica Pratt, is a worthy 21st-century successor to such divas.
All dates
Saturday
2/8/2025
7:00 PM
The State Opera Prague
Praha
490 - 1390 CZK
Description
About the concert
Since her European debut, in 2007 at the Teatro Sociale di Como, performing in the title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Jessica Pratt has been invited to major festivals and opera houses worldwide, including the Met in New York, La Scala in Milan, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Opernhaus Zürich and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Over the past 17 years, she has appeared in 143 productions at 93 venues, in 80 cities in 13 countries. Her repertoire encompasses 48 roles, primarily in works by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini. Born in Bristol, UK, Jessica Pratt grew up in Australia. After completing her vocal studies in Italy with Renata Scotto and Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Opera di Roma, she now prepares her roles with Lella Cuberli. Her most recent album, Delirio (Tancredi Records, 2023) features famous virtuoso scenes of mad or sleepwalking Bellini and Donizetti heroines.
Cast
Solo: Jessica Pratt, Martin Šrejma, Svatopluk Sem, Pavel Švingr, Jana Sýkorová
State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Andrij Jurkevyč
State Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: Adolf Melichar
Programme
Ambroise Thomas: Overture to the opera Mignon
Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula
Scende… Coraggio… è salva! – Ah! Non credea mirarti – Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero
(Amina & Elvino, Rodolfo, Teresa + coro)
Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool
Ecco, miratela… Madre! Deh placati... Ah di contento ripiena ho l’alma
(Emilia & Candida & coro)
Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Chi può vederla a ciglio asciutto
(coro)
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Oh giusto cielo… Il dolce suono... 'Ardon gl’incensi... Spargi d’amaro pianto...
(Lucia & Enrico & Raimondo & coro)
Intermission
Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani
O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce sua soave... Vien diletto
(Elvira & Riccardo, Giorgio)
Ambroise Thomas: Overture to the opera Raymond ou Le Secret de la reine
Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Linda! A che pensate… Nel silenzio della sera... No non è ver mentirono...
(Linda & Pierotto)